Tour of The Friar's Club

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Thu, Oct 27, 2016

6:30 PM – 7:15 PM

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Steve Mumford, a painter and member of The Friars Club will be leading our group on a tour of the club (hopefully with the club's historian).

The Friars Club is a private club in New York City, founded in 1904 and famous for its risqué celebrity roasts. It has been in its current location since the building was built in 1909. The club's membership is composed mostly of comedians and other celebrities - here's a random (and extensive) list of some of the names: Jerry Lewis, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Don Rickles, Carole Burnett, Carl Reiner, Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers, Richard Prior, Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Joy Behar, Janeane Garofalo, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Dryfuss, Robert Deniro, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Danny DeVito, Betty White, Bill Murray, Oscar Hammerstein, Al Jolson, Irving Berlin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Barbra Streisand, Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Regis Philbin, Matt Lauer, Kathy Lee Gifford, Al Roker, Larry King, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Walter Cronkite, Barbara Walters, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and more!