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Comedian Tom Segura is incapable of doing an Asian accent. He can't dazzle you with puppets or an acoustic guitar. What Tom Segura can do is tell jokes. Jokes about black people, Mexican people, homeless people, little people, and, yes, his balls. But he’s light enough, endearing enough and downright wacky enough to tackle these topics without sounding like a fulminating Tea Party candidate or a Ragin' Palin apostle on his delightfully deranged and dippy debut album.

As a stay at home mother of three, Leanne was looking for a way to get some grown up time without interfering with her children or her husband’s career. She turned to selling jewelry at in home parties. Word of her wonderful sense of humor and intoxicating southern charm spread like wildfire and she was staying booked months in advance. From here, she was asked to entertain several local corporate events and a professional comedy career was born.

Whether he's lamenting the fact that he doesn't have any clever, rhyming pick-up lines, telling you which reality shows he loves and which ones he hates, or giving the ultimate proof of why his arms really are short, Williams is a passionate comedian with some truly funny observations whose spark is fueled by what he witnesses around him.

Greg Behrendt, author of best-selling relationship books He’s Just Not That Into You, It’s Just a F***ing Date and How to Keep Your Marriage From Sucking, is back with over an hour of top notch comedy recorded live at Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis. Behrendt brings his hilarious stories and observations to the stage explaining why sobriety isn’t for everyone, what makes parenting so different in the 21st Century, and how to handle a friend that you hate. Why Are You In Here? offers reassurance for those imperfect parenting moments and hearty laughs even Behrendt’s teenage daughters would appreciate.

Ostensibly subdued and almost downright subliminal, Lachlan Patterson lulls his audience into a state of relaxation and trust with a turnabout that does not fail to deliver the funny. Jokes To Make Love To (Rooftop Comedy Productions) has the dizzying effects of lying on a beach drinking too many umbrella-adorned rum drinks. Throughout his debut album, you’ll no doubt find yourself nodding and laughing, first with recognition, then with surprise.

Christina Pazsitzky (pronounced puh-jshit-ski) is a comedian with spunk. Please don't call her a "girl comic" - Christina's comedy ignores easy labels and covers all sorts of topics. Her comedy effortlessly coasts from topic to topic, always with a heavy dose of wit and charm. Smart, irreverent and funny, Christina has it all in one spunky Pazsitzky package.

In Blake Wexler’s latest album, he jokes about night terrors, taking PMS medication for a hangover, and his gleeful discovery of a legendary pitcher’s LinkedIn account. To close it all out, Blake tells a 17-minute deeply personal, emotional, and darkly funny story about a family illness.

Recorded at Go Bananas in Cincinnati, “Think Fast” is a traditional jokes-in-a-nightclub album, focusing on Chalifoux’s experience as a father raising young kids and includes stories ranging from his disastrous marriage proposal, the time his response to a wrong-number text went viral, the joys of social media, squaring off with Xbox cyberbullies, his failures as a preschool parent, a bizarre first date, and 21st-century marriage problems.

On That’s Clinton! Hammond, one of SNL’s longest-running cast members, brings his personal highs and lows to life with fearless candor and hilarious, spot-on impressions of everyone from Sean Connery to George W. Bush. From the depths of drug addiction to being honored by five presidents, Hammond tells us the incredible stories from an extraordinary life. And after impersonating Bill Clinton for 14 years, and sometimes being mistaken for him, he pulls back the curtain on all the ways that Clinton has become a part of his life—and all the illicit things people have tried to offer him in exchange for a Clinton impression. From a true comedy legend comes a collection of stories so good, you’ll want to “put it in a lockbox.”

If you’ve ever swiped right on the wrong person, considered smothering your spouse for snoring louder than the #6 train, been terrorized by a cat or been scared of getting older, you’ll love these fearless, funny takes on modern life from three veteran New York comedians. Joe DeVito, Kyle Ocasio and Vicky Kuperman team up for their stand-up album, Three's Comedy. Between DeVito's dead-on timing and unexpected twists, Ocasio's candid and hilarious honesty on motherhood and Kuperman's spot-on takes on dogs vs cats and her Russian roots, Three's Comedy offers three unique, hysterical and highly entertaining comedy styles and perspectives on the world.

Jay Larson tells the story of discovering his definitions of what it means to be a father as he finds himself responsible for two young children and investigating his childhood and relationship with his father. In this personal and emotional stand up special Jay speaks to the personal inventory that everyone makes when tackling on life's new hurdles. Performed for his debut special "Me Being Me" recorded November 29th, 2016 at the El Ray Theater in Los Angeles, CA.

In his first ever stand-up comedy special, Erik Griffin breaks it down while talking about himself, society as a whole and everything in between. His special "The Ugly Truth" recorded at The Laugh Factory in Long Beach, CA on November 14th, 2015.

Mike Brody is a Minneapolis, MN mainstay of the comedy scene and in his new new hour he talks about his experiences seeking challenge and a new life in the entertainment industry, pursuing soberity and the life that he has built along the way. Recorded at Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis, MN on August 18th, 2017.

Tabari McCoy returns for his sophomore album with enough of the cunning wit and nerdy humor to go around to a packed audience live at Go Bananas on February 8, 2018.

Comedy is a family affair for brothers and comedy duo Randy and Jason Sklar ( Entourage, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Maron, Curb Your Enthusiasm). Their brotherly chemistry, unique team delivery and complementary styles contribute to the incomparable energy of their shows. Recorded at the Lincoln Hall theater in Chicago, this all-new stand-up album from the Sklar Brothers tackle topics such as politics, parenting, canine racism and who might haunt us in the afterlife.

With his latest release, Shot in the Face, comedian Nick Griffin picks up right where he left off a little more than a year ago. This is a solid follow-up to Bring Out the Monkey and serves to solidify his reputation as an original and consistent performer. Where Griffin especially shines is when he approaches love and relationships. His style is not merely a "Hey, didja notice how we're different" routine but instead he really takes a good look at just how we function and interact... and how it's usually pretty ridiculous.

Chuck Watkins was born into, and later exiled from, The Future. Raised in Austin, Texas, Chuck began performing standup after college and quickly established himself as an odd, clever, and innovative talent. In 2008, Chuck was selected to perform at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal as a "New Face", as well on the Amped musical comedy show. The following year, Chuck performed on the fourth season of Live at Gotham on Comedy Central. His first album for Rooftop Comedy Records, titled The Sophistimicated Wit of Chuck Watkins, Esquire, was released to wide critical acclaim.

W. Kamau Bell is one of the most important entertainers and racial commentators performing comedy today. Face Full of Flour does not disappoint. With a blistering wit and a willingness to approach the most delicate of political topics, Bell’s act is nothing less than a tightrope walk of weighty issues and hilarious material.

Sweet Beth is the debut album from Beth Stelling and it’s a perfect storm of stand-up comedy. Everything you hope to find in a comedian is present and accounted for: Spot-on timing, one hilarious story after the next, an odd relationship with one’s dad, and your mom’s dog humping the guy you bring home to meet the family.

Amy Anderson's debut comedy album, recorded live at Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club in Sunnyvale, California, covers growing up Asian (and funny, of course) in America.