Stand-Up Comedy by Wanda Sykes
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This section is for stand-up comedy by Wanda Sykes. By default the stand-up sets are presented starting with those ranking highest on the laugh-o-meter, but you can also sort them by year, title or IMDB rating.
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Wanda Sykes is said to have been born on Saturday 7 March 1964, which would make her 59 years and 20 days old (if this date is accurate and she is alive today).
Stand-Up Comedy by Wanda Sykes sorted by Laugh-o-meter (descending)
Wanda Sykes was credited as
writer and
actor in the following stand-up comedy set.
At the time, she would have been about
42 years old.
Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired
2006 |
USA | Laughs: 8.2 |
imdb: 7.3
I think I may have enjoyed this show even more than
Tongue Untied. Wanda's style is unlike that of any other comedian I know—male or female. I find her brilliant. Much of the humor in this show comes from Wanda divulging thoughts that are normally kept private. This gives her a surprising ability to draw laughs out of "dirty topics" without making you feel dirty. Not that the entire hour of the show is spent below the belt: it also visits "serious topics" such as war and medical care.
(Last viewed: April 2011)
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Wanda Sykes was credited as
writer and
actor in the following stand-up comedy set.
At the time, she would have been about
39 years old.
Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied
2003 |
USA | Laughs: 8.1 |
imdb: 7.0
This show was a nice surprise. From seeing her on
Curb Your Enthusiasm, I expected Sykes' humor to be on the aggressive side. Instead, I found that she had a light touch. She gave me many innocent laughs on topics as wide as airport security, George W. Bush, the pope, being out drinking, strip clubs, how women test men, and feeling sexy. Thank you, Wanda!
(Last viewed: August 2010)
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Wanda Sykes was credited as
writer and
actor in the following stand-up comedy set.
At the time, she would have been about
45 years old.
Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
2009 |
USA | Laughs: 2.0 (Don't Bother) |
imdb: 7.7
I loved others of Wanda's shows, but this one bored me stiff. The beginning is "circumstantial comedy"—jokes that might have been funny for six weeks shortly after Obama was first elected. Much of the rest of the set relies on low-grade anecdotes from Wanda's life, drawn out far too long. The public seems intoxicated with Wanda, but that's less a measure of the show's quality than of her fans' devotion.
(Last viewed: December 2012)
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Wanda Sykes was credited as
writer and
actor in the following stand-up comedy set.
At the time, she would have been about
55 years old.
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal
2019 |
USA | Laughs: 1.0 |
imdb: 7.2
If you're the kind of person who laughs uncontrollably if Wanda Sykes so much as bats an eyelash, then this tape is for you. From what I could tell from the fifteen minutes I tried to watch before canning it, it's an insipid mixture of easy jokes and mentions of people who, with a few exceptions, will be forgotten tomorrow. One exception is the president in office at the time of the taping. But it's not enough to say "Trump" to have a stand-up comedy set, Wanda!
I enjoyed some of this artist's earlier work but find her recent production extremely weak — except when she's acting, as in
Bad Moms.
(Last viewed: October 2019)
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