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A Roundup of Stand-Ups
A Roundup of Stand-Ups
Roseanne is back with a new show. Where are other favorite
comedians?
By Vinnie Penn
Special to MSN TV
Some aren't all that difficult to find, like, say,
Roseanne Barr. She's back on TV and this time
around, rather than being nuts, she's schlepping them (more on that to come). ... more
Some TV comedians have fallen off the face of the earth, some walked off it
and others own prime portions of it.
There was a time when every major network executive was shopping for the
next big sitcom star at every comedy club from here to Cincinnati and back
again. The trifecta that was Roseanne-Jerry-Tim Allen proved a formula too foolproof to not
further investigate, and eventually annihilate.
For every "Martin"
(a hit, starring Martin Lawrence), there was a "Platypus
Man" (a miss -- and undeservingly so, in this writer's opinion -- starring
the late Richard Jeni). Let's take a look at where the
stand-ups are setting up shop these days. If they are at all.
Bing: More on 'Roseanne's Nuts'
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