Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Friday the 13th is Your Lucky Day!

At the 9:00pm show on Friday, August 13 with headliner Rocky LaPorte, a truly lucky audience member will win a little something extra. That night the raffle prize will include six months free entry to Roosters! Even if you don't win, it can't possibly be bad luck to laugh out loud to a comedian who got a standing ovation on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. So break a mirror and come on in! Call 408.736.0921 or buy tix online.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Roosters' Place in History

Did you know...

Back in November 1971, the building that now houses Rooster T. Feathers was a bar called Andy Capp's Tavern, and it installed the world's very first commercially sold video game: Computer Space (against the far wall, near the back door).

And then a year later, in September 1972, Andy Capp's installed the very first Pong game (near the middle of the room), which was the first video game to be a big commercial success (Computer Space was too complex to play easily). Both games were created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, and our building was where he beta-tested those games. Click here to watch a video about it on History.com, or here to read about it on Video Game Trader Magazine.


As part of Roosters' 30th Anniversary celebration in 2009, original Roosters' owner Tony Modica talked about the role of the Roosters' location in history. Among our little known facts: In the 1970s there was mud-wrestling going on at The Country Store, the predecessor to Roosters. The mud-pit was in the middle of the stage area. Here's a video clip from our Anniv Event. Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Thank You Bay Area for Voting Us Number 1!

You voted us "Best Comedy Club" in the SFGate Best of the BayList competition. Thank you! It feels so good to be number one, we just want to crow about it! Cock-a-doodle-dooo! Click here to see the full contest results.