He first gained attention in the stand-up scene based around the Lower East Side in New York.

After a successful career on the francophone stand-up scene in Quebec, he became a major star in France, where he is now a popular television host.

In today's bustling stand-up scene, male comics generally fall into one of two categories.

While studying philosophy at Rutgers University, he started writing comedy in hopes of someday becoming a comedian on New York's stand-up scene.

In late 2006 Geo took its stand-up scenes with his second one man show "Ego Geo '.

McCabe regularly performs around the UK and internationally on the stand-up scene.

She is one of the central figures of the burgeoning Finnish stand-up scene.

For our final stand-up scene, we each did 45 minutes.

In 2006, Kielty returned to the stand-up scene with a brand new UK tour.

The stand-up scenes and mock-documentary gimmick have been dropped.