When Stand Up Stood Out
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Boston stand-up comedians burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of hard-edged social and political commentary, in what came to be known as "The Bos…
When Stand Up Stood Out
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Boston stand-up comedians burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of hard-edged social and political commentary, in what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush". Documentary covering what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Boston stand-up comedians like Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and Colin Quinn burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of the hard-edged social and political commentary that came out of that city. —frankfob2@yahoo.com It's no coincidence that some of the most cutting edge comics of this generation came out of the same city, at the same time. The Boston gold rush of the late 70s and early 80s was considered by many as the flash-point of the biggest national stand-up explosion ever. A scene boiling over with comedians possessed with that precarious blend of originality, pure desire, and good old fashioned desperation. Through a series of candid interviews, old news reports and never before seen bootleg footage, we'll get an unfiltered and hilarious view of the people who came up here and what they did to survive, emerge and where they are today. —Anonymous
When Stand Up Stood Out
Comedy,Documentary
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Boston stand-up comedians burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of hard-edged social and political commentary, in what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush". Documentary covering what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Boston stand-up comedians like Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and Colin Quinn burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of the hard-edged social and political commentary that came out of that city. —frankfob2@yahoo.com It's no coincidence that some of the most cutting edge comics of this generation came out of the same city, at the same time.
The Boston gold rush of the late 70s and early 80s was considered by many as the flash-point of the biggest national stand-up explosion ever. A scene boiling over with comedians possessed with that precarious blend of originality, pure desire, and good old fashioned desperation. Through a series of candid interviews, old news reports and never before seen bootleg footage, we'll get an unfiltered and hilarious view of the people who came up here and what they did to survive, emerge and where they are today.
—Anonymous.