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Celebrate the Best of Urban Comedy with the Big Black Comedy Show Box Set; Hilarious, off-the-Hook Performances by Today's Hottest African-American Stand-up Comedians Including Mo'Nique, Michael Colyar, John Witherspoon, Ralphie May and More!


CENTURY CITY, Calif. -- Five-Disc Collector's Box Set Highlighted by Never before Released Volume 5 from the Popular Comedy Series Available October 17th

Something funny's in the house! Get ready for hours of side-splitting laughter when some of today's most hilarious stand-up comedians Famous stand-up comedians, by country of origin: Australia
  • Alison Bice
  • Christina Adams
  • Big Al
  • Michelle Anderson
  • Fox K
  • Dom Egan
  • Josh Parker
  • Andrew "Wee Waa" Schwager
  • Wil Anderson
  • Eric Bana
  • Celia Pacquola
  • Carl Barron
 hit the stage in The Big Black Comedy Show Box Set, debuting on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 October 17, 2006. The uproarious series of large venue, live comedy shows showcases a talented lineup of America's most popular African-American comics including award-winning comedian Mo'Nique ("Phat phat  
adj. phat·ter, phat·test Slang
Excellent; first-rate: phat fashion; a phat rapper.



[Earlier, sexy (said of a woman),
 Girlz," "The Parkers," "Soulplane"), Michael Colyar ("The Hughleys," "Def Comedy Jam Def Comedy Jam is a HBO television series produced by hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. The show has returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. : All Stars Volume 11"), Ralphie May Ralphie May, (born 1972 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American stand-up comedian who usually performs in Los Angeles, California. Biography
Early life
May first got into comedy after he entered and won a talent show while still in high school.
 (runner-up of NBC's "Last Comic Standing Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that premiered in 2003. The objective of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC television network and a special first to air on the cable-TV ") and Joe Torry
This article is about the comedian. For the former manager of the New York Yankees, see Joe Torre.


Joseph Pierre Torry (born August 12, 1965) is an American actor and comedian.
 ("House Party 3," "Tales from the Hood").

The Big Black Comedy Show Box Set features the previously released four volumes packaged together, plus the all-new Volume 5 hosted by the legendary John Witherspoon ("Friday," "Boomerang"). Available exclusively on DVD for the first time ever in this box set, Volume 5 includes an amazing line-up of the hottest new comedians including Yvette Wilson ("Poetic Justice poetic justice
n.
The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner.


poetic justice
Noun

an appropriate punishment or reward for previous actions
," "House Party 3"), Wanda Smith ("Def Comedy Jam"), Scruncho (BET's "Comic View") and Tony Tone. Packed with star power and gut-busting humor, The Big Black Comedy Show Box Set is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. The five-disc DVD collection is available for the suggested retail price of $39.98 US / $54.98 Canada.

Bring home the comics that always bring it home! It's the hottest series of live comedy shows ever - together in one screamingly funny DVD collection! Today's best urban comics perform fresh new material live that you can replay again and again! They've won on "Last Comic Standing," kicked butt on "The Tonight Show" and gone on tour to make the country a whole lot less serious, and now they're all coming to your living room. From John Witherspoon, Alonzo Bodden and Ralphie May to Mo'Nique, Yvette Wilson, Wanda Smith - and many more of your favorite comedians - the laughs are in the house (as loud as you want them)!

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THE BIG BLACK COMEDY SHOW BOX SET
Street Date                                 October 17, 2006
DVD Price                                   $39.98 US / $54.98 Canada
Total Running Time                          458 minutes
Rating                                      N/A
Closed Captioned
Full Screen Presentation (1.78:1 aspect ratio)
Stereo Sound / English & Spanish subtitles
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