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...TIME's photo-essay "A History of Stand-Up Comedy...
...photo history of stand-up comedy...
...describe doing stand-up for the first time and it sounds like an absolutely horrible experience. How are you drawn to something that also at the same time makes you so terrified? I think you have to talk to Dostoevsky or Carl Jung or someone more qualified for that answer. I don't know. Maybe because it's a challenge? Maybe it's some kind of low level search for grace? Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that...
...claims 5 million unique visitors per month; his weekly podcast is seen by 1.5 million people each week. Between them, he draws at least $3 million annually online. He has an online magazine, Fusion; a newsletter that touts Beck merchandise; and a tradition of live performances - a blend of stand-up comedy and political monologues - that have drawn more than 200,000 fans in recent years. The finale of his most recent tour was simulcast in some 450 movie theaters across the country...
Calvin Klein: Stand-up comic...