Claude Shires began his career as a stand-up comedian at The Comedy Store in San Diego, California. He would practice his stand-up, and on weekends, he would open at The Comedy Store for touring comedians. In 2015, Amazon offered Shires his first directing job: a series of one-hour comedy specials called â€"The Guest List.†Shires produced and directed the shows, which Amazon streamed live before they were edited to fit the one-hour broadcast format. Shires also directed and edited his first HBO special, Felipe Esparza’s â€"Translate This.â€
While working on these shows for Amazon and HBO, Shires recognized an opportunity:
â€"We could put live stand-up comedy in the hands of everyone in the world!†He has spent the last year assembling a team of professionals and building an application to deliver just this. Laugh Lounge was born, and is now available live on Iphone, Android and Apple TV.
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