Samaha, one of the partners in the original Roxbury, has brought back the name to conjure the best of times and graft them onto the space that once housed the Ivar club near Hollywood and Vine Street. “Back in the 1990s, all the action was in West Hollywood, but now Hollywood is the hub for all the clubs, so we just moved the name to Hollywood,” explained Elie Samaha via phone this month. Now, one of the original partners in the club has rolled out a new version of the Roxbury a few minutes’ drive east of the original Sunset location. The spot was permanently seared into America’s visual vernacular thanks to Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan’s 1998 film “A Night at the Roxbury” (even though the club scenes in the comedy were shot inside the Mayan downtown). From the late 1980s to 1997, it was one of the West Coast’s premier celebrity playhouses, hosting newsmakers such as Madonna and Tom Cruise. The owner of the Roxbury and his assistant have wine. People have drinks inside the Roxbury club, and the brothers and the owner of the club have wine. This is a collage of the car ride scenes from Saturday Night Live's skit: Night at the Roxbury.From left to right: Chris Kattan, Jim Carey, Will Ferrell.Now. nightclubs loomed as large in the public imagination as the Roxbury during its near-decade-long reign on Sunset Boulevard. A woman in a poster holds a beer, and in one scene a beer truck is prominently seen.
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