stand-up comic
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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
He cut his teeth as a martial arts expert and stand-up comic before becoming an oddball character in the mid-1990s television sitcom “News Radio.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Consider that in the three years that the best stand-up comic Globe has existed, past host Ricky Gervais has won twice, and for specials that didn’t exactly blow anybody away.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
But the stand-up comic and successful podcaster has been through his own share of problems too, like his and his wife’s efforts to have a baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
I think, Being a father is like being a stand-up comic in an empty room.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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