Stand-Up
December, 1988
Ba-Dum-Chuunk! A funny thing happened on the way to the Nineties. Stand-up comedy has emerged as a national obsession, and laughing stock has gone through the roof. It's all in the timing. The Rim-Shot Generation has produced its own ironic voice and a breed of cheerful cynics to calibrate it. In droves, these strange, brave men and women prowl stages, wielding microphone and attitude, making sense of morass. Laffeterias have replaced night clubs and proliferate in chains and franchises that com...
