stand-up comic
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He morphed from provocative stand-up comic to TV star and Hollywood actor.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Nate Bargatze, the country’s top selling stand-up comic, has a grand ambition: a $350 million theme park in Nashville, Tenn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Allen, a stand-up comic himself before he became a program producer and the owner of a TV station group and the Weather Channel, said he still writes some of the jokes for his programs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Obviously, there’s more to Morgan than Jordan — he’s a stand-up comic, has been in a lot of movies and was a “Saturday Night Live” cast member from 1996 to 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
One of the reasons laughter is so effective as a tool for persuasion—and any stand-up comic who has ever seen off a heckler with a zinging one-liner knows this—is that laughter is involuntary assent.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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