Phunny Business: A Black Comedy

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2010

1h 21m

Documentary

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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Chicago Sun-Times

08/25/2011

3/4

A most unexpected documentary about the rise of a club that often sold out three houses a night for 10 years.

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08/06/2014

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.

01/02/2013

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.

04/26/2012

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.

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John Davies

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John Ridley

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John Davies

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Raymond C. Lambert

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Reid Brody

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John Davies

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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.

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

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