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Stand-up comedy has roots in various traditions of popular entertainment of the late 19th century, including vaudeville, the stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, concert saloons, freak shows, variety shows, medicine shows, American burlesque, English music halls, circus clown antics, Chautauqua, and humorist monologues like those delivered by Mark Twain in his first (1866 ...
Gareth (Gary) Patrick Reynolds (born November 27, 1979) is a British-American comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting The Dollop, a comedy history podcast in which his friend and fellow comedian Dave Anthony tells him a shocking or notable story from American history of which he has no knowledge.
In 2017, Buteau was listed as one of ten comedians to watch by Esquire. [13] In 2018, Buteau started hosting the Late Night Whenever! podcast, [14] [15] which was labeled as "one of the best podcasts of 2018 so far" by Time. [16] Buteau was also part of The Comedy Lineup on Netflix where up and coming comedians have 15 minute stand-up sets. [17]
David Sean Anthony (born August 26, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and podcaster. He is best known as the creator and co-host of the comedy podcast The Dollop, in which he tells notable stories from American history to his friend and fellow comedian Gareth Reynolds, who has not heard the story before.
Kliph Nesteroff is a Canadian author, best known for his 2015 history of American comedy, The Comedians. After eight years as a stand-up comedian, [ 1 ] Nesteroff became a frequent contributor to WFMU [ 2 ] and a national, on-air contributor for CBC Radio One .
The History of Comedy is a CNN documentary series, as part of CNN Original Series. The documentary explores the underlying questions of what makes American people laugh, why, and how the laughter influenced their social and political landscape throughout American history.
Comedians work an average of two days per week; this circuit is said to not aid in moving up in the field. [44] Cruiseliners have both clean comedy and blue comedy at different times during the day, but opinionated political material is frowned upon. [45] Hecklers are tolerated more in a cruise setting. [46]
The series was a successor to the early 1990s topical comedy show The Mary Whitehouse Experience, in which Punt and Dennis were a key part, although its origins lie with the short-lived Live on Arrival from 1988. The programme first aired on 26 September 1998. Repeats of The Now Show are now aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra.