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Phunny Business: A Black Comedy

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A history of Chicago's All Jokes Aside shows how one of the nation's pre-eminent comedy clubs gave young comics exposure and paychecks.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times A most unexpected documentary about the rise of a club that often sold out three houses a night for 10 years. Rated: 3/4 Aug 25, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Audience Member I'm very glad to have caught this on HBO......a very informative, retrospective take on the once vibrant epicenter of Black comedy in Chicago. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A documentary of a comedy club and it's rise. I didn't find it as informative as a documentary could be and very slow. I also didn't find it as funny as I thought it would be. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Not just about a black comedy club, but about successful black businessman. A great doc, I wish there were more comedy bits, but what's there is gold. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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John Davies

Director

John Ridley

Narrator

John Davies

Screenwriter

Raymond C. Lambert

Screenwriter

Reid Brody

Producer

John Davies

Producer
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Movie Info

Synopsis A history of Chicago's All Jokes Aside shows how one of the nation's pre-eminent comedy clubs gave young comics exposure and paychecks.
Director
John Davies
Producer
Reid Brody, John Davies, Raymond C. Lambert
Screenwriter
John Davies, Raymond C. Lambert
Production Co
2DS Productions
Genre
Documentary, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 26, 2017
Runtime
1h 21m