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...really a kick. We had dancers and singers and piano players and stand-up comics," recalls Tyler. "They were really marvelous girls. They had made up these songs and dances...
...ironic that so many successful stand-up comedians are said to have 'really made it' when they land their own sitcoms. These skilled practitioners, who generated humor from real life, and their own wits for years, 'succeed' when they trade in their own clever repartee for mindless scripts...
...since they all seem to be home all the time. The title character in ABC's Ellen runs a bookstore-coffee bar, but it must be the least demanding job in America. The series established its lazy pace on its first episode last spring, in which Ellen (played by stand-up comic Ellen DeGeneres) had to renew her driver's license. Waiting in line all day at the motor-vehicle office is most people's idea of hell. Ellen actually got a friend to wait there with her. Anybody here got a life...
What makes it all so entertaining is the actors' very apparent enjoyment of the stage madness. Their repeated attempts at stifling their own laughter add to the audience's pleasure. You cannot help but laugh along with them in this stand-up act with a plot...
...also teaches literacy skills to the homelessand does stand-up comedy, according to USA Today.Hansen could not be reached for comment lastnight...