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Why When Stand Up Stood Out keeps getting recommended on podcasts

When Stand Up Stood Out came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 6 times across the episodes we processed. This page collects every one of those moments: who said it, what they said, and the exact point in the episode.

Fran Solomita's documentary about the Boston comedy scene of the 1980s keeps coming up on Joe Rogan's podcast, with 6 recommendations logged. It makes sense given how many of his guests came up through exactly that world.

Each mention links to the exact timestamp on YouTube. We pulled the quotes straight from the transcripts so you can hear the specific memories it triggers.

Fran Solomita · Film / show

When Stand Up Stood Out

6 on-air endorsements1 show: Joe Rogan6 episodes
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The endorsements, in their words

Joe Rogan · 2026-01-31
“That France Alamita documentary when standup stood out is great for anybody's interested. It was a very unusual time.” — Greg Fitzsimmons 02:06:27

Joe Rogan and comedian Greg Fitzsimmons roam from censorship and Epstein to the moon-landing conspiracy, AI dangers, and decades of stand-up war stories.

Joe Rogan · 2025-11-07
“there's a great documentary on comedy in Boston called When Standup Stod Out... created it and it's all about Boston” — Joe Rogan 01:30:32

Billy Bob Thornton tells Joe Rogan how self-loathing in a mirror birthed Sling Blade, and why fame, critics, and the internet wreck people.

Joe Rogan · 2025-02-21
“there's a great documentary called when standup stood out you had that guy on the show here” — Joe Rogan 00:05:46

Felipe Esparza and Joe Rogan trade comedy-club war stories and spiral through history's grossest, weirdest, and most disturbing rabbit holes.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“when stand-up stood out documentary have you ever seen that amazing it was really good that was all about those guys” — Joe Rogan 01:22:50

Comedian Adrienne Iapalucci joins Joe Rogan for a wild, dark-humored chat on Ari Shaffir, dangerous dogs, drug policy, and NYC comedy.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“did a great job of capturing it in that documentary when standup stood out yeah brilliant great great documentary” — Joe Rogan 00:08:27

Comedy legend Steven Wright joins Joe Rogan to dissect the craft of standup, the legendary 1980s Boston scene, and the creative power of doing nothing.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“it's a great documentary about it when you stand up stood out that's right because he was so the opposite of those guys” — Joe Rogan 03:21:15

Joe Rogan and comedians Ari Shaffir, Mark Norman and Shane Gillis eat psilocybin mushrooms and ramble for over four hours.

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