Stand Up Audiobooks | Comedy

A worldly realist in the vein of George Carlin or Richard Pryor, Trenton Davis is mindful but unflinching. In "@trentoncomedy", his follow up to "It Had To Be Said" (also on Uproar Comedy), jokes matter. Putting jokes front and center; kidding is imperative. Trenton Davis's cool, sophisticated attention to detail, his comedy craftsmanship, feels familiar yet fresh. Trenton's material is lived-in and personal, but avoids being precious or self-aggrandizing. His view of his world coupled with his talent gives a clear and uncompromised picture - bitter truths, pettiness, insecurities and all. "@trentoncomedy" is a well-rounded, classic, laugh-packed comedy album. While provocative, Trenton is too grounded to be a purely shock comedian. While brazen, he's too measured to be overwhelmingly obscene. Trenton Davis has the ability to know, to toe, to step over, and gently coax the audience over the line. He's an engaging, affecting, smart, charming, confident comedian that puts funny first. To that point, the album's title is a thinly veiled self-promoting allusion to the comedian's social media handle. Trenton is upfront and refreshingly frank with the crowd about the "business" in "show business". Social media followers mean casting, opportunities, Trenton jokingly explains to the audience. "@trentoncomedy" is full of laughs, realness, and wisdom. A commitment to candor, as well as a commitment to funny. "@trentoncomedy" encourages you to lower your defenses and laugh, or be mad at your own peril.

Trenton Davis (Author), Trenton Davis (Narrator)

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Eat Around It

Eat Around It, is funny and daring. Comedian Anthony Davis, not basketball player Anthony Davis, tells jokes with a chip on his shoulder. He's outrageous, he's ornery and out of the box hilarious. His Southern-fried comedy is rife with booming bursts and salt of the earth silliness. With sharp wit and high energy sarcasm, the North Carolina native is cutting and unflinching. He's not afraid to yell and swear with agitation. Every emotional explosion is usually grounded by self-aware self-defeat. Davis, whether through off color wordplay or offhand audacity, achieves an impressive balance between being endearing and edgy. A noteworthy storyteller, Davis spins yarns throughout Eat Around It. Every anecdote goes from bad to worse, lurching forward with tense and alarming circumstances. One of the album's many highlights features the comedian's run in with a sect of Christians, who happen to worship with snakes. The result is a madcap adventure, high stakes and higher hilarity. Anthony Davis keeps up the funny: delightful divergences, musing asides, ridiculous reenactments, potent peril, pointless politeness, a dramatic conclusion. This story and others are must listens. Davis smiles and he wisecracks, but he's a powder keg, a livewire. In Eat Around It, the young, rising comedian's debut comedy album, Anthony isn't afraid to air his grievances. While the misguided, misunderstood everyman, wrestling with a comedy of errors, is often "wrong," he's still loveable (and funny as hell). Plus-size with a big personality; pristine, good natured, ornery, self-deprecating comedy, Davis makes his mark. You won't want to miss Eat Around It!

Anthony Davis (Author), Anthony Davis (Narrator)

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Above the Fray

Paul Conyers is a tall drink of funny. He proves it time and time again in his debut album Above the Fray. At his core, Conyers is an incisive, charismatic everyman. He has an easy-going wit and casual gall. His insightful social commentary, his reach and range, is impressive. His laid back-often daring-style, is dynamic and exciting. Above the Fray is well-crafted and self-aggrandizing, audaciously charming with dry, false bravado. Conyers elevates while remaining down to earth. Above the Fray is head and shoulders above the norm. "Punching down," joking at a marginalized group's expense, is hard to pull off. But it's hard not to punch down when you're 6'7" like Paul Conyers. Conyers's primary target: short people. And, by Conyers's definition, that's anyone under "NBA player height." If you're shorter than LeBron James, prepare to get dunked on. Paul Conyers needles anyone average-sized shorter than him, which is basically everyone, and does so with a blustering starkness unseen since Randy Newman. But don't worry. It's all in good fun. Above the Fray is highly entertaining, regardless of your stature. This puts Conyers at odds with Napoleon-complex catfishers, obnoxious strangers with basketball career advice, and any number of people that embody the undercurrent of nonsense height influences. The ways being tall (or short) matters, especially regarding assumptions and hypocrisies, border on absurdity. It's a mess, a fight, ripe fodder for hilarity. And Paul Conyers isn't afraid to throw playful jabs. While crossing every line imaginable, fearlessly sarcastic about every group and subject, Paul Conyers maintains an incredible level of balance. He's confident, not cocky. He's bombastic, not smug. He's cool but self aware. He's smart but not alienating. His jokes-boastful, brilliant and boundless-present a level playing field. Height doesn't matter when you're on stage or laughing in the audience. And, with that truth, Paul is the perfect, likeable smart ass.

Paul Conyers (Author), Paul Conyers (Narrator)

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Day Drinker

Tony B is professionally funny, whip smart and stylish. Day Drinker, his debut album, pokes your funny bone and tickles your fancy. It's easy to love his upbeat, good-natured sense of humor. When he jabs at the audience, Tony pulls his punches; his razzing is gentle, his sensibility is metered. Jokes are crisp, polished and to the point. The energy from the Arizona-based comedian is playful and warm. Much of Day Drinker celebrates commonalities, a suburban pragmatism. There's no cooler-than-you, clasping-to-youth delusion. Tony B highlights and delights in everyday comforts. Many of his jokes find the silver lining in getting older. His (relative) maturity has earned him a unique perspective, one that informs his brand of unassuming, self-assured, positive comedy. In one of the album's highlights, Tony B reminisces about youthful arrogance, drunk driving and trying to get away with it. The comedian muses and amuses about the headache and hassle. If there's a competition between clubbing with out-of-touch divorced men in their 30s, trying to be a cool guy in your 20s, and happy hours with domestic types, Mommy ragers win by a mile. Day Drinker is filled with life stories and lively stand-up. Tony B has an eye for detail and a talent to relay it. With Day Drinker-featuring elderly run-ins at the gym, being dissed by Millenials, and everything in between-Tony B shines!

Tony B (Author), Tony B (Narrator)

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The Calm Before The Storm

Comedian Kabir "Kabeezy" Singh, and his album "The Calm Before the Storm," are a cut above the rest. His jokes pierce deep and he gets to the point. He's sharp, incisive, and edgy. Although it's hard to say exactly what it is that makes Kabir's pen mightier than the sword (yet cut like one), it might simply be that his garish bravado is a smokescreen for his clever, well-crafted twists and takes. While bordering on abrasive and contentious, his lavish and liberal use of various flavorful expletives actually make his material accessible and inclusive. Kabir's swagger is alluring. His candidness is refreshing. Wiseass commentary about his Indian heritage, defining and defying stereotypes, is exceptional. "The Calm Before the Storm" is a vital and vibrant comedy album, any way you slice it. You can't tell Kabeezy nothing! The comedian speaks his truth which is boldly flagrant in the face of respectability. Singh is a force. He lowers his shoulder and ignores caution, wielding his sense of humor like a battering ram. "The Calm Before the Storm" features conflict at its center. Kabir "Kabeezy" Singh is serene and supremely talented at managing the chaos. The album has a laundry list of antagonists--disapproving mothers, Siri, grammar, money, driverless cars--looking to knock the comedian off his game. When things get rowdy, Kabir commands the crowd like a captain of a booze cruise, keeping everybody engaged but in check. Just when you think it's safe, Kabir Singh flies fearlessly into a joke so audacious the audience gasps in shock before laughing hysterically, gasping for air. Prepare to be blown away! Kabir "Kabeezy" Singh is one of the fastest rising comedians in the nation. A high-energy, crowd-pleasing comic with an in-your-face attitude and razor-sharp wit, he is performing to sold out crowds across the US and internationally. He was one of the select comedians to perform opening weekend at Jimmy Kimmel's new comedy club at the Linq Promenade in Las Vegas.

Kabir 'kabeezy' Singh (Author), Kabir 'kabeezy' Singh (Narrator)

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But Here We Are

Chris Redd (Author), Chris Redd (Narrator)

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Screaming At Shapes

Alex Elkin is a serious jokester and "Screaming at Shapes," his latest comedy release, is serious fun. Alex, winner of the 2016 San Francisco Comedy Competition, is 100% committed to making you laugh. He's bombastic and forthright, ironically abrasive, provocative and witty. Fearless, energetic, diving into characters, tackling taboos and hot button topics, Alex Elkin is an emphatic and versatile performer. "Screaming at Shapes" shines as Alex highlights his domestic life and his travels overseas to entertain the military. His grievances against puberty, obnoxious pet owners, nosy children, and his epiphanies about bidets and transgender people, are all rendered in highly-detailed hilarity. Alex Elkin has had it with outrage culture. Alex doesn't take things too seriously, or too personally, (and doesn't think you should either). "Screaming at Shapes" advocates that people making fun of each other is a key to bringing them together. Alex isn't afraid to challenge what is and what's not socially acceptable--even if it lands him in Facebook jail. The burly, gregarious, larger than life comedian with even longer hair, practices what he preaches, making light of himself with perfect, self-deprecating comedy. Boasting flowing locks and brilliant shock, "Screaming at Shapes" encourages you to let your hair down.

Alex Elkin (Author), Alex Elkin (Narrator)

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Gen X Man

Gen X Man, the latest album from comedian Erik Myers, is a laugh riot that feels like an actual riot. Erik is a foul-mouthed, whirling buzzsaw of brilliant observational comedy. He runs hotter and cuts deeper than a flaming house filled with razor blades. Cleared-eyed rage, true-to-life grievances and commonplace annoyances, "Gen X Man" blasts with hilarious, fiery, righteous anger. Erik Myers' ire is noteworthy. His social commentary avoids the trappings of trendy, hot button topics. Erik focuses his flurries to personal punching bags, unleashing funny-as-hell fury against cheap hotels, fast food and the Internet. The jokes are smart, sharp, compact, relatable, loud. He speaks volumes with volume. Unrelentingly funny, Erik Myers revs up the hysterics until you're convinced you'll never stop laughing. Gen X Man is an ode to the 1990s, the era when Erik Myers grew up. Erik is confused and pissed off by modern, flawed "conveniences" like ride-sharing and texting. The comedian indulges in sarcastic tirades about elusive, online dating practices, vanity, modern misnomers, and timeless idiocy to haggard, "back in my day" perfection. While Erik concedes that living during the Clinton administration wasn't as harrowing as his parents' and grandparents' upbringings--"Just got drafted into World War II #fml"--he advocates that corded phones, CDs that skipped and the indecipherable, adult movie channel built resilience and character. For instance, the lessons learned in "Land Mind," a track that features Erik's tale of youth, love, and a promotional tie-in for 1998's "Men in Black," is a rollicking, heartfelt, incisive highlight to this stellar comedy album.

Erik Myers (Author), Erik Myers (Narrator)

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No One Loves You

No One Loves You is Roy Wood Jr.'s second one-hour stand-up comedy special for Comedy Central, performed live from Chicago's Vic Theatre. Following the success of his first special, Father Figure, the Daily Show correspondent and host of Comedy Central's storytelling show, This is Not Happening, hilariously explores some of today's most complicated issues. From the plight of the black superhero and national anthem protests to the many failed strategies men have used to avoid #MeToo allegations, Roy covers them all.

Roy Wood Jr. (Author), Roy Wood Jr. (Narrator)

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Giggle Fit

Ron Funches (Author), Ron Funches (Narrator)

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Live From The Town

James Davis (Author), James Davis (Narrator)

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These Lips

Jackie Monahan is smart, salty and sophisticated, an ironic degenerate with sharp, salacious wordplay. Her debut album, "These Lips," constantly ups the ante. She takes seemingly innocuous statements and warps them with a pulpy pun, a crafty subversion, or delightful depravity. Jackie is electric, less of a livewire and more of a stun gun. She administers taboos as a series of controlled shocks, providing just enough charge for audiences to enjoy the jolts. Monahan, as seen on Last Comic Standing and winner of TimeOut's joke of the year, is a master of her craft. While unapologetic and raw, she never overwhelms with crass, never overindulges with outrageousness. "These Lips" features a cool charisma, a metered balance of unassuming silliness, dry wit, and dark humor, so you can savor the unsavory. These Lips takes everyday thoughts and feelings, flips the zeitgeist on its head, and sears a lasting image into your brain. This highly effective and affecting album will likely change how you think about areolas, flushing the toilet, and the word "breasts". Even the album's title, "These Lips," an allusion to Monahan's take on an overlooked double standard, imprints a visceral, lasting visual crystallized in a brilliant, lewd joke. Jackie Monahan's brand of elusive, mischievous observational comedy manipulates the mind's desire to fill in the gaps. By the time you recognize the rich range of the comedy, connect all the dots, fully understand what and what's not being said, notice the intricate linguistics, and admire the audacity, you'll be howling, groaning, and shaking your head all at once.

Jackie Monahan (Author), Jackie Monahan (Narrator)

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