De Palma cleverly exploited New Orleans's stand-up graves and the decadent elegance of its Garden District.
To let off steam, she turns her real-life frustrations into laughs at a stand-up comedy club.
All five were popular stand-up comedians who have died in the last 20 years.
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to produce the first stand-up comedy show post-Egyptian revolution.
She had checked out the stand-up act of George Lopez, a Los Angeles radio DJ.
World-class surfing, stand-up paddle boarding and beach camping are just a few fun youth-inducing activities.
His book's title, What Can Chief Executives Learn From Stand-Up Comedians? is not exactly a thigh-slapper.
To be sure, stand-up acts aren't the only ones getting paid big bucks to get laughs.
The stand-up comedian who founded the Five Star Movement is the maverick in this campaign.
The Welsh-based series is shortlisted alongside BBC Three's Pulling and comic Michael McIntyre's stand-up set.
She must have been the funniest and perhaps only 8-year-old stand-up comic on record.
As audiences tired of predictable routines, television networks dropped stand-up acts and comedy clubs shut down.
If live comedy is going global, its international capital remains London, where stand-up is thriving.
It installed stand-up desks, so staffers could escape the unhealthy effects of prolonged sitting.
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Unfortunately, Mr Whitfield's book is too slapdash to turn stand-up comic insights into scholarship.
In the early 1970s, Billy Connolly's anecdote-heavy, expletive-strewn stand-up shows were selling out venues in Scotland.
Despite the cancellation, Davidson said he would tour with his own stand-up show in the near future.
In 2004, he was named best stand-up comedian at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo.
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We also found out that both these teams are full of some pretty stand-up players and coaches.
In a particularly clever study, they compared two versions of Facebook ads for a real stand-up comedian.
Just the other day I watched comedian Patrice O'Neal's stand-up act late one night on Comedy Central.
Irish comedian Aisling Bea has won the So You Think You're Funny? competition for up-and-coming stand-up comedians.
He whipped a black hood off a stand-up wooden camera, its 1938 receipt from Glasgow neatly tucked into its sides.
Someone could set me up with a kayak or stand-up paddleboard whenever the urge came over me.
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Probably one of the best is simply taking a page from publishing and their morning stand-up briefing sessions.
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Drive up the Windward Coast to the North Shore for surfing, stand-up paddle boarding and windy walks out to Kaena Point.
Leno earns big on the stand-up circuit because he is still incredibly popular.
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While TV and film remain the primary routes to top money in comedy, stand-up has become a lucrative alternative.
In her interviews with stand-up comedians, Ms. Knight learned about self-awareness and persona.
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"You did stand-up comedy a few years ago, " Simon offered out of nowhere.
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