The Art of Stand Up - BBC HD [1/10], A Documentary

[TheRamsesII]

could have tried harder to get some better American comics on board.. Eddy Izzard?? how about Chris Rock, Bill Burr, Louis CK, Demetri Martin....???

[potatosalads88]

I love when he says "Slightly cocky Jews" and it cuts straight to Simon.

Also, half of these comedians are like, my favorite in the world.

[Rallekon]

Blue Rondo a la Turk. I'm sold already

[bahramf]

Who's the know nothing black girl?

[storm610]

aren't the interviews filmed in the room used for the speech lessons in the King's Speech?

[sallyrhiannon]

@storm610 yes!!

[Manestra00]

@Muffinmanv2 could be, but I can't see him being to busy to do a 10 minute interview

@FinishTheNewLine Although what you say is true, that he is more of a TV comedy writer, I wouldn't say he isn't accomplished stand-up comedian.....

[Manestra00]

Ok watched all the parts(not fully) but was kinda shocked that they didn't even mention Ricky Gervais.....I know he's uberpopular now but not even mentioning him in a documentary about comedy with all those British comedians??

[Muffinmanv2]

@Manestra00 He is a busy man, he might have simply denied their offer.

[FinishTheNewLine]

@Manestra00 As much as I love the guy I don't think he's considered an accomplished stand-up by the circuit comedians. He's appreciated for his TV writing though.

[86kinky86]

I hate how overproduced these BBC documentaries are. plus all the random sentences. I guess its the british way to do it. I don;t like it.

[genericnerdyusername]

@86kinky86 To be fair, I can't think of a documentary by any corporation in any country that isn't overproduced.

[evilferris]

Brilliant. Thanks for uploading this!

[TlatoaniItzcoatl]

Anyone watching this may also enjoy Talking Funny which features Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock, Jerry Sienfield, and my personal favorite comedian Louis CK. Plus that show is really funny.

[Shyyrn]

I love serious discussions of stand-up! Looking forward to the other parts of this documentary. :) Thank you for uploading!