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Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehearsed scripts but often include varying degrees of live crowd interaction .
Despite a history of staged comedy acts from the 16th and 17th centuries, modern stand-up in India emerged in the 1980s. Although a few performers in Spain and Brazil introduced stand-up comedy in the 1950s and 1960s, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Germany were not considered to have developed stand-up traditions until the late 1990s and early 2000s.
This is a list of stand-up comedians from the United States This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Louis Alfred Székely ( / ˈluːi ˌseɪˈkeɪ /; [2] born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K. ( / ˈluːi ˌsiːˈkeɪ / ), [a] is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. [4] [5] C.K. has won three Peabody Awards, [6] three Grammy Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, [7] and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as ...
The following is a list of notable stand-up comedians by nationality. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
February. February 2: K-Von 's special Women Can Make Anything An Insult on Dry Bar Comedy. February 20: Ed Hill 's special Candy and Smiley on Comedy Dynamics. February 21: Rose Matafeo 's special Horndog on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. February 23: Brian Regan 's special On the Rocks on Netflix.
September. September 1: Sam Morril 's special Same Time Tomorrow on Netflix. September 2: Jim Breuer 's special Silly In San Diego on Breuer's Breuniverse. September 4: Stewart Lee 's special Snowflake on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. September 6: Sheng Wang 's special Sweet and Juicy on Netflix.
Nikki Glaser (born June 1, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, podcaster, radio host, and television host. She was the host of the television series Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, which premiered on Comedy Central and Much on February 9, 2016.