The award is not intended to be given posthumously, but Carlin's death occurred between the announcement and the ceremony. Those there to honor Carlin included: Joan Rivers, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Lewis Black, Denis Leary, Margaret Cho, Garry Shandling, and Lily Tomlin.
Roy Wood Jr. discusses the difference between "ancestors" and "forefathers," why Leonardo DiCaprio is the greatest white ally ever and how celebrities use fame to get people out of prison.
This show is a TV adaptation of Jasperina de Jongs second theater show. The show contains songs about abortion, about revolving flowers, about a man born with inexplicable suicidal tendencies, about the objectification of women and many more.
In the last theater show (1981) of the Dutch cabaret company Don Quishocking, the internal dispute is central. When George Groot returns from Pune, it appears that he has joined the Bhagwan movement. All group members deal with it in their own way, but it seems inevitable that the group members have grown apart.
The Lord sends his archangel Raphael to earth to finish some unresolved matters. Raphael ends up in Amsterdam and gets entangled in local troubles, including womenemancipation, secularisation and the impending restructuring of the city center. The musical alludes to local, then topical issues. This musical was on the occasion of the seven hundredth anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, and loosely based on 'Gijsbrecht van Aemstel', the 17th-century history play by Joost van den Vondel.
In her first show Jasperina de Jong sings songs about Sibylle, the last striptease dancer, about a Bach concert with a Woodstock vibe, about a nunnery where everyone gets addicted to mind-altering substances, about a provincial girl who travels to Amsterdam, and many more.
Hans Teeuwen: Echte Rancune
Russell ruminates on the state of the world and reflects how life has changed since he became a father.
The Dutch musical comedians Theo Nijland, Maarten van Roozendaal, Jeroen van Merwijk and Kees Torn sing and play a selection of their songs to promote the Dutch theater song.
"Cheers for checking this out. Gutless Wonder is my debut comedy special. I toured this show around Australia in 2022, which included this night at the Newham Mechanics Institute."
Another masterpiece from the renowned Comedian Abhishek Upmanyu. This is the part 2 of Jealous of Sabziwala special. Storytelling is the focus here.
Sarah Millican is a control enthusiast, not a control freak. In her hilarious new show, everyone’s favourite potty mouth will tell you about her road rage, her IBS, her favourite word and how she lets her husband know 'tonight’s the night'. You’ll learn about Rescue Men, farting in hospital pants, what can happen at a bra fitting and how she feels about her belly.
Limboland is a place where we find the gaps in life...from a fantastically downbeat version of Happy Birthday—via a hilarious tale of a disastrous family trip to see the Northern Lights—to a heart-rending country and western ballad on the nature of love, Bill explores our expectations of happiness with his trademark wit and musicality.
In this brilliant one-man show, the mild-mannered, thirty-something Steven Banks arrives home after a long day at his dead-end corporate job, still dreaming of being a rock star. Steven receives a message on his machine from his boss, Mr. Buttle, informing him that he never received an urgent speech Steven wrote for the board of directors. Steven must scramble to write a new one, but he has less than an hour to do it. Along the way, he continually procrastinates and distracts himself from the task at hand, playing with toys and various musical instruments, baking cookies, putting on costumes, leafing through an old high school yearbook and performing some hilarious original songs along the way. Meanwhile, he's got to deal with his grumpy landlord Mr. Mescue, his clingy girlfriend Phoebe and even a broken toilet. Will Steven ever finish his speech? Or does fate have something else in mind for him?
Self-deprecating comic Sofía Niño de Rivera puts her sarcasm on full display in this stand-up special filmed live at Guadalajara's Degollado Theater.
Stand-up veteran Deon Cole dazzles the crowd with his sharp jokes and easy charm in his first hour-long special. He pontificates on subjects ranging from the endless uses for plastic bags to how he knows he's aging to why we'll never have another black president. Cole's observations about race, society, and everyday life are often absurd and always intelligent.
Live from Toomler, Amsterdam. Micha Wertheim tells about his time in hospital when he was treated for thyroid cancer. Recorded in January 2008.
This one hour show was recorded live at The Metro Theatre in Sydney in June 2019, and features special guest CAM KNIGHT.
Bodo Bach live - und wie war ich
Stage recording of Leonardo Pieraccioni performing at the Teatro Verdi in Florence, his first stand-up comedy routine in 10 years.