
About this season
These half-hour specials showcased some of the best up-and-coming comedians of the moment. The show was a pivotal stepping stone for many of today's stand-up stars.
Episodes (29)
1. Gabriel Iglesias
Aired 7 February 2003
Gabriel Iglesias shows off his many voices and relives his cruelest practical joke in this stand-up special.
2. Bill Burr
Aired 14 February 2003
Bill Burr confesses his issues with beautiful women at baseball games in this stand-up special.
3. Bruce Bruce
Aired 21 February 2003
Bruce Bruce expresses his love for white people and glazed doughnuts in this stand-up special.
4. Jackie Kashian
Aired 28 February 2003
Jackie Kashian explains her hatred for salespeople and her need for violent video games in this stand-up special.
5. Earthquake
Aired 7 March 2003
Earthquake reveals his respect for pimps and the sacrament of marriage in this stand-up special.
6. Paul F. Tompkins (1)
Aired 14 March 2003
Paul F. Tompkins explains why he knows more about jazz and balloon shopping than the rest of us in this stand-up special.
7. Carol Leifer
Aired 21 March 2003
Carol Leifer unveils the secrets of making love to a woman and explains near-death experiences in this stand-up special.
8. Laura Kightlinger
Aired 28 March 2003
Laura Kightlinger shares the keys to performing stand-up comedy and hanging up on your mother in this stand-up special.
9. Jake Johannsen
Aired 4 April 2003
Jake Johannsen unveils his plans to combat homelessness and treat depression in this all-new stand-up special.
10. Patrice O'Neal
Aired 11 April 2003
Patrice O'Neal explores crime, racism, terrorism and his love for furry animals in this half-hour stand-up special.
11. Otis Lee Crenshaw
Aired 18 April 2003
Otis Lee Crenshaw and The Black Liars sing their songs of love and prison life in this half-hour stand-up special.
12. Freddy Soto
Aired 2 May 2003
Freddy Soto tells tales of growing up Latino and shares the Mexican home remedy for athlete's foot in this half-hour stand-up special.
13. Ron White
Aired 9 May 2003
Ron White drinks, smokes and pokes fun at vegetarians in this half-hour stand-up special.
14. Charlie Viracola
Aired 16 May 2003
Charlie Viracola is fed up with Earth so he lays down the laws for his own Planet Charlie in this half-hour stand-up special.
15. Jeff Stilson
Aired 23 May 2003
Jeff Stilson explains how to balance a wife, three kids and low self-esteem in this half-hour stand-up special.
16. Dwayne Kennedy
Aired 6 June 2003
Dwayne Kennedy declares his convictions about spirituality, racial equality and pork and in this half-hour stand-up special.
17. Eddie Brill
Aired 13 June 2003
Eddie Brill explains why learning English is so tricky and how not to pick a nickname in this stand-up special.
18. David Feldman
Aired 20 June 2003
David Feldman shares his personal troubles with marriage, children and French people in this half-hour stand-up special.
19. Rich Vos (1)
Aired 23 June 2003
Rich Vos takes on Canada, Catholics, marriage counselors and crack addicts in this half-hour stand-up special.
20. Robert Hawkins
Aired 4 July 2003
Robert Hawkins tells his tales of Army life, world travel and bad haircuts in this half-hour stand-up special.
21. Joey Kola
Aired 11 July 2003
Joey Kola proclaims his hatred of diets and his brother-in-law in this half-hour stand-up special.
22. Jeff Dunham
Aired 18 July 2003
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham introduces you to his favorite dummies in this half-hour stand-up special.
23. Daniel Tosh
Aired 25 July 2003
Daniel Tosh reveals his child-like dreams and twisted fascination with cannibalism in this half-hour stand-up special.
24. Sheryl Underwood
Aired 27 July 2003
Sheryl Underwood explains the black point-of-view on politics, religion and exfoliating in this half-hour stand-up special.
25. Gregg Rogell
Aired 1 August 2003
New Yorker Gregg Rogell shares his plans to combat terrorism and roaming cell phone charges in this half-hour stand-up special.
26. Wayne Federman
Aired 15 August 2003
Sports fanatic Wayne Federman shows how to use baseball metaphors to describe date hook-ups in this half-hour stand-up special.
27. Tracy Smith
Aired 22 August 2003
Tracy Smith offers some sage advice on hair removal, dieting and finding your soul-mate in this half-hour stand-up special.
28. Arnez J.
Aired 29 August 2003
Arnez J. finds the true comedy in everything from race relations to the handicapped in this half-hour stand-up special.
29. Richard Pryor - I Ain't Dead Yet, #%$#@!!
Aired 11 March 2003
Fragments of various shows of Richard Pryor are shown and famous comedians talk about how good he was.