剧情：Inatwo-partspecialaspartoftheBBC’slong-runningartsstrandImagine,AlanYentobexplorestheworldofstand-upcomedy.Speakingindepthtoarangeofstand-up’smostsuccessfulnames,fromJackDeetoSimonAmstell,JimDavidsonandsometopAmericanstars,heexplorestheirbackgroundsandinfluences,andtheirpassionformakingpeoplelaugh.YentobalsojonisEddieIzzardbackstageashepreparestoperformthefirstsolostand-upshowattheHollywoodBowl,andexploreshowstand-upcomedyevolves,anditstransferraltoothermediums.