Off the Wall Comedy Empire

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Off the Wall Comedy Empire
Formation2004
TypeComedy club
Location
Website www.israelcomedy.com

Off the Wall Comedy Empire (also known as Off the Wall Comedy Basement) [1] is a comedy club started by American-born comedian David Klmnick and Jeremy Man Saltan in Jerusalem, in November 2004. [2]

The club is located in the basement at 34 Ben Yehuda Street at the corner of King George Street, underneath the Hamashbir department store, [3] in downtown Jerusalem, at the Little House in Baka, the former Olala Café. [2] [4] [5] [6] The club has had a number of comedians perform including Alex Edelman, [7] [8] Austen Tayshus, [9] Baruch Benjamin Spier, Benji Lovitt, and Ari Louis.

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