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Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, stand-up comedian, or simply a stand-up. In stand-up comedy, the comedian usually recites a grouping of humorous stories, jokes and one-liners typically called a monologue, routine, or act. Some stand-up comedians use props, music, or magic tricks to enhance their acts. Stand-up comedy is often performed in comedy clubs, bars, nightclubs, neo-burlesques, colleges, and theaters. Outside of live performance, stand-up is often distributed commercially via television, DVD, CD and the internet.
In stand-up comedy, the feedback of the audience is instant and crucial for the comedian's act. Audiences expect a stand-up comic to provide a steady stream of laughs, and a performer is always under pressure to deliver. Comedic actor Will Ferrell has called stand-up comedy "hard, lonely, and vicious".
William Frederic "Bill" Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is best known for his stand-up comedy specials. He is also known for being the host of Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast, playing Patrick Kuby in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, and starring in the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family as Frank Murphy. In 2013, The New York Times wrote that Burr "has been one of the funniest, most distinctive voices in the country for years."
Burr was born in Canton, Massachusetts, to white-collar parents of German and Irish descent. His father is a dentist. Burr obtained a bachelor's degree in radio from Emerson College in 1993. Before starting his comedy career, he worked in warehouses because "if [his] boss gave [him] a rough time, [he] could just get on a forklift and just, like, drive away".
Burr's career began in 1992. He moved to New York City in 1995.
Since May 2007, Burr has recorded a weekly one-hour podcast, Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast, in which he speaks about his past and recent experiences, current events, going on tour, and sports, and offers advice to questions submitted by the listeners. The podcast is available on Burr's website and on the All Things Comedy network. He is sometimes joined by his wife, Nia Hill, and has featured guests and interviews with other comedians.
Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008.
Peters was born in Toronto, Ontario to Eric and Maureen Peters. When he was four, the family moved to nearby Brampton. His older brother Clayton now serves as Peters' manager. Peters is Catholic and of Anglo-Indian descent. His late father was born in Bombay, India and worked as a federal meat inspector; Peters regularly features stories about him in his comedy work.
Peters attended Chinguacousy Secondary School for grades 9–10, and North Peel Secondary School in Bramalea for grades 11–12. In school, he was regularly bullied because of his ethnicity. He eventually learned boxing, which helped him resist the bullying.
Peters also became a hip hop "junkie" in his youth. By the 1990s, he was a well-connected DJ in the Toronto scene.
Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989. He has since gone on to perform in several countries worldwide.
Actors: Anita Surendran (miscellaneous crew), David Rasche (actor), Martin Starr (actor), Matt Miller (producer), Terry Leonard (producer), Paul Wesley (actor), James Ponsoldt (producer), Ross Marquand (actor), Lauren Silver (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Stadulis (actor), Robert C. Kirk (actor), Laith Nakli (actor), Laith Nakli (producer), Sean Mullin (writer), Sean Mullin (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Jason Brown (producer), David Smith (writer), David Smith (producer), David Smith (actor), David Smith (director), David Smith (editor), Molly Tilly (actress), Laura Waggoner (actress), Molly Tilly (producer), Rudy Panucci (actor), Penny Maple (actress), Walt Smith (actor), Taylor Marx (actor), Jacob Smith (actor), Aaron 'Foz Rotten' White (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Darlene Violette (actress), Eric Deskin (actor), Joe Caniano (actor), Joe Caniano (producer), Joe Caniano (writer), Dave Alvin (editor), Dave Alvin (producer), Dave Alvin (actor), Dave Alvin (director), Michael Giacoia (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Nick Thomas-Webster (actor), Simon Phillips (producer), Billy Murray (producer), Billy Murray (actor), Jonathan Sothcott (producer), Martin Kemp (actor), Colin Salmon (actor), Simon Phillips (actor), Richard E. Grant (actor), Neil Maskell (actor), Shaun Lucas (actor), Lewis James (producer), Johnny Lynch (actor), Craig Conway (actor), Sheridan Smith (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Brian Harley (actor), Brian Harley (producer), Brian Harley (director), Brian Harley (editor), Richard Wood (actor), Richard Wood (producer), Nick Allen (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Cotterill (composer), Alan Wales (actor), Maria Maley (writer), Maria Maley (actor), Danny Mackie (actor), Christina Cassidy (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Robert Abramoff (producer), Scott L. Montoya (director), Scott L. Montoya (producer), Neal Marshall (producer), Yvette Yates (producer), Peter Fruchtman (producer), Jerry Fruchtman (producer), Danny Rodriguez (producer), Rick D'Elia (miscellaneous crew), Rick D'Elia (producer), Larry Omaha (actor), Larry Omaha (producer), Charlie Hill (actor), Ian Fruchtman (producer), Howie Miller (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Isaac Sprintis (composer), Milly Sanders (actress), Alexander Wenger (actor), Liam Tuohy (actor), Matthew Hysell (actor), Jamie Lane (actor), Alan Gaskill (actor), Jong Hwang (writer), Jong Hwang (director), Jong Hwang (editor), Stephanie Bravo (costume designer), Jong Hwang (producer), Ruchika Mandhyan (producer), Norman Spinrad (writer), David Lee McKinney (actor),
Plot: In an alternate universe, 98% of the population are immortals. Immortals look young and charm because they don't get older in terms of appearance after 25. On the other hand, there is 2% of the mortal population. Mortals are just like us. They become wrinkled as they get older. Tom, born to be a mortal, doesn't feel a true love from his immortal parents. He lives far away from his parents until he gets a cancer at 60. Tom decides to come back home to reconcile himself with his immortal parents before he dies. But his reconciliation isn't easy.
Keywords: alternate-universe, cancer, death, dying, family-relationships, immortality, mortality, old-manActors: Apostolos Souglakos (actor), Dinos Iliopoulos (actor), Phani Ziozia (editor), Nicholas Triandafyllidis (director), Nicholas Triandafyllidis (writer), Dimitris Athanitis (actor), Nicholas Triandafyllidis (producer), Harry Klynn (actor), Thodoris Polizonis (actor), Kostas Gousgounis (actor), Nikos Vergetis (producer), Blaine Reininger (actor), Blaine Reininger (composer), Alex Triandafyllidis (actor), Meredith Davis (actress),
Plot: The strange story of Sonia, a Russian dancer, who left her country behind only to find herself bumping and grinding against the guardrail enclosing the dancefloor where the striptease is performed, and other lost souls, at the end of the twentieth century, somewhere in Europe
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Michael Orenstein (actor), Steven Pearl (actor), Steven Pearl (writer), Rick Shaw (writer), Margot Black (actress), Ari Golan (director),
Genres: Comedy,I got in a fight over some stupid insecurities.
Stepped out of the light.
When did we lose our old identity?
Now my white flags are waving around
'Cause you don't need your best friends bringing you down.
Something in the air with the smoke and the fire
Got in my eyes, our eyes singing,
Stand up, stand up
Can I be strong enough?
I'm trying hard to be myself again
To be myself again.
I've been tripping over all the rules
Living my live somebody else's way.
I've been sinking on this ship of fools,
Following orders that I can't obey.
Now my white flags are waving around
'Cause the choices I've made ran me into the ground.
Someone's at the crash site digging me out.
I hope it's you, I hear you singing to me
Stand up, stand up
Can I be strong enough?
I'm trying hard to be myself again
Stand up, stand up
Brothers be strong enough.
We're trying hard to be ourselves again
To be ourselves again.
When plans go wrong they won't set the sun.
When plans go wrong they won't ruin the day.
Stand up, stand up
I gotta be strong enough.
I'm trying hard to be myself again.
So stand up, stand up.
Brothers be strong enough.
We're trying hard to be ourselves again again.
Stand up, stand up (Stand up, stand up)
Stand up, stand up, stand up!
Stand up, stand up (Stand up, stand up)