I have sat with stand-up comics before they go on stage.

我曾经在一些笑星登台前与他们坐在一起。

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Stand-up comics are leading the way, a change from the past dominance of television by sit-coms and sketch shows.

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There were bouncy castles and stand-up comics, plus music from Dawud Wharnsby Ali a Scots-Canadian convert to Islam backed by drummers of both sexes.

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But the Fringe is also about those hopefuls stand-up comics, actors, writers and musicians to be seen canvassing on the cobbled Royal Mile below the castle.

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