Check photos from the National Comedy Center's opening on Wednesday in Jamestown.
PHOTO GALLERY: National Comedy Center opens in Jamestown
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                    Avery Schneider
                
            
        
    
        Published August 1, 2018 at 8:38 PM EDT
    
    
                                         
 
            
        
    
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            The National Comedy Center
        
        
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            First visitors to the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            Executive Director Journey Gunderson, Project Chair Tom Benson, and elected officials cut the ceremonial ribbon on the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            National Comedy Center Project Chair Tom Benson in front of the George Carlin exhibit
        
        
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            Executive Director Journey Gunderson and Harold Ramis' Ghostbusters suit
        
        
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            Harold Ramis' Ghostbusters suit
        
        
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            Artifacts from the display housing Harold Ramis' Ghostbusters suit
        
        
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            Artifacs from the display housing Harold Ramis' Ghostbusters suit
        
        
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            The Page to Stage exhibit at the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            Visitors create their 'humor profile' at kiosks on their way in to the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            Visitors create their 'humor profile' at kiosks on their way in to the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            The interactive Stand-Up Lounge
        
        
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            Visitors can operate a TV camera in the Late Night comedy section
        
        
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            This display recognizes the history of the art of comedy going back to ancient Greece
        
        
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            Visitors interact with touch-screen displays
        
        
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            The contents of Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson's studio on display at the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            Nathan Marshall kicks back in the National Comedy Center's TV lounge
        
        
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            Jeane Merulla plays with an interactive touch table display
        
        
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            Visitors watch TV sitcoms in the living room lounge
        
        
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            Saraden White and Sarah Lang are members of the guest services staff at the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            3D-printed props awaiting visitors in another interactive display
        
        
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            Messages from Billy Crystal and more than a dozen other comedians play on the screens outside the National Comedy Center
        
        
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            The nearby Desilu Studios museum to Lucille Ball's comedy was the precursor to the National Comedy Center
        
        
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