Subgenre Sampler
Standup Comedy: 208 Films to Buy & Rent
Lenny Henry - Live and Unleashed (1990)
- Feat. Lenny Henry, Robbie Coltrane
- The black British comedian, doing some of his best impersonations ever. Old and new material also includes favourite characters: Theophilus P.…
Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
- Dir. John Boskovich
Feat. Sandra Bernhard
- Sandra Bernhard struts her stuff on various New York stages with music, dance and humour packaged into something that's gloriously sexy, flamboyant,…
Bill Hicks - Sane Man (1989)
- Feat. Bill Hicks
- An early–ish dose of standup genius from Bill Hicks, here offering himself in Austin, Texas, in 1989 as a rare 'sane man' in the strange world…
Billy Crystal - Midnight Train to Moscow (1989)
- Dir. Paul Flaherty
Feat. Billy Crystal
- Billy Crystal explores his Russian roots, with a mockumentary 'Jokenost' tour of Russian and a standup performance live at the Pushkin Theatre.
An Audience with Peter Ustinov (1988)
- Feat. Peter Ustinov
- Multi–talented actor and writer Ustinov performs a set full of over–the–top anecdotes with his unique brand of observational humour…
Pee-Wee Herman - Live in Concert (1988)
- Feat. Paul Ruebens
- The crazed, infantile comedian Paul Reubens performs his 'Playschool for Adults' live at the Roxy, Los Angeles, with a cast of helpers.
His…
Punchline (1988)
- Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman
- Ambitious comedy–drama focused on the career–efforts of two, very different aspiring standup comics – a personable Sally Field and…
Whoopi Goldberg - Fontaine... Why am I Straight? (1988)
- Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
- Comedienne Whoopi Goldberg performs live, concentrating on the Fontaine persona – a streetwise dude – she first brought to light in an…
Bill Cosby - 49 (1987)
- Feat. Bill Cosby
- Comedian Bill Cosby hilariously ponders the state of being 49 in front of a live audience at the Chicago Theatre.
Includes many new routines and…
Billy Connolly - Billy and Albert (1987)
- Dir. Nobby Clark
Feat. Billy Connolly
- Unexpurgated pure Billy, live at the Royal Albert Hall in July 1987. Some of the topics that Connolly gives his own idiosyncratic slant to are…