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stand up

verb as in cock

verb as in wash

verb as in wear

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adjective as in erect

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Eventually, he found success in New York’s stand-up comedy clubs, which then led to a role on the famed comedy series “Saturday Night Live.”

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From the stage, Romano recounted the show’s origin story, which dates back to his 1995 stand-up comedy debut on the “Late Show With David Letterman.”

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So I switched my handle to KevOnStage because I was doing stand-up all the time at that time and it stuck.

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But on stage, in his own stand-up shows, Wood isn’t overtly political.

Will Arnett shows previously unexplored dramatic depths as a man who, in the free-fall of an impending divorce, undertakes stand-up comedy as a therapeutic release.

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