Bobcat Goldthwait, Colin Quinn, Denis Leary

Boston in the late 1970s and early '80s became an astonishingly fertile breeding ground for some of America's most successful stand-up comedians. This documentary chronicles the rise and fall of that ...( read more  read more... )legendary scene. Included are interviews and rare footage of such Beantown upstarts as Steven Wright, Kevin Meaney, Denis Leary, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Janeane Garafolo, Kenny Rogerson, Lenny Clarke and more.

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R, 87 min

Directed by: Fran Solomita

Release Date: December 31, 2005

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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2006

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  • March 27, 2009
    not enough denis leary.... lenny clarkes fuckin hilarious

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