When Stand Up Stood Out

First aired on Jan 1, 2003

Runtime: 87mins

60%

Genres: Comedy, Documentary

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.