The Stand-Up Comedy Database

SUCDb, on one page → The records D.O.C. runs on, each with its source and the date it was checked. The comedians Career profiles of stand-ups past and present, each with its sources. Stand-up comedians A to Z A page for each comedian: their next shows, specials, screen credits, podcasts and where they got their start. Lists of stand-up comedians British, Canadian, clean, New York, Los Angeles, with a Netflix or HBO special — each from what the records say. Milestones The biggest crowds, the stadium firsts, the top tours — each from its source. Screen Stars Know them from a show or a film? Type the title: the stand-ups in it, and when each is next on stage. Stand-Up Comedy in the News New tours, specials, festivals and awards from the comedy press, each linked to the comedian's record. New stand-up specials This year’s specials, month by month: the date, where to watch, and when the comedian is next on stage. Launching pads Kill Tony, SNL, Carson, Def Comedy Jam, The Daily Show, Last Comic Standing, Just for Laughs, The Second City, The Comedy Store, BET's ComicView, MADtv, In Living Color — who came through, who is on stage now. Six Degrees of Komic Bacon Name two comedians and Komic Bacon connects ’em: the bills, shows, films, podcasts and casts between them. The Daily Komic Bacon A comedy puzzle a day, the same for everyone: connect two comedians in six tries and keep your streak. Find your comedy lane Twelve rounds: guess who said the line, say whether you liked it, and find your kind of funny. Stand-up comedy trivia Fifteen questions a page: records, specials, where comics started, the decades. Every answer has its source. Your comedy DNA What your twelve say about your sense of humor: lanes, generations, home bases, clean streak — and a friend match. Share My D.O.C. Your 12 favorite comedians, your Legends or a friend match, as a pin, a post or a story. Clean stand-up, by lane Clips and specials from the comics’ own channels, kept to PG-13: pick your lane, press play. See Them Now Where the comics D.O.C. follows are on stage, on TV and on record right now. Who gets a record What goes in, what never does — and why a famous name may not be here. Your SUCDb record For comics: write it, keep it, correct it — your version outranks ours.

For the working comic

Comic's Corner, on one page → The tools below as pictures, grouped: get up, get better, get there, get seen.

Get up

Stage TimeOpen mics in Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth and Austin, and starting a room anywhere Stand-Up Starter CourseHow to start stand-up comedy, free: ten modules from your first joke to your first open mic Jobs & GigsCalls for comics and club jobs from the rooms — paid spots, hosts, servers, sound, the door Club DirectoryThe clubs on one map: the nights, open mics, how to get booked Comedy Clubs Near MeThe rooms nearest you, by miles, with their shows tonight and this week Best Comedy ClubsD.O.C.'s twelve, and the top comedy clubs in each state Comedy Clubs by CityAustin, Chicago, New York City and more: the rooms, the next two weeks of shows, the open mics Nerves & HecklersStage fright, the hour before, hecklers — and keeping the show safe

Get better

Comic CritiquePaste a set’s transcript: your filler, pace, swearing and silences Clean vs. DirtyTwelve rounds on what goes in your act Road MapsWhere you are, your next ninety days, what a gig leaves you The Writers’ RoomYour first five, an idea to a tight five, twenty joke shapes, writing for hire The Working ComicTaxes, corporate and college dates, socials, travel, fans — the life around the set The D.O.C. BookFrom Writing to Touring: over 1,000 pages, over 450 topics, fully illustrated The Hollywood EffectFake jobs, fees up front, “pay if you slay” — knowing a real offer

Get there

Working a RoomBooked somewhere new: load-in, the dead hours, what’s open after Tour PlannerThe run, what each stop leaves you, and the scorecard after Buddy UpTwo to four comics, one car: the lineup and the split Comedy on WheelsThe van as the stage: pop-up sets, the local rules, a name plate On the RoadThe car kit, the breakdown plan, roadside help across state lines Make the Trip PayThe Twelve — a paid drink with twelve fans — and merch Get Paid, Get BackThe deal in writing, the door, and when they don’t pay

Get seen

Filling the RoomFilming a set, and the posts written for you Your TeamAgents, managers, bookers: who does what, and a directory Your SUCDb recordJoin D.O.C.: your record, your dates, your terms Submission DeadlinesFestival and contest calls open now: when each closes, the fee, when it goes up Podcast PlaybookStart a comedy podcast: record, edit, publish, find listeners, keep it going List Your PodcastA free listing that sends fans to your show’s own channels Tour Dates WidgetYour dates on your own site, free: the widget, your follow link, a note to your followers Promo StudioYour show on a poster: four templates sized for Pinterest, your feed and your story, with the caption Comedy PodcastsShows hosted by comedians, A to Z: the hosts, the newest episode, where to listen Podcast LivestreamsComedy podcasts you can watch or hear live: this week’s times in your time zone, and a reminder Podcast MarketsWhere a show finds listeners, who pays and for what, and a money worksheet Your Joke on the TronSend one joke of 30 seconds or less to play on the Comedytron

For venues, bookers and the trade

Hiring a comic

Book a ComicFor your own event. Same performers you buy a ticket to watch. Post a Job or GigNeed a comic on a date, or a bartender, a sound tech, someone for the door? Say so here — free.

If you run a room

List a RoomYour night, kept current by you — the person who runs it.

Businesses that serve comics

Agents, managers & bookersThe agents, managers and bookers who work with comics, state by state. Enhance a ListingYour own words on your directory card and a page of your own, marked as paid.