Finding Your Comic: Stand Up Comedians
Stand up comedy continues to be a major draw for audiences all over the world, and there are as many different styles of stand up humor as there are styles of movie humor. If you want to know who will make you laugh, you will need to do some homework.
One good resource for this is the Comedy Central cable channel. They regularly feature stand-up shows, both new and vintage, by a wide variety of artists, and they can really give you an insight into your sense of humor and who tickles it.
For example, Bill Maher and Jon Stewart are known for their political humor. If you enjoy good-old-boy laughs, try Ron White, Jeff (“You May Be a Redneck”) Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy or Bill Engvall. For wry intellectual humor, try Mike Birbiglia, Patton Oswalt or Jim Gaffigan. Want “edgy”? Try (if you dare) Eddie Izzard, Bobcat Goldthwait or Emo Phillips. For musical humor, Stephen Lynch and Henry Phillips combine evil wit with true musical talent. For the Black perspective, there are Katt Williams and Bill Bellamy. Shows by all these people, and many more, are rerun frequently on the Comedy Channel (and most of them are still performing at comedy clubs around the country). You’re sure to find a comedian you love.