

"Oklahoma born, Argus Hamilton is the host comedian of the world-famous comedy store on the sunset strip in West Hollywood. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Argus came out to Hollywood and the late seventies and soon became a regular on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, NBC’s Richard prior specials, and The New Laugh In. In addition to this, he was on Showtime's History of the Comedy Store specials which aired in October. His daily jokes about the news are syndicated and newspaper's all over the country and he works banquets whenever he can get away from Hollywood. He was the host of the Argus Hamilton's Comedy Store Tonight talk show which aired for two years up to the pandemic and is currently in production for return. Argus is a long-time active member in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills recovery groups and is active at all Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills. A Cavalier descendant Argus Hamilton was quoted by the great Paul Harvey for joking, "I'm a Southern secessionist and an English royalist, let's see Rush Limbaugh get to the right of THAT!”
