HBO Comedy Half-Hour

HBO Comedy Half-Hour is a stand-up comedy television series of specials by various comedians, usually live from The Fillmore in San Francisco, with the format of a single comedian presenting a routine for thirty minutes. The series ran on HBO from 1994 to 1999. Comedians who appeared on the show include Louis C.K., Janeane Garofalo, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Dave Attell, Gilbert Gottfried, Bobcat Goldthwait, Patton Oswalt, Norm Macdonald, Margaret Cho, Laura Kightlinger, David Cross, Steve Harvey, and many others.

HBO Comedy Half-Hour
Genre	Comedy
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	31
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	June 16, 1994 (1994-06-16) – January 23, 1998 (1998-01-23)

Episode listing

Season 1 (1994)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	1	Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes	June 16, 1994 (1994-06-16)
2	2	D.L. Hughley	June 23, 1994 (1994-06-23)
3	3	Simply Marvalous	June 30, 1994 (1994-06-30)
4	4	Carlos Mencia	July 7, 1994 (1994-07-07)
5	5	Suzanne Westenhoefer	July 14, 1994 (1994-07-14)
6	6	Bob Smith	July 14, 1994 (1994-07-14)
7	7	Eddie Griffin	July 21, 1994 (1994-07-21)
8	8	Margaret Cho	July 28, 1994 (1994-07-28)

Season 2 (1995)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
9	1	Steve Harvey	August 10, 1995 (1995-08-10)
10	2	Dana Gould	August 17, 1995 (1995-08-17)
11	3	Judy Gold	August 24, 1995 (1995-08-24)
12	4	Bobcat Goldthwait	August 31, 1995 (1995-08-31)
13	5	Marc Maron	September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)
14	6	Jonathan Katz	September 14, 1995 (1995-09-14)
15	7	Janeane Garofalo	September 21, 1995 (1995-09-21)
16	8	Carlos Mencia	September 28, 1995 (1995-09-28)

Season 3 (1996)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
17	1	Jeff Cesario	August 9, 1996 (1996-08-09)
18	2	Dave Attell	August 16, 1996 (1996-08-16)
19	3	Wendy Liebman	August 23, 1996 (1996-08-23)
20	4	Ralph Louis Harris	August 30, 1996 (1996-08-30)
21	5	Ray Romano	September 6, 1996 (1996-09-06)
22	6	Laura Kightlinger	September 13, 1996 (1996-09-13)
23	7	Jack Coen	September 20, 1996 (1996-09-20)
24	8	Louis C.K.	September 27, 1996 (1996-09-27)
25	9	Adele Givens	October 4, 1996 (1996-10-04)
26	10	Jeff Stilson	October 11, 1996 (1996-10-11)
27	11	Kathy Griffin	October 18, 1996 (1996-10-18)
28	12	David Cross	October 25, 1996 (1996-10-25)

Season 4 (1998)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
29	1	Dave Chappelle	January 9, 1998 (1998-01-09)
30	2	Patton Oswalt	January 16, 1998 (1998-01-16)
31	3	Jeff Garlin	January 23, 1998 (1998-01-23)

External links

• HBO Comedy Half-Hour in the Internet Movie Database