2005: The Year In Comedy

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 16th, 2005

The Male Half of the Staff has written “2005: The Year in Comedy,” one of those year-end wrapup articles that we always see in the MSM, usually devoted to sports or entertainment. Well, this is a magazine about standup, so this one’s devoted to standup comedy.

Standup comedy has become a large component of the entertainment industry and the practitioners of standup have unprecedented influence on our popular culture. Many of the stories that have standup as a component also connect with larger issues such as censorship, race, crime, life, death, success, commerce and art. With this in mind, we present “2005, The Year In Standup!”

This list is not necessarily a list of the most important events in standup as much as it is a list of things that happened in standup that had an impact on society at large. A subtle difference, but one that readers of this magazine can easily grasp.

NOTE TO MSM: Feel free to excerpt this column, edit it, re-print it, augment it with quotes, etc. It might make a nice, fluffy piece for your entertainment section near the end of the year (easily augmented with photos of Carson, Pryor, Rock, Hedberg, etc.) and we will gladly take the bump in traffic that would naturally follow. Just make sure you include the URL– and spell it right! Thanks!

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