Sentences with phrase «standup comedian»

Chris Rock (What to Expect When You're Expecting, Bee Movie) stars as standup comedian - turned - movie star Andre Allen, travelling through New York to promote his new movie, Uprize!

Many professional standup comedians in the past might have signed big - money deals for comedy specials on HBO or some other cable channel.

The surprise is the additions of standup comedians Louis C.K. and especially Andrew Dice Clay.

He moved to Los Angeles with his wife in 1984, and first gained public recognition some time later with an appearance on the popular CBS sitcom Designing Women in the very early»90s and a guest - star spot on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (the mecca for standup comedians) just prior to Carson's departure.

The best standup comedian I've seen in person was the late, great Mitch Hedberg.

Chris Rock recently revealed to Howard Stern that, way back in 2004, the NFL approached him about doing something a little different — being the first Super Bowl Halftime Show standup comedian.

World champs are sparring much less, and spending more time in float tanks thanks in big part to the influence of the forward - thinking podcast king, MMA event host and standup comedian extraordinaire, Joe Rogan.

The photographs were taken by award - winning photographer Randal Ford, and the «yenta» concept came from creative director and standup comedian David Roth, who produced the campaign with Hogarth Worldwide.

Catch your favorite standup comedians in action at the Laugh Factory Club in Chicago.

Christian Mingle, the popular Christian dating website, employs standup comedian John Crist to approve or.

It is a bit of a revelation to realize that Hicks, who would develop into one of the angriest and edgiest standup comedians of his time, was once such a clean - cut and straight young man.

Starring Charlie Sheen as the titular self - destructive graphic designer, the film is a comedic fantasia about his various alcohol - fueled fantasies and dreams, but it also finds time to showcase best friend and standup comedian Kirby, as played by an acerbic Jason Schwartzman.

But Atlanta has never done a callback quite as overt as the moment in «Barbershop» when Alfred's gifted - yet - troubled barber Bibby (standup comedian Robert S. Powell III) forces him to watch a...

: Audience Award was presented to Sleepwalk With Me, co-written and directed by Mike Birbiglia, about: Reluctant to confront his fears of love, honesty, and growing up, a budding standup comedian has both a hilarious and intense struggle with sleepwalking.

He reached the height of his fame in the late»80s and early»90s, gaining notoriety as a grossly misogynistic standup comedian.

Bartels, a Dean's Council member who cohosted with his wife, standup comedian Jane Condon, Ed.M.»

Ardal O'Hanlon is an award - winning standup comedian and actor.

Would - be standup comedian Arnold takes a year's apprenticeship at Allen Scott's Marlborough winery, during which he nearly kills several people, drinks and eats extensively and occasionally imparts good information about the process amid the profanity and locker - room jokes.

AuthorImprints Services: eBook conversion, distribution About the book: Former standup comedian and humor columnist Wood sold his condo in Seattle and set out on a year long global golfing journey.

Veterinarian, speaker, and standup comedian Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald brought attention to an important cause when he showed his new license plates on KWGN's «Animal House» segment on Nov. 10.

However, given that I was a beer drinking standup comedian (and didn't particularly care for organized religion) there was a significant disconnect.

I am the only female standup comedian in the country with a pulpit.

For this exhibition, Thomas has created a group of silkscreened portraits to be featured alongside an installation inspired by 1970s domestic interiors, and a two - channel video that weaves together a chorus of black female performers, past and present, including standup comedians Jackie «Moms» Mabley and Wanda Sykes, and pop - culture icons Eartha Kitt and Whitney Houston.

The first plan is an initiative organized by Carbon Washington, a non-partisan grassroots campaign started by environmental economist and standup comedian Yoram Bauman.

The sellout event took place at The Brewery in London on 27 May and was hosted by standup comedian, actor and writer Tiff Stevenson.

There are apparently going to be beatbox tournaments in the coming weeks, and an open mic night for standup comedians.

This flight attendant could probably double as a standup comedian, with her spiced - up safety announcement garnering over 1.5 million views on YouTube.

While some of their jokes might not be appropriate for the workplace, standup comedians are certainly effective communicators.

Recent Amazon Globe winner «The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,» a period confection about a midcentury housewife trying to make it as a standup comedian, is a niche product, too.

Instead of a standup comedian, Jerry Seinfield is now an editor at BuzzFeed.

He tried to be a standup comedian and failed, then went nuts with near - facist tirades against most people, including 9/11 victims.

Five years old, with the timing of a standup comedian, the rage of a trapped lion, and the compassion of the Buddha.

Ali Wong is a standup comedian, actress, mom — and our new hero.

Judging from the messages I get, everyone these days is busier than a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who moonlights as a standup comedian with 3 ex-wives and 5 kids.

Jubal Flagg is a standup comedian, radio host, television personality and comedy writer.

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3AM, Season 1: Markus recounts his experiences rejecting people as a club doorman and getting rejected as a standup comedian.

to the point where he is more a standup comedian than an unstoppable force.

Set in the 1970's and 1980's, this is the story of a failed New Jersey inventor (Whaley) who embarks on a career as a standup comedian.

Before Dana Carvey brought his many wacky characters to «Saturday Night Live,» he was a standup comedian with enough hilarious impressions to book the job.

Don't Think Twice is written and directed by long time comedian Mike Birbiglia whose last film, Sleepwalk with Me was a really honest and funny look into the life of a standup comedian.

It touches on themes of arrested development, needing to grow up and to accept responsibility for who you are (both onstage and off, the film being about a standup comedian who uses her own life story in her act), but «Obvious Child» is not ponderous with these themes.

It's like when a standup comedian has no more jokes, so just thanks the audience and leaves.

Standup comedian and actor Larry the Cable Guy will provide entertainment at the SEMA Industry Awards Banquet, the automotive specialty - equipment market's premier awards ceremony, where industry excellence and achievements are celebrated.

Curious about what it's like to be a child actor, a standup comedian, a podcast star or some combination of the above (and beyond)?

Especially as a standup comedian, where was I going to find a home in the church?

While cranking out close to 100 hour weeks as a junior associate, I was also running around at night honing my craft as a standup comedian at the various dingy comedy clubs and bars that would give me my 5 minute of stage time.

You'll hear about the senior litigation counsel at Apple who pursues astronomy in his free time, the UC Hastings Law School dean who has a passion for Honda Hawk motorcycles, and the legal recruiter who moonlights as a standup comedian.