Standup comedians typically draw from real life, such as bad relationships or how the zoo is crazy. Life’s a riot with this deal to see a comedy showcase at the Brea Improv. For $25, you get a comedy-show package (up to a $141.75 total value). The package includes:

• Two tickets to a comedy show, not including special events (up to a $44 value). All seating is first come, first served. Comedy shows require a two-item minimum per person (not included in this deal).
• One appetizer (up to a $9.75 value).
• Four vouchers for tickets to future shows, not including special events (up to an $88 value).<p>

At the Brea Improv, comics lure laughs from deep within bellies as they follow in the footsteps of standup legends such as Ellen DeGeneres, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and Dave Chappelle, all of whom have graced the Improv club stages. The club’s calendar schedules comedians as often as seven nights a week, alternating between big-name headliners and up-and-coming funsters who tickle funny bones with fresh material, abundant energy, and feathered reflex hammers.

Though special shows are excluded, voucher holders may attend sets from a diverse lineup of familiar and buzzworthy funnymen, including MADtv’s Bryan Callen (September 13–16), who rouses laugh-hungry audiences with his gruff wit and spot-on impersonations. The wickedly dark, merciless deadpan of Comedy Central roaster Anthony Jeselnik (September 20–22) ambushes funny bones, and veteran comedian Christopher Titus (October 5–7), former star of his own Fox sitcom, Titus, shows off his comic raconteur skills between rants about his dysfunctional family. With a surplus of show vouchers, comedy fans can also savor Brea Improv’s recurring resident shows, such as Richard Villa’s Refried Tuesdays, or Saturday night’s Slanted Comedy, one of the longest-running Asian-comedy shows in the family of Improv clubs.

Audience members munch on their choice of a savory appetizer, such as spinach-and-artichoke dip or fried calamari, while sipping a cocktail to avoid eye contact with the giant rubber chicken sitting at the next table (drinks not included with this deal).