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The 100 Best
100 Best Comics
The greatest stand-ups who ever held a mic, ranked.
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100 Best Specials
The greatest hours and albums, ranked, with where to watch.
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100 Best Bits
The single jokes and act-outs that changed comedy, each a clip you can play.
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The Index
The complete anatomy of stand-up: every comic, every special, and every bit, browsable and searchable.
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A History of Stand-Up

The story of the form, told through its bits. One long scroll from the smoky clubs of the 1950s to the streaming era, with the moments, the movements, and the clips that made it.

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