Last Comic Standing

Overview

A nationwide talent search accepting the best professional and non-professional stand-up comedians. Once the selection process is narrowed to 10, the show covers the contestants as they live together and compete for an exclusive contract with NBC, and to be called the Last Comic Standing.

Episodes

S01E01 West Coast Semi-Finals

June 10, 2003 60 min
Comics on the West Coast compete in California to see who will move on to the Las Vegas competition. Ten finalists are chosen: Geoff Brown, Rob Cantrell, Tere Joyce, Ant, Ralphie May, Randi Kaplan, Lang...

S01E02 East Coast Semi-Finals

June 10, 2003 60 min
Comics on the East Coast perform at Caroline's Comedy Club, in New York. Celebrity talent scouts are stand up comedian Colin Quinn, Joy Behar from the View, and Caroline Rhea of the Caroline Rhea Show....

S01E03 Las Vegas Finals

June 17, 2003 60 min
The twenty finalists chosen from the East Coast and West Coast competitions compete to become one of the ten chosen to move into the house in Hollywood Hills. The ten finalists chosen are Dat Phan,...

S01E04 Move-in, Move-out

June 24, 2003 60 min
Dat, Tess, Cory, Tere, Rob, Sean, Dave, Rich, Ralphie, and Geoff move into their Hollywood house. The tour of the house started with Jay showing them the fortune teller. A machine that delivers messages, advice,...

S01E05 Rats! (Literally and figuratively)

July 1, 2003 60 min
Tess shoots her Extra segment. The comics find a rat in their house. Dave attempts to catch it. After many hours, Dave catches the rat and they set it free. The contest for this episode...

S01E06 You Can't Beat Dat

July 8, 2003 60 min
The comics talk about Dat Phan and how they want to vote him off. Their mission is to create their own sitcom idea. Then, a focus group will decide which is funniest. The winner gets...

S01E07 Take Dat, Dave Mordal!

July 15, 2003 60 min
Dat tapes his walk-on role on Good Morning, Miami. Dat says he is a sensitive guy that operates on positive thinking - he says this as Rich and Dave fight with him. Dat thinks of...

S01E08 Comic Reunion!

July 22, 2003 60 min
Jay has a surprise for the comics: there will be one more elimination before the finals. This time, however, no one is exempt and the person who receives the most challenges does not get to...

S01E09 Jokers Beat a Full House

July 29, 2003 60 min
This episode was broadcast live from the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The five remaining comics (Ralphie, Dat, Tess, Rich, and Cory) perform their acts in the finals. Voting is done by phone...

S01E10 Finale (1)

August 5, 2003 60 min
The two-hour finale aired Tuesday, August 5th with Dat Phan taking the stage as The Last Comic Standing!

S01E11 Finale (2)

August 5, 2003 7.0 60 min
The two-hour finale aired Tuesday, August 5th with Dat Phan taking the stage as The Last Comic Standing!

Cast

Peter Engel
Self

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