Stanford & Sons Comedy Club

Stanfords was founded by Stanford Glazer in 1975, in Westport, KC's entertainment district in those days. Craig Glazer, Jeff Glazer and David Naster started comedy in 1979 in the lounge above the famous restaurant. The name Stanford and Sons came from the hit show “Sanford and Son” starring comic Red Foxx (because the owner of the club's first name was Stanford Glazer and his sons ran the restaurant.

The club exploded onto the national scene in 1981 when Craig Glazer met Robin Williams in LA and he agreed to work Stanfords for free to work on his act. Variety in Hollywood wrote about it and the rest is history.

Stanfords became one of the top name clubs in the nation with big names and up comers weekly from all over the nation like Rosanne, Louie Anderson, Sam Kennison, Tommy Chong, Ellen Degeneres, Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Lewis and many more. Recent stars include Pauly Shore, Damon Wayons, Lewis Black and Lisa Lampanelli. Any big name you have heard of has played the club over the last 30 years.

The Glazers also became nationally known, Stan ran for mayor of Kansas City, Craig moved to Hollywood and sold his life story as a film, latter produced the life story of Ali called 'Champions Forever' and Jeff ran the company in KC.

In 2004 Comedy Central shot a pilot for national T.V. called, what else,'Stanford and Sons' starring the Glazer's. You will soon be able to purchase this and more at the club. The Glazers are in the news every week in the mid west. Their ups, downs, and sideways have made them household names in KC. They have the longest running comedy club owned by the same family in the country besides The Comedy Store in LA owned by the Shore's. Stanfords is an entertainment history unequaled in the biz.

So visit the club, sit back enjoy and become part of KC history with the Glazers and Stanfords and all the famous folks who have played there.