
For a decade, Chicago's ALL JOKES ASIDE was one of the preeminent comedy clubs in the country and gave early exposure and early paychecks to many of the nations most important young comedians including: Steve Harvey, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, MoNique, Dave Chappelle, Cedric The Entertainer, D.L. Hughley, Mike Epps, Aries Spears, Adele Givens, Carlos Mencia, Bill Bellamy, Deon Cole, JB Smoove, and Bernie Mac to name a few. The rise and fall of All Jokes Aside and salutes the leg... (Full plot summary below)
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For a decade, Chicago's ALL JOKES ASIDE was one of the preeminent comedy clubs in the country and gave early exposure and early paychecks to many of the nations most important young comedians including: Steve Harvey, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, MoNique, Dave Chappelle, Cedric The Entertainer, D.L. Hughley, Mike Epps, Aries Spears, Adele Givens, Carlos Mencia, Bill Bellamy, Deon Cole, JB Smoove, and Bernie Mac to name a few. The rise and fall of All Jokes Aside and salutes the legendary showcase for it's major contribution to comedy history.
Leave your thoughts about Phunny Business: A Black Comedy.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA most unexpected documentary about the rise of a club that often sold out three houses a night for 10 years. |
| User ReviewMel BI'm very glad to have caught this on HBO......a very informative, retrospective take on the once vibrant epicenter of Black comedy in Chicago. |
| User ReviewBrett ANot 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. |
| User ReviewRandall HA 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. |