DELRAY BEACH – The Stand-Up Rundown frequently highlights comics who’ve overcome disabilities to ply their craft.
Today the Spotlight falls on Kyle Ayers, a west coast comedian who battles trigeminal neuralgia, a degenerative brain disease also known as the Suicide Disease because of the high suicide rate among TN sufferers.
TN affects Ayers’ sense of time and memory. According to the article: “Long comedy sets made him tick and twitch. The pain could make him pass out. Light and wind hurt. At its worst, TN keeps Ayers away from comedy, and from people altogether for months at a time.”
Ayers recently began incorporating TN jokes into his set.
Applause Break didn’t know anything about TN until a few weeks ago. That’s when, during a set at the Dania Improv, Matt Durndak incorporated his battle with the disease into his Nadeem Awad and Friends guest set. The bit killed. Actually, his who set did – especially when he proclaimed himself the Mayor of Hialeah.
Today’s Stand-Up Spotlight also includes a story about how Maura Jackson balances comedy and social work, along with two listicles ranking films by Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock.
Now get out there and be funny.
STAND-UP SPOTLIGHT – April 24, 2023
Comedian Kyle Ayers navigates a chronic pain disorder onstage and off
The audience has ignored numerous flash flooding warnings to be at Silver Lake’s 75-capacity Lyric Hyperion theater on a recent, rainy evening. Up top, host Kyle Ayers thanks them for braving the torrential downpour and introduces them to “Boast Rattle,” a head-to-head compliment-based take on “Roast Battle.” But unlike its Comedy Store counterpart, the stand-up comics going head to head are trying to comically build each other up instead of hitting them with insults.
Maura Jackson on balancing charity work and stand up comedy
Everything Maura Jackson recounts about her life comes in comic snapshots which prompt laughter and giggling, which isn’t necessarily what you would expect from the chief executive of a homeless charity which helps hundreds of youngsters each year and last year turned over £3.3million.
Maura, however, is unusual. Now, many more people are appreciating this, generally hidden, side of her personality as she forges a strong reputation on the regional stand-up comedy circuit.
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Every Eddie Murphy Movie from the 80s, Ranked
When it comes to the comedy genre in the entertainment industry, one cannot help but mention one of its most popular stars: Eddie Murphy. The actor and comedian has carved a special place in the hearts of the audience with his charisma, his ability to make people laugh and his amusing movies and TV productions. Like all entertainers, Murphy had to start out somewhere to become the icon he is today. In his case, he kicked things off by performing stand-up comedy in different clubs until the 1980s, when he got his first big break by joining the cast of Saturday Night Live, a production that greatly benefited from his contributions.
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14 Best Chris Rock Movies Ranked
In addition to an enormously successful career as a stand-up comedian and a stint as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” Chris Rock has starred in several acclaimed feature films. While much of Rock’s cinematic work revolves around the signature humor he’s known for in his stand-up, he has branched out to different genres, including crime thrillers and horror. Immensely magnetic, Rock commands full attention whenever he’s on screen, elevating the projects he appears in, even on the occasions when he takes a supporting role.
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