1.   And maybe this standup routine is more performance art than comedy.

2.   Contestants can do a standup routine, perform sketch comedy or submit an animated film or cartoon strip.

3.   His grandpa, Lucifer, is Rodney Dangerfield, who kills them in hell with his eternal standup routine but still, needless to say, gets no respect.

4.   Wildly popular in Washington, Rock has made the bond between Clinton and many blacks a part of his standup routine.

5.   But his forte, his wife said, was skewering politicians in his standup routine.

6.   He told about struggling through standup routines in bowling alleys in California and showed off his impersonation of Johnny Carson.

7.   In its place are abbreviated remarks, followed by an Oprah-like standup routine in a theater-in-the-round setting.

8.   In his later years, Berle continued performing his signature standup routine, which involved puffing oversized cigars, making risque asides and lobbing softball insults at audience members.

9.   The American Comedy Awards honor comedic performances on television, in films and standup routines.

10.   Then, Williams had people rolling in the aisles as he turned a question-and-answer session on the movie into an impromptu standup routine.