In America, for instance, there are opportunities galore for funny people--standup comedy, late-night talk shows, etc.

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Waiting in line for hours to do four minutes of standup comedy may or may not be the best use of your time.

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Medley, who had been doing standup comedy routines in Denver and was working full-time at Target, had no health insurance, his brother Seth said.

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Mr. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with a gift for mimicry, a host of eccentric personalities and a reservoir of creative energy.

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Despite being cast in a role that sometimes requires him to work 70 hours per week, McHale hasn't stopped doing standup comedy or The Soup.

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The first film directed by the novelist and screenwriter Nora Ephron is a modest, uninsistent family comedy about a single mom from Queens who becomes a famous standup comic and, in the process, strains her relationship with her two young daughters.

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