Movies: Stand up comedy

You know John Witherspoon as Ice Cube's outrageously funny, dog-catching dad in the smash urban trilogy Friday, Next Friday, and Friday After Next. You remember him from Boomerang, Little Nicky, and Little Man, and as "Pops" on the long-running syndi...

Kevin James delivers a hilariously unfiltered take on parenting, marriage, and getting older. As only James can, he covers a range of topics, from motivating children to put down their video games, to why he doesn't trust technology, and how many Tat...

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His first stand-up comedy special, a must-have for every Foxx fan. Aired on HBO as his popularity began to soar on TV's "In Living Color" Featuring side-splitting impersonations, Including Michael Jackson, Prince, Mike Tyson and Bill Cosby. The multi...

The brilliant actor and comedian Enrique San Francisco undergoes a very particular trial during which he will have to account for his turbulent past and respond to the accusations and reproaches of friends and colleagues....

Brian Regan takes relatable family humor to new heights as he talks board games, underwear elastic and looking for hot dogs in all the wrong places....

With a manic wit that transcends race and religion, sharp-tongued comedian Elon Gold explores the ridiculous things people manage to get away with....

A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics....

Steven Wright, the Confucius of Comedy, recorded his first album, I Have A Pony, in 1985. That Grammy - nominated album, along with an HBO special the following year, established Wright as one of the most inventive, peculiar and admired comedians of ...

One of Hicks's most famous quotes was delivered during a gig in Chicago - known s the "Infamous Bill Looses it in Chicago" show - in 1989 (later released as the bootleg I'm Sorry, Folks). After a heckler repeatedly shouted "Free Bird", Hicks screamed...

One of America's fastest-rising comedians, Bill Burr wields his razor-sharp wit with rare skill. In this brand-new stand-up performance, Bill takes aim at the stuff that drives us crazy, political correctness gone haywire, and girlfriends, or as he c...

In his sophomore stand-up special, comedian/actor/impressionist Jay Pharoah delivers a fully charged performance ripping the lid off pop culture, his suburban upbringing, and run-in with the law, all while sharing his unique perspective on self-disco...

Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' is the first stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be filmed out of the four that were released in total. This film was filmed in 1971 but not released until 1985, on VHS. This was the first stand-up act that Pryor did be...

Mexican comic Carlos Ballarta is back, and this time, he's using his sharp black humor to challenge cultural and religious views from Latin America....

This funnywoman champions feminism while explaining while walking down the street eating a banana is an extreme sport....

Stand-up comedian Paul Rodriguez with Gene Pompa, Shayla Rivera & Manny Maldonado together for a comedy performance. Filmed in Santa Fe....

One of the premier comedic talents in the entertainment industry, George Lopez stars in his second HBO solo special. George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano is a live stand-up special performed in front of a packed arena crowd at the AT&T Center i...

Dynamic comic DeRay Davis hits the stage like a ball of fire, nailing the finer points of living, dating and handling show business as a black man....

The hilarious comedian familiar to audiences around the world from his many radio, television and movie appearances tackles his favorite related topics: the decline of civilization and the rise of pop culture. From declining home values to the swine ...

Ilana Glazer's unfiltered stand-up special dives into life's down and dirty truths, from painfully awkward high school years to navigating parenthood as a stoner mom....