For one reason or another, it never came about. Finally, over a year ago, having worked on it themselves for a year, Marc and Anna invited me to become part of the team. I'm the tiebreaker. I think that if we have a kick-ass show, with great service, and a cool place to hang out and have a couple of drinks, the people will come. In fact, I've been very encouraged about the responses we've received.
People come into the space and are blown away by the atmosphere in the lounge area.
They don't even realize we've got a 5,000 square-foot auditorium for a performance area. Austin has doubled in population in the past decade. Economically speaking, it's doing very well. Comedy did very well in the Eighties because of the yuppies and the economic boom. Comedy sells when people are happy and making lots of money.