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Robert A. Stebbins (1990) The Laugh-Makers: Stand-up Comedy as Art, Business, and Life-Style, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 9780773562325; Rutter, Jason (1997). "Stand-up as interaction: Performance and Audience in Comedy Venues" (PDF). Department of Sociology. CORE. University of Saford: Institute for Social Research
Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi [a] (simplified Chinese: 王兴贵; traditional Chinese: 王興貴; pinyin: Wáng Xīngguì; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Hîn-kùi; born 22 January 1990) [3] [4] [5] is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, [6] [7] [8] and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, Daphne Sounds Expensive.
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 ...
May 12: Ali Siddiq's special The Domino Effect part 3: First Day of School on YouTube. May 15: Conner O'Malley's special Stand Up Solutions on YouTube. May 18: Geoff Tice's special Jokes with a G on YouTube. May 21: Rachel Feinstein's special Big Guy on Netflix. May 26: Matt Green's special That Guy on YouTube.
Ended Andrew Schulz Saves America: December 17, 2020 1 season, 4 episodes: 16–17 min: English Ended Locombianos: June 10, 2021 1 season, 4 episodes: 30–34 min: Spanish
Xiangsheng (traditional Chinese: 相聲; simplified Chinese: 相声; pinyin: Xiàngsheng; lit. 'face and voice'), also known as crosstalk or comic dialog, [2] is a traditional performing art in Chinese comedy, and one of the most popular elements in Chinese culture.
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.
Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu [1] (born October 21, 1982) [2] [3] is an American stand-up comedian and writer. His comedy covers subjects such as race, inequity, and Indian stereotypes . He was a writer for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and the creator of the 2017 documentary film The Problem with Apu .