"This entertaining and sharply written guide--for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers--examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Izzard, Moms Mabley, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman, Richard Pryor, and more as a means of illustrating the most important techniques of performing and writing stand-up. Here, Stephen Rosenfield lays out a clear...

Jeff Dunham and his iconic creations, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Walter, Peanut, and Bubba J. have embarked on an unprecedented world tour that has Dunham touching five continents, logging almost 100,000 miles and starring in arenas where few American comedians have dared to perform. While Dunham collects and crafts pop culture references that can excite a local audience upon entering each country, he shows that humor is truly universal. Most of the...

The beloved, Emmy-winning comic actor Don Knotts, best-known for his roles as the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and the lecherous landlord Mr. Furley on Three's Company, presents a series of side-splitting stand-up routines and skits in rare performances from the 1960s-1970s. A master at playing nervous and neurotic characters, Knotts is also able to milk major laughs with his portrayals of romantically-challenged underdogs...

It's Bad For Ya, Carlin's Emmy-nominated 14th and final HBO special from March of 2008 features Carlin's noted irreverent and unapologetic observations on topics ranging from death, religion, bureaucracy, patriotism, overprotected children and big business to the pungent examinations of modern language and the decrepit state of the American culture. Carlin once again comes up with an hour of brand new material that not only makes you laugh, but makes...

Famed comedian/writer Del Shores (Sordid Lives, Queer As Folk) shares the real-life stories that inspired his writing in this hilarious one-man show recorded live during his critically acclaimed tour across the U.S. Del sets the story straight on his celebrity encounters and on what it was like growing up in the South and coming out as gay.

In Complaints & Grievances, George Carlin's 12th HBO comedy special, taped at the Beacon Theater in New York on November 17, 2001 (ten weeks after 9/11), Carlin casts his usual jaundiced eye on America and its inhabitants. From the events of 9/11, to the Ten Commandments, to why you should never stop if you run someone over with your car, nothing is sacred to this 45-year veteran of the comedy scene. Self-help books, answering machines, gun nuts,...

Broadway Tony Award Winner! From the hit sitcom SOAP, comic Jay Johnson and his schizophrenic wooden 'friend' Bob star in an uproarious stand-up comedy performance. They're joined by Jay's many other wacky characters in a show full of crazy riffs and a hilarious history of ventriloquism, once thought to be witchcraft. A master humorous storyteller and ventriloquist in a smash live performance.

George Carlin presents one of his most hysterical stand-up comedy performances in this one-man show recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles. Routines included are "Losing Things," "Charities," "Sports," "Hello and Goodbye," "Battered Plants," "Earrings," and "A Moment of Silence." Also featured is a short film entitled "The Envelope" co-starring Vic Tayback.

In Doin' It Again, the minutiae of everyday life is up for Carlin's hilarious interpretation as he takes on the best of the worst in all of us. From embarrassing underwear situations to people who announce their bathroom activities, nothing escapes this comedic veteran's watchful eye. Cancer, rape, stupid people, dogs, organ donor programs, when toilet paper became bathroom tissue, "pulling the plug," and offensive language all receives Carlin's special...

For more than four decades, George Carlin has made us laugh with his provocative style of standup comedy. This HBO special presentation highlights the best of his live performances in Los Angeles, New Jersey, Phoenix and New York from 1977 to 1998. Includes "Hello-Goodbye," "Earrings," "Hitler," "We Like War," "It's Not a Sport," "Football," and an alternative version of "A Place for My Stuff."