

When Stand Up Stood Out
Comedy
Documentary
When Stand Up Stood Out
87 minutes
01/01/2003
6.0
Overview
Documentary covering what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Boston stand-up comedians like Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and Colin Quinn burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of the hard-edged social and political commentary that came out of that city.