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It is the network's main half-hour program which highlights either one or a series of stand-up comedians each episode. In 2011, the series ended and Comedy Central replaced it with the revamped The Half Hour , now called Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents , a series of 30-minute stand-up specials.
The bulk of the show is a Stewart Lee stand-up comedy performance, recorded live at the Mildmay Club in Stoke Newington with a club audience. Usually two episodes of the show were recorded per evening. Each episode has a theme, which Lee performs with his material.
Every episode features an up-and-coming comedian or sometimes a group performing an original set of stand-up. The first four seasons of the show were filmed at the Royale theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. [2] Beginning with the fifth season, the comedians now perform their sets at the Civic Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana. [3]
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up is a 2022 stand-up comedy film honoring four standup comedy legends, George Carlin, Robin Williams, Joan Rivers, and Richard Pryor. They were honored by Jon Stewart, John Mulaney, Chelsea Handler, and Dave Chappelle. [1] Pete Davidson opened the show.
Stand-up comedy originated in various traditions of popular entertainment in the late 19th century. These include 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, such as those delivered by Mark Twain in his 1866 ...
As Tony Cox, host of NPR, stated when interviewing popular Black stand-up comedian Darryl Littleton: “Consider this. Someone shares a story of pain, racism, divorce, unemployment, maybe even murder.
DEAW#13 Udom Taephanich Stand Up Comedy Show: October 11, 2022 2 h 52 min: Thai ... Verified Stand-Up: November 28, 2023 1 season, 2 episodes: 50–55 min: English
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