[2] Sweeney changed the name to Acme a few years later, a reference to Warner Brothers cartoons (Sweeney assisted with some Tiny Toons scripts to help his writer girlfriend out[4]) around the same time he moved the theater to North Hollywood.

[4] Eventually, he brought it to La Brea Boulevard near Los Angeles's "Miracle Mile", where it quickly rose to prominence in the world of sketch comedy.

The name "Acme" was selected after Stoner's career in animation writing at Warner Brothers had started to take off.)

After a period of inactivity, ACME began hosting a sketch night on Sunday evenings.

Beginning in March 2018, ACME hosted the house sketch teams from the recently closed iO West Theatre, as well as the long running current events show Top Story Weekly.