Showing posts with label stand-up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stand-up. Show all posts
12.2.12
Jim Jeffries - Alcoholocaust
Uploaded by SuperDiscoPig on Nov 27, 2011
WARNING: Contains Swearing, Material that some may find offensive and Free thinking.
Jim Jeffries' 2010 stand up set performed at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury, London.
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18.6.11
Bill Maher - "Be More Cynical"
Bill Maher - 4 clips stand of up commedy, pre his TV show era:
Wikipedia : William "Bill" Maher, Jr. (/ˈmɑːr/; born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics: religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, the lack of intellectual curiosity of the electorate, among many topics.[1]
He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA.[2] He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society.[3] Maher currently ranks number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all time.
4.6.11
Bill Hick - stand up
William Melvin "Bill" Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His humor challenged mainstream beliefs, aiming to "enlighten people to think for themselves."[2] Hicks used a ribald approach to express his material, describing himself as "Chomsky with dick jokes",[2] while conceding that his humor was "caring".[3] His material largely consisted of general discussions about society, religion, politics, philosophy and personal issues. Hicks' material was often controversial and steeped in dark comedy. In both his stand-up performances and during interviews, he often criticized consumerism, superficiality, mediocrity and banality within the media and popular culture, describing them as oppressive tools of the ruling class, meant to "keep people stupid and apathetic."[4]
1.6.11
George Carlin - stand-up
"Famed for his landmark "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" routine, George Carlin filled the void created by the death of Lenny Bruce, honing a provocative, scathing comic style that bravely explored the limits of free speech and good taste"various:
http://youtu.be/YzEs2nj7iZMvideo library:
http://youtu.be/gPOfurmrjxo
http://youtu.be/3PiZSFIVFiU
http://youtu.be/GPPesVeTE1o
http://youtu.be/C_oOLQi5-is
http://www.youtube.com/artist/George_Carlin?feature=watch_video_title
30.5.11
Eddie Murphy - Delirious (1983)
Eddie Murphy did this performance back in 1983
in the style of the time (think Richard Pryor etc) he does violence to political correctness and drops 230 "f-bombs". an amazing talent for impersonations. and such confidence in front of a massive concert/TV audience, its hard to believe he was only 22 year old at the time
part 1 embedded and all 7 parts linked below:
parts 1-7 (some overlap):
in the style of the time (think Richard Pryor etc) he does violence to political correctness and drops 230 "f-bombs". an amazing talent for impersonations. and such confidence in front of a massive concert/TV audience, its hard to believe he was only 22 year old at the time
part 1 embedded and all 7 parts linked below:
parts 1-7 (some overlap):
http://youtu.be/o2EIra4SYoE
http://youtu.be/H_hWnRhTy3o
http://youtu.be/VOgWQ1jFvFc
http://youtu.be/G42h_FlDBKE
http://youtu.be/vG7rws-gfps
http://youtu.be/zeoF0OxKblc
http://youtu.be/b5SSR5Ybgkk
28.5.11
25.5.11
"Lenny" - a 1974 film, starring Dustin Hoffman - trailer etc
the "art" of 1950-60's Lenny Bruce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Bruce ) was first and foremost about truth, as he saw it, with politically correctness at best a casualty:
in 1962 he was banned from performing in Sydney, Australia, where at his first show he took the stage, declared "What a fucking wonderful audience", and was promptly arrested.
while at the same time he freely got away with stuff like this: http://youtu.be/Snkv76rNL
how things have changed - from this http://youtu.be/yOpU0nOd8Us to this http://youtu.be/JZCS5I80X-8 and now this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPNiEKcka_w
review extract on his February, 1961 performance at Carnegie Hall in New York (later released as a three-disc set, titled The Carnegie Hall Concert):
in 1962 he was banned from performing in Sydney, Australia, where at his first show he took the stage, declared "What a fucking wonderful audience", and was promptly arrested.
while at the same time he freely got away with stuff like this: http://youtu.be/Snkv76rNL
how things have changed - from this http://youtu.be/yOpU0nOd8Us to this http://youtu.be/JZCS5I80X-8 and now this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPNiEKcka_w
review extract on his February, 1961 performance at Carnegie Hall in New York (later released as a three-disc set, titled The Carnegie Hall Concert):
"This was the moment that an obscure yet rapidly rising young comedian named Lenny Bruce chose to give one of the greatest performances of his career. ... The performance contained in this album is that of a child of the jazz age. Lenny worshipped the gods of Spontaneity, Candor and Free Association. He fancied himself an oral jazzman. His ideal was to walk out there like Charlie Parker, take that mike in his hand like a horn and blow, blow, blow everything that came into his head just as it came into his head with nothing censored, nothing translated, nothing mediated, until he was pure mind, pure head sending out brainwaves like radio waves into the heads of every man and woman seated in that vast hall. Sending, sending, sending, he would finally reach a point of clairvoyance where he was no longer a performer but rather a medium transmitting messages that just came to him from out there — from recall, fantasy, prophecy.
A point at which, like the practitioners of automatic writing, his tongue would outrun his mind and he would be saying things he didn't plan to say, things that surprised, delighted him, cracked him up — as if he were a spectator at his own performance!"
Albert Goldman
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