The Comedy Store - The Strike of 1979

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This is the TRUE STORY of The Strike of '79 at The Comedy Store! Tom Dreesen was there and helped to facilitate the strike and bring it to an end by getting all of the comedians paid. Sit back and listen to this first-hand account of what happened during the strike and what caused it to finally be settled.

Clip from Episode 7

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Our guest this week, Tom Dreesen is a Chicago-born Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, & Motivational Speaker. Tom grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago who got his start in comedy in 1968 when he met Tim Reid while working as an insurance salesman. After that he began to make appearances on Match Game and became a regular on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and then began touring with Frank Sinatra as his opening act (however, if you ask Tom, he will say that Frank closed for him). In addition, Tom was part of the strike at The Comedy Store, appeared on Beat The Clock, his 1989 album “That White Boy’s Crazy” was recorded in front of an all-black audience in Harvey, IL, and in 1999 a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. In 2020 he released his book “Still Standing…: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra”. With a career as astonishing as Tom’s we needed to get him on the podcast.

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