Pun-based comedy show names are an automatic winner, and Ronny Chieng’s Chieng Reaction is a golden example of this. Coming off the back of record-breaking sold out shows at the last two Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, Chieng has had a smooth and well-deserved run into the forefront of Australian comedy.And he’s wasted no time in humorously exploiting this new-found fame - a big red sign spelling out “RONNY” complete with flashing lightbulbs serving as the backdrop for his MICF 2014 show.
Pun-based comedy show names are an automatic winner, and Ronny Chieng’s Chieng Reaction is a golden example of this. Coming off the back of record-breaking sold out shows at the last two Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, Chieng has had a smooth and well-deserved run into the forefront of Australian comedy.And he’s wasted no time in humorously exploiting this new-found fame - a big red sign spelling out “RONNY” complete with flashing lightbulbs serving as the backdrop for his MICF 2014 show.
2015-03-19
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The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
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An uncensored monologue by Dani Rovira about today's society.
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2014 standup special originally aired on Comedy Central.
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Several comic greats pay tribute to the legendary stand-up stage founded by Budd Friedman in 1963.
From the frustrations of ordering at McDonalds and waiting in line at CVS, to the perplexities of expectant mother's parking spots and getting baptized in the Nile river, John Crist has been there to observe it all and ask simply...What Are We Doing? Filmed at the historic Lyric Theater in Birmingham, Alabama.
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