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
Unlike Maron, stand-up comic Shane Gillis said he was invited to perform at the comedy festival, but wound up declining despite the event organizers doubling their initial offer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
Kirk came under scrutiny when he moderated a July 13 debate between Dave Smith, a libertarian stand-up comic, and The Daily Wire’s Josh Hammer at Turning Point’s Student Action Summit.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 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
