They have one in LA and one in NYC as well. Take a second to look up who went through UCB as they are many of the bigger names in improv/comedic acting right now. UCB became another pipeline to Hollywood comedy like The Groundlings and Improv Olympic had been.

UCB isn’t just doing well it is thriving. I don’t think I go a week without seeing a UCB grad on a tv show or podcast and haven’t since the mid 2000s.

UCB seems to have worked out all right in the long run.

No but “boner” has also meant an error so depending on the time it was published it might not mean an erection