Though Gehry actually writes with beautiful clarity and his lectures have become extraordinary pieces of stand-up humor, he distrusts words.

Comedy sensation Lewis Black and up-and-comer Tim Young talk about the opportunity, the horror, the stress, and the strategy of doing stand-up political humour.

The humour, which differs greatly from Evans' later stand-up humour, contains many elements of slapstick, and the show is similar in style to Mr. Bean.

By 1930 Mr. Hope had become "a single," specializing in the kind of brash stand-up humor for which he later became world famous.

But this is all still new enough to be the stuff of stand-up humor and discomfort.

In the last five years, the national craze for stand-up humor has earned comedy the nickname "the rock of the 80's."

The fast-paced show runs the audience ragged with physical props, some dark and twisted stand-up humor and merciless skewering of pop stars, Hollywood celebs and politicians.

All across Manhattan, from Broadway stages to smoky comedy dives, the Iran-contra arms scandal has brought White House politics to the forefront of stand-up humor.

He blames the changing nature of the comedy industry in part for today's dearth of stand-up political humor.

He sprinkled most of his comments with stand-up humor.