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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Roseanne Barr walked down these basement stairs an unknown Denver housewife and came back up a comedian. Comedy Works Downtown at 1226 15th Street operates where it began in September 1981, in the basement of the Granite Building just off the corner of 15th and Larimer in Larimer Square, Denver's oldest block. Founders George McKelvey - the godfather of Denver comedy - Doug Olson and Edd Nichols renamed their Comedy Shoppe when they moved it into the space, creating the first Denver nightclub de...