Corey, Phillis Diller, Bill Dana “My name...Jose Jimenez”, Bob Newhart and the Smothers Brothers got their start at the Purple Onion nightclub in San Francisco. Improv comedy got a big push from The committee who played at the old indoor bocce ball courts on Broadway St. in North Beach. Yah, they were all commies. That’s when conservatives started giving the farm away to leftists across the entertainment spectrum. Up to that point lefties fought for their gains. We abdicated our role in culture and are now paying the price.
Bill Dana is still alive. Will turn 93 this year.