All Jokes Aside (comedy club)

All Jokes Aside was a comedy club in south-side Chicago which catered almost exclusively to the African-American sector.^{[BE 1]} It opened in 1992 with 275 seats, and ran for "less than a decade".^[1] The club's success led to a Comedy Central series as well as a second location in Detroit.^{[BE 2]} In 1994 the company had a turnover of $470,000.^{[BE 2]}