The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition With Host Jay Leno

Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director S. Leigh Savidge

Status Released

Release Date 1991-12-27

Storyline

"The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition with Host Jay Leno," the first stand up comedy special featuring Jay Leno with 25 minutes of never-before-seen footage of Leno's classic comedy club. act that made him a star. The show took an "American Idol" approach to stand-up comedy with Jay Leno hosting a competition that features competing stand up comics Ray Combs, Howie Gold, Jeff Gerbino and Steve Oedekerk performing in front of a live crowd and a panel of celebrity judges that includes funnyman Fred Willard.