When Stand Up Stood Out
Jan 01 2003
•1h 27m
•Comedy, Documentary
Documentary covering what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Boston stand-up comedians like Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and Colin Quinn burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of the hard-edged social and political commentary that came out of that city.
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Denis Leary
Self
Colin Quinn
Self
Janeane Garofalo
Self
Bobcat Goldthwait
Self
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