Keith Truesdell

Stand-up comedy routine with Marc Maron, the former host of Comedy Central's 'Short Attention Span Theater.'

David Spade focuses on pop-culture bashing in his first solo HBO TV comedy special that aired on April 17, 1998 and was taped in front of a live audience. In this 60 minute show, David Spade uses his everyday life experiences as a platform for his jokes.

Taped in Atlanta, Jokes offers Rock's take on everything from school busing (he's against it) to older women (in general, he prefers them to younger ones). His best routine, involving the inexpensive plain-wrap food his mother bought when he was a child, wouldn't be out of place on a classic Bill Cosby record.

Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humour to this HBO Special, extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders and relationships.

A true equal-opportunity offender, Chris Rock's brand of humor will make you think after you're done laughing.

Outrageous and opinionated comic Simply Marvalous focuses on such topics as singing preachers, her size and safe sex.

Stand-up comedy routine with Marc Maron, the former host of Comedy Central's 'Short Attention Span Theater.'

David Spade focuses on pop-culture bashing in his first solo HBO TV comedy special that aired on April 17, 1998 and was taped in front of a live audience. In this 60 minute show, David Spade uses his everyday life experiences as a platform for his jokes.

Taped in Atlanta, Jokes offers Rock's take on everything from school busing (he's against it) to older women (in general, he prefers them to younger ones). His best routine, involving the inexpensive plain-wrap food his mother bought when he was a child, wouldn't be out of place on a classic Bill Cosby record.

Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humour to this HBO Special, extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders and relationships.

A true equal-opportunity offender, Chris Rock's brand of humor will make you think after you're done laughing.

Outrageous and opinionated comic Simply Marvalous focuses on such topics as singing preachers, her size and safe sex.

In an exuberant half-hour from 2002, Patrice O’Neal goes after the real ways we all feel about sex, race, and each other.

A half-hour of stand-up with Bobcat Goldthwait, one of the most original and controversial comics of our time.

A mix of stand-up comedy and sketches, notable for its mixing of live action and computer animation. The "premise" is that a young boy is watching the show on a strange CD that his mom bought. Sketches include "Glass Booth Guy" in which a gas station clerk mocks people from his bullet-proof glass box and a sketch in which a woman is trying to break up with her weird boyfriend (he's a skeleton). The undisputed highlight is "OEDEBATTLE", a parody of Mortal Kombat-style games. In it, the young boy tries to defeat Steve's muscle-bound character; unfortunately, the characters he gets to choose from are "Accountant," "Sick Old Woman," "Little Girl," "Puppy" and "HerbaPet."

Jake Johannsen's first stand-up comedy special, filmed live in 1991.

Kathy Griffin's all new feature-length stand-up DVD featuring the D-List Diva herself destroying the A-list stars we know and love.

Dave Attell brings us more of his good old stand-up jokes about cow sex and trash trucks in this half-hour comedy special.

The comedy star takes the stage for his third HBO solo stand-up performance in an hour-long show full of sidesplitting material, including his insights on family, fatherhood and growing up!

An comedy concert featuring American stand-up comedian Tommy Davidson performing his classic comedic jokes. The concert was filmed before a live audience in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Comedian D.L. Hughley performs his uncensored routine in front of a live audience.

Actress/comedian Janeane Garofalo performs in her HBO solo stand-up comedy debut.

Live performance from June 29, 1996 in Chicago of Adam Sandler with a live backing band supporting his newly released comedy album, "What the Hell Happened to Me?". Originally aired as an hour long special on HBO.

The six-foot-three co-star of 'All-American Girl' keeps her audience off-center with her acerbic wit, offbeat edge and wild spontaneity.

Paula Poundstone makes a triumphant return to primetime television in her first new comedy special in over ten years, "Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In."

Stand-up comedy with Ray Romano, the star of TV's hit comedy series 'Everybody Loves Raymond.'

Everyone's favorite D-lister Kathy Griffin is back on stage revealing the hot Hollywood gossip and taking no prisoners in the one-hour comedy special, "Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman."

Comedian Carlos Mencia performs a thirty-minute stand-up set in this riotous special.

Kathy Griffin stand up special on HBO

If you only know Craig Ferguson as host of The Late Late Show or as Drew Carey's sitcom boss, you're missing out. The gloriously ribald Scot takes to the stage in this all-new comedy special for a night of jokes and storytelling peppered with the kinds of words he's not allowed to say on network TV. Before a hootin' and hollerin' Nashville audience, Ferguson tackles every topic from celebrity sex scandals to booze to his own hilarious heavy metal past - all in an accent that makes him sound downright refined.

Comedienne Kathy Griffin talks about Clay Aiken, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, Ryan Seacrest and more.

In this (mostly) one-man show, comedian Paul F. Tompkins holds forth on alcohol, pretension and Hollywood, managing to drink four full pints of Guinness over the course of the performance.

Dana Carvey headlines his first HBO solo special, taped before an audience in San Francisco. Features Carvey's characters and impressions, as well as stand-up material about his own life.

Stand up special

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy shot to national fame with his hilarious stand-up routine, "You Know You're a Redneck If ..." Part outrageous humor, part social commentary, Foxworthy's redneck routines are spot-on send-ups of American Southern culture. In "Totally Committed," originally aired as an HBO special, the comedian gamely tackles the subjects of baldness, marriage, commemorative plates and more.

Stand up special

Stand-up comedy with Jack Coen, a comic who likes to find 'the other side' of politics, sports, religion, relationships, sex and children.

Kathy Griffin talks about Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen, lesbian cruises, her parents, the Emmys and Ann Coulter.

Inspired by the down-and-dirty weekly standup routine at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, Kathy Griffin's first special for Bravo has the Hollywood elite trembling.

Comic Janeane Garofalo gives a performance in New York City.

2006 special for the Bravo Network.

Emmy(R)-winning comedian Jeff Cesario keeps a San Francisco audience in stitches with his stand-up routine.

All the laughs in half the time, with Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho.

Stand-up comedy with one of the two stars of HBO's hit series 'Mr. Show With Bob and David.'

Stand-up with Ralph Louis Harris, the popular comic whose unique brand of character comedy has been showcased on TV's 'Seinfeld.'

BE MORE CYNICAL was originally aired on HBO, and offers viewers a chance to see Maher's full routine, which sees him tackling a wide array of topics, and leaving the audience recoiling in laughter.