![]() ![]() ![]() Here’s the full statement from Gaston Dominguez-Letelier:Īs is the case with all good things, at some point they must come to an end. It’s final evening includes both an intern stand-up set (the cleverly named “The Worst Night at A Comedy Club”) and a comedy reenactment of Labyrinth we’ll be on the lookout for an special events before the venue closes. NerdMelt, meanwhile, still has comedy shows slated for the rest of the month. Meltdown has already ceased receiving new comic book releases the shop suggests regular readers try Mega City One, which will honor Meltdown discounts. #RIPMeltdownĪ post shared by Jonah Ray Rodrigues on at 6:13pm PDT After 25 years he’s closing Meltdown and it will always be a high water mark for the creative community of Los Angeles. Then we did three seasons on None of this would have been possible without Gaston. Then started hanging out, he brought and they thought it would be fun to try and make this into a tv show. Then brought and Kloc asked if he could make flyers for the show. I said “what if you checked out my monthly show, if you like it, let’s turn it into a weekly show”. while getting dinner with and I one night they said they had to check out a venue because they wanted to start a weekly comedy show. Gaston said I should take it weekly, I said I didn’t have the time or energy to book and host a weekly show by myself. For about a year me and yelled at eachother a bunch while slung beers in the back. Here’s Ray’s reaction on Instagram:Ĩyears ago told me to start my own monthly comedy show in the back room of So I did. Most notably, it provided a home for six years for the Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, the weekly stand-up set turned TV show from Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. It’s also served as the home base for a slew of podcasts including The Nerdist Podcast, Chris Hardwick’s former weekly interview show, and Harmontown, community creator Dan Harmon’s podcast. NerdMelt has stood out in recent years as one of the city’s finest alternative comedy venues, with a wide range of shows that’ve included Andy Kindler’s well-curated Particular Show, the Fictional Roast series and Simpsons trivia show Stonecutters. Though founder Gaston Dominguez-Letelier announced the closure “without any regret,” a news post on the Nerdist website suggests an impending luxury condo development may have pushed the venue out. Both the comic shop and the NerdMelt Showroom will cease operations after March 30. Meltdown Comics will close after 25 years on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Both beloved venues were key components of the city’s unabashedly geeky scene, and both will unfortunately soon shutter. Even if you don’t care about comic books, you’ve likely set foot in Meltdown Comics for a comedy show at the NerdMelt Showroom. ![]()
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