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The stand-up's paradox: the funnier you are, the faster you die
Stand-up comedians die two to three years younger than comedic and dramatic actors. And the funnier they are judged to be, the greater their risk of dying.
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Step aside Seinfeld — meet Mark Twain, the stand-up comic
Mark Twain once said that “hunger is the handmaid of genius,” and he was speaking from personal experience. By 1894, Twain was an esteemed writer, an international celebrity -- and dead broke thanks to a few bad investments. To stave off debt, he embarked on the world’s first stand-up comedy tour, chronicled in Richard Zacks’ new book, “Chasing the Last Laugh.” Zacks joins Jeffrey Brown for more.
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An Oral History of the Comedy Cellar
Jon Stewart, Colin Quinn, Judy Gold, and more comedians share memories of the cramped basement venue that made their careers, and that they still call home.
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DANGEROUSLY FUNNY IN LAS VEGAS - JIMMIE LEE-THE JERSEY OUTLAW
Dangerously Funny In Las Vegas..... Starring Jimmie Lee The Jersey Outlaw Jimmie's Brand New Comedy Reality TV Show Jimmie and the Bandito Girls take to Fremont Street in Las Vegas, for the best in ad lib uncensored comedy skits !!
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DANGEROUSLY FUNNY IN SOUTH BEACH- JIMMIE LEE
A Brand New Comedy Reality TV Show Jimmie Lee and the Bandito Girls take to the streets in South Beach for the best in street comedy !
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Steve Martin Performed Stand-up Last Night for the First Time in 35 Years
In 1981, Steve Martin was the biggest stand-up in the country. He was arguably the biggest stand-up ever up until that point, regularly selling out amphitheaters when other top names were still playing clubs. And then he just stopped.
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The Funny Thing About Abusive Relationships
I write comedy, so jokes became my DEFCON when I thought my boyfriend might hurt me. By Julieanne Smolinski
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Mad TV is coming back for a one-hour 20th anniversary special
Mad TV, the sketch comedy show known for characters like Stuart, Miss Swan, and the early version of Key & Peele, is making a comeback. The CW will premiere a one-hour 20th anniversary special next month, TVLine reports. "In the special, the cast reunites to attend a glamorous award ceremony to honor the series, but in classic Mad TV fashion, nothing goes as planned," The CW said in a statement.
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89-Year-Old Man Tries Stand-up for the First Time, Crushes It
Break a hip!
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Aziz Ansari Explains Casting His Mom And Dad In Netflix's 'Master Of None'
Netflix’s Master of None is sort of based on Aziz Ansari’s stand-up, and kinda based on his book Modern Romance, but “we’re really trying to do a wide breadth of topics and subject matter,” Ansari told TV critics this afternoon at Summer TV Press Tour 2015.
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Sam Hyde's 2070 Paradigm Shift
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Miserable Comedians: A Republican With Honesty
Donner is back to do stand up.
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Norm Macdonald
A Raw and Uncensored Interview. By Seth Abramovitch.
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The Censorship of Stand-Up Comedy on College Campuses
Three comics sat around a café table in the chilly atrium of the Minneapolis Convention Center, talking about how to create the cleanest possible set. “Don’t do what’s in your gut,” Zoltan Kaszas said. “Better safe than sorry,” Chinedu Unaka offered. Feraz Ozel mused about the first time he’d ever done stand-up: three minutes on giving his girlfriend herpes and banging his grandma. That was out.
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George Carlin --- Religion is Bullshit
One of George's greatest classics
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