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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Next up, please welcomeactor and comedian, Todd Glass!

Next up, please welcome
actor and comedian, Todd Glass!

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Next up, please welcome actor and comedian, Todd Glass!
Duration
5 seconds
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56
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:55
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Push It Productions,Union Editorial,Brian Graden Media

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A feature length documentary that explores the history of LGBTQ+ stand up comedy, considering its importance as an instrument for social change over the past five decades.
People, when I came out, they said, "Oh, you know, um, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
People, when I came out, they said, "Oh, you know, um,
That's why for years, whenever I saw comedians go, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:15
That's why for years, whenever I saw comedians go,
I'm so proud of you. You were doing so well. Congratulations! - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
I'm so proud of you. You were doing so well. Congratula...
{\an8}Gay comedians didn't have any number of the many great - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
{\an8}Gay comedians didn't have any number of the many ...
Palm Springs is a utopian community - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
Palm Springs is a utopian community
A couple of years into stand-up, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
A couple of years into stand-up,
I had this weird moment of realizing those people don't exist for me. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
I had this weird moment of realizing those people don't...
Those people don't exist because they're closeted and scared of me, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
Those people don't exist because they're closeted ...
I feel like I looked up to a lot of women comedians, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
I feel like I looked up to a lot of women comedians,
{\an8}I just can't even think of one example in the last umpteen years, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:13
{\an8}I just can't even think of one example in the las...
That's how I like to identify, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
That's how I like to identify,
- I want you to want me. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
- I want you to want me.
{\an8}I grew up in San Francisco, and I think that my point of view as a comedian - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
{\an8}I grew up in San Francisco, and I think that my point ...
We had a long tradition of counterculture heroes. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
We had a long tradition of counterculture heroes.
{\an8}We had a long tradition of gay storytellers, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}We had a long tradition of gay storytellers,
{\an8}Josie's Juice Joint was where you would see all of the gay comics, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}Josie's Juice Joint was where you would see all o...
{\an8}People like Lypsinka, who blurs the line between art, stand-up comedy, and drag. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}People like Lypsinka, who blurs the line between art, ...
You know, we were blending politics, activism, punk rock, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:13
You know, we were blending politics, activism, punk rock,
Like, you could be gay and you could still be a star in San Francisco. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
Like, you could be gay and you could still be a star in San ...
In 1990, I was doing really pretty well in my stand-up comedy career. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
In 1990, I was doing really pretty well in my stand-up comed...