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"Lewis Black: Black To The Future" - 50 Min - Recorded live in NYC - A passionate performer who is a more pissed-off optimist than mean-spirited curmudgeon. Also, a 50 minute bonus program "The Rant Is Due: Live From Napa". Moderated by his very talented friend Kathleen Madigan the format allows audience members to ask questions directly to Lewis onstage, resulting in some epic rants.
2) The Crucible
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'The Crucible' is the all-star casted 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It's the dramatized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in 1692-93. An allegory for McCarthyism and its hearings in the early 1950's, Miller was questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and convicted of contempt of Congress in 1956 for refusing to provide the names.
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Rodney Laney has completed pilots for Comedy Central, MTV, and A&E. He has been seen on HBO, FOX News Channel's Red Eye, The Late Late Show on CBS, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, comedy.tv on the HD channel, two appearances on Gotham Comedy Live AXSTV, and Live in Gotham VR.
6) Mentally Al
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Mentally Al is an intimate portrait of cult comedy legend Al Lubel, a former Star Search champion whose appeared many times on the likes of Carson, Leno and Letterman, He is now in his 60s, perpetually broke, couch surfing in friends' apartments, and struggling for stage time. A true enigma of the standup comedy world, Al is considered by many to be the greatest and most influential comic you've never heard of.
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Jay Whittaker is a comedian, actor, host and writer hailing from Los Angeles & Salt Lake City. He's been seen on the Food Network and even featured in USA Today. He has performed in the Riot L.A. Comedy Festival & the Seattle International Comedy Competition. He's been heard as a panelist on the ever-popular, award-winning Geekshow Podcast and has been seen in several commercials, most notably for McAfee & VSP Direct. His voice can also be heard as...
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You thought you already knew enough about the Balkans; or simply never bothered to learn anything about it? You're not to blame as the images were mostly those of war atrocities, too many historical references, ongoing crime with much corruption and not so much teeth. However, is there anything funny at all about it? Delivered in a hour-long show by one of their natives, in a manner best described by its slogan: Filthy Mouth. Clean Heart. Balkan Brain!...
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Jenna Kim Jones is a comedian known for her strong personality and little to no upper body strength. She recently came to grips with the fact that she will never be able to do a pull up and earn her 4th grade Presidential Fitness Award though she plans to exploit this limitation into a book or reality television deal.
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In his third hour special, comic and podcaster Dan Cummins presents some of his most outrageous material to date. Dan mocks those who believe in the lizard illuminati, a flat earth, the notion that you can sell your soul to Satan, and more. Dan even makes fun of himself for once having sex with a banana peel in a grocery store bathroom - nothing's too weird or dark. Dan jokes about his kids, his ongoing hatred of strangers, and even offers to improve...
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Lavell Crawford is back and he's funnier and skinnier than ever. After losing over 120 pounds, he's new and improved and ready to tell everyone exactly what's what. From being a big fan of first-term Obama to telling the best way to deal with cops in 2019, there's no denying that Lavell is the main man and a giant voice to be reckoned with.
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JJ Barrows was raised in South Carolina as the middle child of a preacher's family. Having always felt a little different, JJ uses humor to navigate through the realities of life, being single through her thirties, and adjusting to life changes brought about by age, a cross country move, and eventually.
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Before his first HBO special The Diceman Cometh and his feature-film debut in The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine, Andrew Dice Clay perfected his act along the comedy club circuit. This rare early performance from Philadelphia's Comedy Factory Outlet takes you back to Dice's roots as the original "hoodlum of humor" with a look at the early career of this groundbreaking, hardcore comic.
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