Comedy Performance

Saddle up for laughs and hold on for a hilarious night of down-home humor as rural-minded comics Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White come together to crack audiences up in this second follow-up to the 2003 stand up hit Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie. Armed with all-new material and always ready to offer their unique insight into country living, Foxworthy, Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, and White lay on the jokes for home viewers to enjoy from the best seat in the house. When the show is over, this country comedy quartet heads back to the tour bus to tune up the guitar and offer a hilarious musical ode to all things blue collar. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

While Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy series on Comedy Central made him into a major star, he's also one of America's best standup comics, and has been honing his skills on the road for years. Chappelle returns to the stage in this special produced for the Showtime premium cable network, in which he offers up his sharply pointed opinions about a wide range of subjects. Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth features Dave sounding off on race, sex, justice, his own success, his fans, and much more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Before Eddie Murphy became a giant big-screen success, he wowed a live audience with his comic genius every Saturday night. This video features a compilation of Murphy's best work on the Saturday Night Live set. The program includes his hilarious impersonation of James Brown at a Hot Tub Party, a parody of Stevie Wonder, the unforgettable Buck Wheat, and Gumby. It will be impossible to watch this tape only once, as The Best of Eddie Murphy is a timeless classic. ~ Laura Mahnken, All Movie Guide

Adam Sandler's work on Saturday Night Live prepared him for the big time. Now a highly successful screen actor, Adam Sandler finely honed his comedic skills on the stage of the Saturday Night Live set. The producers have compiled a sampling of Sandler's most amusing characters on this retrospective video. Includes the following classic characters: Opera Man, Cajun Man, Canteen Boy, and Chris Farley's partner folding sweaters as a Gap girl. This video will keep you in stitches. ~ Laura Mahnken, All Movie Guide

It's a blue collar comedy extravaganza as the biggest names in down home stand-up come together to offer hilarious observations about life beneath the Mason-Dixon line. From Ron White's alcohol-fueled escapades to Otis Lee Crenshaw's unique brand of musical comedy, Vic Henley's unique urban redneck persona, and Steve McGrew tequila-drenched clowning, this southern-flavored laugh-a-thon packs enough comic punch to fill a whole jar of Tennessee hooch. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain features standup material by the comedian, who has built a following on the alternative comedy circuit. One of the people responsible for the comedy film The Comedians of Comedy, Oswalt delivers rants and ravings on a variety of topics. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Comedian, sitcom star, and feature film actor Jim Gaffigan (Three Kings, Welcome to New York, Super Troopers) performs his stand-up routine before a live audience in Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale. This release includes a one-hour Comedy Central television special of Gaffigan's act, supplemented by additional material not seen in that program. Gaffigan builds much of his stand-up material around the theme of eating. Bits in this release include "I Love Food," "Cake," "Hot Pockets," "Eating Out," "Spray Cheese," "Vegetarian," and "Steak and Salad." ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

Join legendary comic Cheech Marin as he returns to the stage alongside an all-star collection of the hottest comics on the stand-up circuit in this release of a hilarious performance captured live on stage in March of 2006. Originally aired on Comedy Central in an abbreviated, thirty-minute format, this release presents the uncensored, hour-long performance just as it was meant to be seen. Absolutely nothing is sacred when Marin and friends set their sights on the most outrageous aspects of Hispanic and American culture, and from the east coast to the west coast, everyone is sure to find something to laugh about as Marin makes his historical return to stand up comedy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

The greatest names in comedy rocked the house for nine season on HBO - now this amazing collection will rock yours again and again. Too explosive for regular TV, Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam features today's hottest comedians at their wildest and funniest. Whether you're laughing for the first time or catching your raucous favorites, Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam is the ultimate comedy experience - so outrageous that you'll definitely be back for more!

Just for Laughs: Stand Up Volume 2 - On the Edge features performances by five envelope pushing stand-up comics. The release features sets by Lewis Black, Insomniac's Dave Attell, Dane Cook, Saturday Night Live alum Jim Breuer, and Harland Williams. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Whoopi Goldberg first found fame while performing a one-woman show on Broadway in the beginning of the 1980s. Two decades later she celebrated that anniversary by performing in a new one-woman show featuring many of the same characters from that original production. This DVD captures one of those performances. Over the course of the program Goldberg revisits one of her most famous creations, the stoner Fontaine. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

After seven seasons of laughs on television's Saturday Night Live, funnyman Tracy Morgan keeps the chuckles coming with a hilarious, sixty-minute stand-up performance that proves the mastermind behind Astronaut Jones still has what it takes to crack up a crowd. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Plus-sized funny lady Mo'nique is your hostess for this performance video, which features a handful of leading African-American comics. The Big Black Comedy Show, Vol. 2 features side-splitting standup material from Rodman, Vince Morris, Sexy Marlo, Ralphie May, and others. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide