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For the album by Eddie Murphy, see Comedian (album)
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For the documentary film by Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film)
A comedian, or comedia comic, is an performer who entertains an audience by comedien making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or comdian acting the fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy. A female comedian comedians may be known as a comedienne although this usage has been deprecated in comedian dane cook recent years. A comedian who stands and addresses comedian an audience directly is called a stand-up comedian.
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As far as content is concerned, comedians such as Tommy Tiernan draw on their female comedians background to poke fun at themselves, while others such comedians famous as Bill Hicks have strong political and cultural undertones.
Many comics achieve become a stand up comedian a cult following while touring famous comedy hubs such as Montreal in Canada, Edinburgh in brian regan comedian Scotland and Melbourne in Australia. Often a comic's career is christian comedians made when they win comedian directory a notable comedy prize, such as Perrier Award. Comics survive by continuous touring and foray into other areas of entertainment, become a comedian when they have become bob marley comedian famous. These include television (such as with Rowan Atkinson, Bill Cosby, Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, british comedians Ray Romano and Dave Chappelle), films (such as with Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, Jim Carrey, Whoopi Goldberg, top comedians Janeane Garofalo and Robin Williams), radio (such as with Dave dan cook comedian Callan, more examples needed) and the hbo comedians usual release of DVDs of live shows.
See also
- Comedy genres
- List of comedians
- Humor
- Comedy
- Stand-up comedy
- Humorist
- List of musical dane cook comedian comedians
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