Stand-up Comedy
[digg=http://digg.com/arts_culture/Stand_up_Comedy_3] The 80s were the golden age for stand-up comedy. HBO was constantly showing stand-up specials. And it seemed that the only thing you needed to get a sitcom was to be a stand-up comedian. Even Margaret Cho had a show. Then tastes changed, and stand-up seemed to be relegated to a special niche. Comedy Central shows a lot of stand-up, and a lot of it is quite good. But it’s isolated. It almost never occurs to me to watch stand-up because it doesn’t come on one of the channels I typically watch. I went to a Joel McHale show over the weekend, and it was hysterical. It made me miss good stand-up–I feel that way whenever I happen across one of Janeane Garofalo’s HBO specials, too. How can I reconnect with the comedy world in a way that works for me?
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April 23, 2009 4:00 am
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By LuLu, April 23, 2009 @ 5:13 am
So, we adore The Soup and Joel McHale so for my hubby’s, Citizen Grant, birthday I got him tickets to see Joel McHale. I knew he wasn’t a “seasoned” stand-up so went in with no expectations but it was fantastic! Not sure if you and Mr. Curmudgeon have children but his stuff on being a parent was spot on and of course everything else was hilarious too. I highly recommend him to any of your readers!
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By Jennifer Roland, April 23, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
No kids yet, but I’ve done enough babysitting in my day to recognize the truth in his stories about his kids. Did he talk about the little person at the In N Out Burger when you saw him? That slayed me.
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