Esther goes home to Skokie, Illinois to understand why her unique relationship with her parents motivated her to become a comedian. Documentary footage is intercut with stand-up, giving audiences a hilarious look into her origin story.
Esther Povitsky
Herself
Christine Taylor
Esther's Mom
Esther goes home to Skokie, Illinois to understand why her unique relationship with her parents motivated her to become a comedian. Documentary footage is intercut with stand-up, giving audiences a hilarious look into her origin story.
สารคดีโดยคริสเตียน ชาร์ลส์เรื่องนี้ พาไปสัมผัสชีวิตเบื้องหน้าและเบื้องหลังเวทีสแตนด์อัพของนักแสดงตลกเก๋าวงการอย่างเจอร์รี ไซน์เฟลด์ และตลกดาวรุ่ง ออร์นี อดัมส์
Stand-up comedian Kevin Hart talks about his family, travel and a year full of reckless behavior in front of a live sold-out crowd in London.
In the world of stand-up comedy in South Africa, Trevor Noah uses his childhood experiences in a biracial family during apartheid to prepare for his first one-man show.
What does it mean to be a successful comedian? How far can the boundaries of taste be pushed to get a laugh? Four top comics, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, discuss and debate their craft.
เจอร์รี่ ไซน์เฟลด์หวนกลับมายังคลับที่เขาแสดงเป็นครั้งแรกในช่วง 1970 คราวนี้เขาขนมุกอันเป็นเอกลักษณ์มาผสมผสานกับเรื่องราวจากวัยเด็กและความทรงจำช่วงแรกในแวดวงตลก
Fresh off the heels of appearing in movies like Superhero Movie and The 40 Year-Old Virgin, fast-talking comedian Kevin Hart stars in his second live stand-up performance in Cleveland, Ohio, where he makes fun of everything and everybody - especially himself.
The comedic stylings of four sort-of famous funnymen are brought to the big screen courtesy of this 2002 documentary.
An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.
Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia's outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field.
The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden.