DEF COMEDY JAM MYSTERY SOLVED… For years comedians have argued over the inspiration for Def Comedy Jam. Many including myself at one time believed it was stolen-inspired from the Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem NY. Then my theory changed in light of @Robert Townsends Partners in Crime comedy show, then remembered that Eddie Murphy produced Comeddyn Express.. and in New Jersey we Peppermint Lounge introducing black comedians early on.. and then the Comedy Act Theater in L.A. was making a lot of nois