PROFILE
FROM Tom Dreesen
Remembering Comedy Store owner, Mitzi Shore Mitzi Shore, owner of the Comedy Store, passed away at age 87. The Comedy Store was a proving ground for a long list of big-time comics: Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Garry Shandling, Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Crystal, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock and more. Comedian Tom Dreesen also performed at the Comedy Store and shares his memories of Shore. Tom Dreesen during his first appearance on The Tonight Show in the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Dreesen.
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