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After nearly four decades, The Comedy Catch is still serious about being Chattanooga’s most fun night out

Photography by Olivia Ross / From left, Cheryl Alfano, Danielle Alfano Roth, and Michael Alfano onstage at The Comedy Catch
Photography by Olivia Ross / From left, Cheryl Alfano, Danielle Alfano Roth, and Michael Alfano onstage at The Comedy Catch Photography by Olivia Ross / From left, Cheryl Alfano, Danielle Alfano Roth, and Michael Alfano onstage at The Comedy Catch

Michael and Cheryl Alfano have zero reservations about bringing in their new general manager at The Comedy Catch. She’s been in training since she was a teenager.

This year, their daughter, Danielle Alfano-Roth will take over leadership of the longstanding comedy club.

“Being in the industry from such a young age, and making so many industry connections, and knowing the business from the front of the house to the back — we know she’ll do a great job taking The Comedy Catch into the future,” says Michael.

Alfano-Roth literally grew up working in the club. She remembers the time comedian Jeff Foxworthy was in the car when her father dropped her off to school.

This was the early 2000s, before the success of Foxworthy’s Blue Collar Comedy Tour. He had been in town to peform several sold-out shows at The Comedy Catch.