Game Changers of Comedy: Patrice O’Neal
A comedy game changer can be an antihero. This game changer pushed audiences to their limits, tested their boundaries, and won them over. He was a noted misogynist, racist, and diabetic. He made discomfort his biggest weapon on stage, on TV, on radio, and in life. This comedian controlled the game, thus giving him all […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Cristela Alonzo
Cristela Alonzo has taken the game and expanded its viability especially for Latinas. She has proven that dreams are attainable, and she is just getting started. The stand-up is the first Mexican American woman to create, produce, write, and star in US network television show. Alonzo is proactively changing the opportunities for women and latinos […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Brian Regan
Very few stand-up comedians reach great success without the Hollywood credits via starring in a television series or a movie. Brian Regan is one of the exceptional few. He tours year round and plays to sold out theaters across the nation. Through his “Everyman” persona and his high energy delivery, Regan has built a following […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Sinbad
Sinbad is a comedian whose act is about energy. He confronts the audience and tells it as he sees it. His delivery has mastered a visceral side to comedy. He was one of the biggest stand-ups in the 1990s, and now, he remains a game changer. The comedian was born and raised in Benton Harbor, […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Martin Lawrence
The comedy game is full of ups and downs. This game changer has manifested his whole career through that. He hosted one of the most notorious televised stand up shows, Def Comedy Jam. He earned his own sitcom which won an award from the NAACP. He landed movie roles both critically provocative and financially successful. […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Mo’Nique
In the world of comedy, the discussion of what makes a comic is frequently visited. Many would agree that success or no success, the real comedians are always working. They are perpetually touring. They are writing nonstop. The hustle never ends. One comedian that definitely proves this is Mo’nique. Even after winning an Oscar for […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Richard Pryor
If comedians worshipped other comedians, this comic would be one of the top gods. Aside from being award winning, Richard Pryor had quite the reputation. He is a guy who is remembered for crying after he found out Martin Luther King Jr had been shot. He was known to be unpredictable on stage or in […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Ellen Degeneres
Today, Ellen Degeneres is most recognizable from her Emmy winning daytime talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Last year, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then President Barack Obama. Before that, she made headlines by coming out as a lesbian on her own sitcom, Ellen. In 1997, over 40 million people watched as […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Amy Schumer
“I am very into making up my own rules. Like, I don’t want to play the game and succeed at it. I want to redefine it. That’s the only way I can deal with it,” Amy Schumer recently told Vogue. She broke Forbes top ten list for highest paid comics in the biz for 2016. […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Ali Wong
To create a milestone in comedy, in the 2010s, seems impossible. What could possibly be left to do in stand-up that hasn’t been done before? Throughout the 60s, too many were performing while high on LSD. Lenny Bruce improvised long sets. Pryor stabbed a heckler with a fork. Louis CK called his daughter an asshole. […]