Hooked on Comedy

When California talent agent Justin Edbrooke tells his clients they're booked at a comedy club inside a seafood restaurant on remote Marco Island, he gets lots of questions.

“Wait, a fish house?” Edbrooke laughs. “It's crazy, and it takes a lot of convincing to get a client to go there for the first time.”

But Off the Hook Comedy Club on tiny Marco Island in the Everglades has become one of the hottest destinations in the country for top-rated stand-up comics. Performers have included superstars Drew Carey, Kevin Hart, Darrell Hammond and Carlos Mencia.