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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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Her friend called her crazy but Robinson, 41, realized she was onto new material to explore for her stand-up stage.

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His rendition, which often presents the president as a zany stand-up comedian slinging joke after joke, has won wide respect in the comedy world, and anchored SNL’s political takes for the last four seasons.

The stand-up comedian from Florida is the first “SNL” rookie to come out of the Kill Tony scene.

After getting viral notoriety for a character you play, what was it like for you to go on stage as yourself doing stand-up?

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That loss becomes the driving force of the doc, with Maron’s grief informing his daily life and thought process, while also providing cathartic, darkly humorous fodder for his stand-up gigs.

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