Sentences with phrase «like stand up comedy»

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Called «Seeso,» the service will launch widely in January, at which point members can pay $ 3.99 per month for ad - free access to a full library NBC comedy programming — from new episodes of Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show to all past episodes of classic shows like The Office and 30 Rock — along with a slate of new original series and stand - up comedy specials.

Like him, I had a supportive and sensible wife, had dabbled in doing stand - up comedy and had enjoyed and developed a hobby.

This isn't a stand - up show like Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, you're not going to get routines about man - draws, socks and batteries.

As well as the comedy clubs like Yuk Yuk's and The Comedy Cave, you can find great stand up almost any night of the week at various venues around town - like the Monday Comedy Night at Broken City (an evening that's never the same twice runncomedy clubs like Yuk Yuk's and The Comedy Cave, you can find great stand up almost any night of the week at various venues around town - like the Monday Comedy Night at Broken City (an evening that's never the same twice runnComedy Cave, you can find great stand up almost any night of the week at various venues around town - like the Monday Comedy Night at Broken City (an evening that's never the same twice runnComedy Night at Broken City (an evening that's never the same twice running!).

I like potatoes and stand up comedy.

Psychology major I like anime, movies, videogames, and stand - up comedy and I talk about them a little too much.

If you like stand - up comedy, or just Jerry Seinfeld, you'll find plenty of stuff to like here.

You could almost imagine the two films, or at least their heroes, figuring in the kind of good - natured, racial - stereotype humor that used to be a staple of stand - up comedy (and was memorably parodied on «The Simpsons»): «white guys abolish slavery like this» (pass constitutional amendment); «but black guys, they abolish slavery like this» (blow up plantation).

Former «Daily Show with Jon Stewart» correspondent Al Madrigal applies his comedic insight to relatable topics like cilantro politics, anger management, and an unbelievable tale of seafood revenge in this stand - up comedy special.

With such a farfetched plot already in place, this is the sort of film that could have easily degenerated into a muddled farce with a one - note stand - up comic as the lead, but with a good comedic and dramatic actor like Kline at the forefront, he is able to keep the tone of the comedy and drama appropriate to each scene.

He was more active as a stand - up, though, and in his role as an elder comedy statesman he occasionally appeared on talk shows like The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, The Late Show With David Letterman, and The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.

Through these complicated and resonant characters, as well as its deft examination of timely matters like trauma, abuse, and sexism in the world of stand - up comedy, All About Nina offers insight into what it means to be a talented, creative woman today.

You will undoubtedly find something in the comedy world that you love on the site, whether it's old favorites like Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock or just plain old stand - up and improv.

It's not just goofing around and comedy, and I don't think I've ever been on a set where we all did it to each other at different points, but you do that thing after cut where you're standing there and thinking, «Okay, don't cry,» and then like Eddie would come up to you and go (pats back), and Martin, and Paddy.

Existing in a timeless not - quite - reality that tips its hat to»80s classics like «Stand By Me» and «The Goonies» while blending it with an up - to - the - minute sense of humor that betrays Vogt - Roberts» links with the current comedy scene (big - name stand - ups like Kumail Nanjiani and Hannibal Burress have cameos), it's certainly the funniest film we've seen in 2013 so far, minute by miStand By Me» and «The Goonies» while blending it with an up - to - the - minute sense of humor that betrays Vogt - Roberts» links with the current comedy scene (big - name stand - ups like Kumail Nanjiani and Hannibal Burress have cameos), it's certainly the funniest film we've seen in 2013 so far, minute by mistand - ups like Kumail Nanjiani and Hannibal Burress have cameos), it's certainly the funniest film we've seen in 2013 so far, minute by minute.

That performance (coupled with some high - profile US gigs like hosting the MTV VMAs for two years straight and a Comedy Central stand - up special) catapulted him to movie stardom, leading to starring roles in 2010's Get Him to the Greek (in which Brand actually reprised his Sarah Marshall character) and a remake of the Dudley Moore classic Arthur.

Ira had been rooming with two other young comedy dudes, Mark (Jason Schwartzman), who stars in a dreadful TV sitcom, and Leo (Jonah Hill), whose brand of stand - up, like Ira's, is heavy on the horny - hormonal.

McCarthy started her career as a stand - up comic but quickly found more of her footing as a member of The Groundlings, the sketch - comedy improvisation group in L.A.. There, she worked with the likes of Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, and as we know, the three found themselves launched into comedic stratosphere with their 2011 massive hit Bridesmaids — but more on that in a minute.

If you're a fan of Patton Oswalt's stand - up comedy, you'll probably like Finest Hour.

But, much like Joel McHale and Daniel Tosh, Hardwick has supplemented on - air cable work with stand - up comedy.

When Marlin tries to entertain, the result is a calamity that plays like Brooks» early years as a stand - up deconstructionist, producing comedy by utterly dismantling hacky gags.

After graduating from Bristol University, Simon moved to London to pursuer a career in stand - up comedy and it didn't take long before he was receiving offers to appear in popular television shows like «I'm Alan Partridge.»

Chelsea Handler is tossed in as Witherspoon's married friend, who doles out horrible and trashy dating advice in what sounds like a lousy stand - up comedy routine.

He began performing stand - up in Los Angeles comedy clubs in the 1980s and continued to perform through the rest of the decade and throughout the 1990s when he would also branch off into some acting work (with roles in films like Ski Patrol and Fatal Instinct).

Another move took her to Los Angeles, where she worked as a stand - up comic at the Comedy Store and The Improv, supplementing her income with a variety of temp jobs — including one at the Playboy Mansion («I felt like Margaret Mead studying a secret society») and working for Atlantic Records.

The best known titles that are available at launch are: The Hunger Games, Think and Grow Rich, and The Power of Now; revealing interviews with celebrities like John Lennon, Jack Nicholson and Lady Gaga; stand - up comedy performances by comedians like Aziz Ansari, Jon Stewart and George Carlin; guided meditation and hypnosis sessions to help people relax, become inspired and lose weight; children's story classics like Where the Wild Things Are, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Goodnight Moon; business training from leaders like Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, and John Assaraf; and author theater performances starring award - winning actors like Neil Patrick Harris, Hilary Swank and Laurence Fishburne.

I really like this one, its comedy gold and each episode stands up well on its own.

Influenced by both the avant - garde performance of artists like Vito Acconci and Richard Foreman as well as forms of popular entertainment, particularly stand - up comedy, Michael Smith has been cultivating his own idiosyncratic brand of performance art since the late 1970s.

NOTE: Some art critics believe that Performance art is best understood as a «performing art», like drama, dance or stand - up comedy, rather than a form of «visual art» - especially since the «artwork» in question is typically accorded a low priority by the performance artists themselves.

Comedy traffic schools, like IMPROV Traffic School, employ a special breed of instructors, best classified as teacher / stand - up comedian hybrids, who take what could be, in other hands, a boring tedious must - get - through curriculum, and turn it into several hours of laugh - while - you - learn driver remediation.

There are add - on subscriptions like Showtime, Starz, Acorn TV and Comedy Central Stand - up Plus, and of course a massive library of individual shows and movies to rent or buy.

Watch hit shows like Workaholics, Tosh.0, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, @midnight and Broad City, plus cutting - edge stand - up comedy you won't find anywhere else.