stand-up comic

Spencer, 27,  is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.

Do you draw much of a distinction between Cosby as a performance artist, a storyteller, and a stand-up comic?

“At the time I first knew Robin, he was very manic,” recalls Mazursky, who used to be a stand-up comic himself.

As a stand-up comic, when I tweet a joke, I usually expect people to respond in one of two ways: to find the joke funny or to not.

“It's an assembly line,” says Chloe Hilliard, an up-and-coming African American New York City-based working stand up comic.