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Eddie Murphy Is Ready to Look Back
The New York Times via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoSign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Let’s start, as Murphy’s career did, with standup. There had been star comics before — Steve...
When Is a Stand-Up Special Like ‘The Wire’? When Ali Siddiq Is Onstage
New York Times· 3 days agoThis feels like the start of a prestige crime drama, and his riveting project, spanning more than...
Bob Newhart Holds Up.
New York Times· 1 day agoBefore basically inventing the hit stand-up special, with the 1960 Grammy-winning album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob ...
Bob Newhart, comedic legend who grew up on Chicago's West Side, dies at 94
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day ago“The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” was hailed as a precursor to the modern comedy special. It...
