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Eddie Murphy Delirious is an American stand-up comedy television special directed by Bruce Gowers, written by and starring Eddie Murphy. [ 1] The stand-up set became a TV Special for HBO on October 15, 1983. The 70-minute special was Murphy's first feature stand-up and the predecessor to the wide theatrical release in 1987, Eddie Murphy Raw.
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, concert saloons, English music halls, circus clown antics, Chautauqua, and humorist monologues like those delivered by Mark Twain in ...
Bill Hicks. William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) [ 1][ 2] was an American stand-up comedian and satirist. His material—encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy—was controversial and often steeped in dark comedy . At the age of 16, Hicks began performing at the Comedy ...
June 5, 2023 at 12:25 PM. 22 of the Best Standup Comedies on NetflixKen Woroner. It takes guts to get up on a stage and pour one’s heart out to a bunch of strangers, hoping the laughs keep ...
Steven Wright. Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctive lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations.
Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy: We've Been Thinking. August 26, 2016. 1 h 14 min. English. Jandino: Whatever It Takes. September 9, 2016. 1 h 34 min. Dutch. Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville.
BrianRegan.com. Brian Joseph Regan ( / ˈriːɡən /) (born June 2, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. He is known for incorporating body language and facial expressions into his act. [ 3] His performances are often described as clean as he refrains from profanity as well as ...
June 1, 1996. ( 1996-06-01) Chris Rock: Bring the Pain is a television special that premiered on HBO on June 1, 1996, starring comedian Chris Rock. This was Rock's second special for the network, following 1994's Big Ass Jokes as part of HBO Comedy Half-Hour. Rock was already a well-known comedian, but Bring the Pain made him one of the most ...