Comedy Club's Heyday Revisited in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, CA (kalw) - Back in the 1950s and early '60s, a single club in San Francisco was the center of the comedy universe: The Hungry I gave early gigs to comics Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Phyllis Diller, and Bill Cosby. It closed in the '70s, but now an exhibit at the Performing Arts Library and Museum in San Francisco profiles the club's glory days.. - Click here for NPR's Comedy Club's Heyday Revisited in San Francisco © Copyright 2009, kalw