Although not one of the five traditional senses, a sense of humor is the only thing that allows humans to answer knock-knocks at the door. You’re there with this deal to Irvine Improv. For $25, you get a comedy-show package (up to a $129.95 total value, including all fees), which includes:

• Two tickets to a comedy show, excluding special events (up to a $40 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 $9.95 value), which does not count toward the two-item minimum
• Four vouchers for tickets to future shows, excluding special events (up to an $80 value)<p>

At Irvine Improv, comics lure laughs from deep within bellies while following 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 six nights a week, alternating between big-name headliners and up-and-coming performers who tickle funny bones with fresh material, abundant energy, and feathered reflex hammers. Upcoming acts include onetime host of E!’s Talk Soup John Henson (September 6–9), whose boyish enthusiasm belies the quick-witted sarcasm that he wields with scalpel-like precision. Steve Trevino (September 16) makes a Sunday-night stop to delight audiences with his animated stories of romantic mishaps. 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).