Talk:The Purple Onion

Thanks!
Thanks for not deleting the article. Phyllis Diller got her start here in the 60s when she first started her career as a housewife/comedian. And during Tom Guido's tenure, countless garage bands were given a perfect (if unruly) venue for their underground sound. --Utilizer (talk) 05:29, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

The Purple Onion in New York City
Think we need a section on this. A forthcoming oral history about female comics talks about it and here is Jimi Hendrix at it--Aichikawa (talk) 18:07, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

The Purple Onion (SF) Closed September 2012
I went to a show on August 31 2012 at the San Francisco Purple Onion and we were told that the club was closing in September. The only source I have is that the person who told the audience that night was the owner. I think it should be added in. Sad to see the club go. (User: SF native) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.209.111 (talk) 07:43, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Purple Onion Toronto
I deleted the section on Toronto since it has no relation to the San Francisco club. Create a page for the Toronto Onion if you think it's got enough history to it. --Utilizer (talk) 04:41, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

This article directly contradicts another Wikipedia article.
This article claims that the Smothers Brothers recorded their first album at this club. But in the Smothers Brothers article, it says that the album was actually recorded in Houston, Texas, and that only the opening track came from the Purple Onion. The original intention had been to record the album there, but the tapes were not usable for technical reasons. The Smothers Brothers decided to keep the title as a tribute to the club that had given them their start. Jeri Southern (talk) 03:57, 21 April 2023 (UTC)