Comedian Steve Hofstetter takes on everything from over-population to gay rights to foreign policy in this fiercely edgy and hysterically funny hour-long comedy special shot at the historic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Great, new comedy special from Steve Hofstetter that was filmed last year and is now available for only five bucks! If you’ve been loving Laughs on Fox, you owe it to yourself to check out this great hour of comedy from the host himself…

You can rent or buy Steve Hofstetter’s Ginger Kid at supportcomedy.com now starting at $5.

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7. Don’t text. You know how sometimes you come home and use your phone as a flashlight? That’s because it lights up a dark room. Science!

Check out the full list – 11 Things Not to Do at a Comedy Show – and be sure that you’re not that guy the next time you go out for a night of laughs…

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Being a fan of words myself, comedian Joe Larson brings up an excellent point with regards to the current discussion about gun control!

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Comedian is a very personal documentary of Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy life after he threw away all his old material and started fresh. Insecurities, competitive edge, and good old fashioned Seinfeld humor is here. The camera follows Jerry back into the trenches of the New York City comedy clubs, where he tries to perfect his new bits. He kills. He bombs. Most of all, he’s human. He says repeatedly that “I had a show, I was larger than life! Now, here I am, back in a smoky comedy club in New York.” All he wants is to be “comfortable” on stage again. Comedian shows the rocky journey to gaining that comfort.

The majority of people who have seen this film gave it raving reviews. The only person who hasn’t is Roger Ebert who claims that there was no deep revelations (or something of that nature). I disagree. While it isn’t as deep as I would have liked to see it, the movie is still very revealing. You see Jerry’s struggles and you see his triumphs. This was an extremely personal story and he shines. Being a comedian/comedy writer myself, I know how difficult it is to show your audience exactly how vulnerable you are. That’s what this movie accomplished. Seinfeld pulled this off brilliantly, and I commend him for it. Great job, Jerry. I didn’t think it was possible that he could be higher on my list, but I was proven wrong.

Orny Adams was a great contrast to Jerry. Orny was a cocky, too-sure-of-himself young comedian. Jerry was a seasoned, insecure comedian. It was a great contrast. Coupled with the surprising cameos of Colin Quinn, Mario Joyner, Jay Leno, Bill Cosby, and others, this film is entertaining from beginning to end.

This movie touched me specifically because I know this business. This is my business. Comedian is the first movie about stand-up comedy that shows the business accurately, yet gives it an optimistic promise. It blows the optimistic love fest, Punch Line, out of the water. This is comedy for what it is. If you are a struggling comedian, or a performer in general, this is a must see. It will show you that even the biggest stars still deal with the same issues the younger ones do. This is an extraordinarily comforting notion. So, comedians of the world, take notice! This film was made for us, and we should bow to Seinfeld for making it.

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My brain has been doing a lot of strange things lately. For instance, it recently convinced me I should be doing standup comedy. Many of the writers I’ve spoken to have argued that it was not the brain that made this decision at all, but the balls. However, I doubt this is true, as my balls have never been particularly good at decision-making, and the slender object they are
attached to is known primarily for its wide range of staggeringly bad ideas, so I’m going to go with the notion that my brain was responsible.

I’m not sure why my brain decided we should do this. Logically, I suppose, it made some degree of sense, because I’m a playwright, an actor, and a humorist, which is, on some superficial level, a decent resume to have for such a venture. My brain unfortunately chose to ignore that in my function as a humorist I go out of my way to avoid punchlines if at all possible. It also chose to ignore my total inability to tell a story in less than fifteen hundred words.

I sat down with my brain and tried to hash this whole thing out. It didn’t go well.

ME: What were you thinking?

EGO: It wasn’t my idea. Ask the Id.

ID: Touch yourself!

SUPEREGO: Stop that!!

EGO: In all fairness, the Id can’t really help himself.

SUPEREGO: We’re going to hell, we’re going to hell…

EGO: Stop whining, we don’t believe in hell.

SUPEREGO: Maybe YOU don’t. We’ll go to hell for that, too.

ID: I AM A GOD!!!!!!!!

ME: Um, hello?

EGO: Sorry, right. Standup. You wanted to know why we suggested standup.

ID: A girl! Look!

EGO: The Id thought of it. We agreed because we figured it would keep him
busy.

ID: Wooo wooo!

ME: But I don’t have any jokes!

EGO: Is that my fault?

SUPEREGO: It’s all my fault! Oh, the shame.

EGO: Stop taking the blame for everything.

SUPEREGO: You’re right, I’m sorry.

ID: Shake it baby!

EGO: Stop it. That’s a magazine cover.

ID: Find a bathroom! NOW!

EGO: We’re busy.

ME: So what am I supposed to say when I’m up there? Did you think of that???

EGO: I’m sure you’ll figure something out. Talk about your kids.

SUPEREGO: No, don’t! They’ll resent you forever!

EGO: Like the time you caught Tim drinking from the toilet.

SUPEREGO: Noooo!

ID: I can do this by myself, you know.

EGO: Don’t you dare!

So I did my first set entirely without the assistance of my brain. I had twenty minutes to work with, fortunately, so I had enough time to tell at least five or six jokes.

ME: That wasn’t so bad.

ID: Worship me, you bitches!

ME: Hello?

EGO: Shhh!

ID: On your knees!!!!!!

ME: Why are you whispering?

EGO: The Id’s been out of control since you did the show.

SUPEREGO: (whimper)

ID: Muhuhahahahah!!!!!!!!!

EGO: You know, it would have helped if you had just sucked.

ME: Uh, sorry.

EGO: Then the Id would have shrunken up and slithered away like he’s supposed to after a staggeringly humiliating experience.

ID: Feed me!!

ME: How can I help?

EGO: Do another show, and remember to suck this time.

Tragically, I did not suck the second time either, although I did try my best. I learned a few things, too, like that jokes about the Boston accent don’t do well in Boston. And in a five minute show any joke that takes more than thirty seconds to set up doesn’t work, because evidently the average live comedy audience has the attention span of a fruit fly with attention
deficit disorder.

I made the decision to try a third time to suck on my own. I’ve been afraid to talk to my brain, as I fear my Superego has atrophied, and I believe my Id recently declared war on France. I have a couple of months to go before the show, so I’m hoping some time between now and then I’ll find some short jokes.

In the meantime, I thought I’d practice by writing a column that’s less than fifteen hundred words.

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