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Def Comedy Jam

Def Comedy Jam

7,9 /10 (9 Votes)
1992 EN 11 Seasons

Overview

Def Comedy Jam is a HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. The show returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. Def Comedy Jam helped to launch the careers of several African-American stand-up comedians.

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First air date

07/03/1992

Votes

9

Popularity

1.4

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Russell Simmons, Stan Lathan

Networks

HBO

Language

EN

Last air date

2008-03-09

Episodes

77

Episode runtime

60 min

Website

www.hbo.com
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Specials

12 episodes

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Season 1

8 episodes • 1992 • ⭐ 10,0

The classic HBO comedy series from Russell Simmons that launched the careers of legendary comics including Bernie Mac, C…

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Season 2

12 episodes • 1992

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Season 3

12 episodes • 1993

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Season 4

12 episodes

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

⭐ 10

OK, it's kind of hard to review a stand-up show with a heavily rotating cast. Sometimes, yes, it stank. But that's because sometimes stand up stinks. Other times it was so funny it made you choke. And I am going to review principally the times that it was so funny you couldn't breathe...because those times far outweighed the bad times. And you saw some brilliant up and commers that were still so hungry they fought hard for each laugh. In its time and place it was brilliant, and part of an HBO comedy line up that has yet to be topped. Shows like this don't come around enough, and th…

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