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...improv comedy show in which the scenarios acted out by the comedians are illustrated by animators. It's for everybody who loved "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" but found it too taxing on the imagination. Jeff Foxworthy, meanwhile, returns to the screen in "Blue Collar TV," a standup comedy/parody show on which he will continue to prove that redneck jokes are not offensive as long as you pay an actual Southerner to make them for you. On "Shacking Up," Fran Drescher plays a mother who shocks her 25-year-old son by moving in with her 24-year-old boyfriend...
...giant success, outdone only by the following year’s “B.J. Show” in Sanders Theatre which featured Bob Saget of “Full House” fame reprising his television roles in a few skits and ending the show with his own standup routine...
...titled “Shirley Q Liquor,” a white man named Chuck Knipp dresses in drag and blackface. His standup comedy routine caricatures several minority groups, focusing on blacks, and black lesbians in particular...
...fans were everywhere. And in the self-styled New York of the South, there was something for everyone. A Seinfeld standup show, a Grandmaster Flash resurrection, a Bobby Knight book signing, a John Wooden breakfast, alumni events, a sports bar. College all-stars dunked and arced, and in an historic footnote, handed the Harlem Globetrotters their first loss in 222 games. The NCAA's Hoop City offered ongoing interactive play and celebrity challenges. Of course, this is Atlanta, so we must give a nod to the city's infamous nude dance clubs - about 40 citywide - all of which offered...
...Dowd, who knows how to write, puts on a much funnier and sharper performance than that, of course. But when you analyze her standup improv columns, they usually say nothing more than, "George W. Bush....I mean....W.!....Oh, God!" As if that were enough...