Mitch Fatel

Comedian Lewis Black presents a "history of the joke" while trying to find the greatest joke ever told.

Who is the real Mitch Fatel? Is he a man with the mind of an innocent child who doesn't comprehend the world around him? Or is a sex-crazed adult with a penchant for small breasts and Internet porn? Audiences listening to Fatel's stand-up comedy are usually too busy laughing to care, and this Comedy Central special features the performer's trademark style in spades.

1988 Pay-Per-View special. Excellent appearances by a lot of great comedians and great rock musicians help this video great. The Star Search segment features Howard Stern, Emo Phillips, Judy Tenuta and Richard Belzer as judges who judge a comedy segment where Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling and Steve O battle it out for the greatest comedy ever.

Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an audience at the club. Each episode features routines by several comics -- a list that has included such names as David Alan Grier, Gilbert Gottfried and Artie Lange -- in what the network says is an unedited and uncensored format. In addition to the big names of the field who take the Gotham stage, the show also features up-and-comers who want to make a name for themselves in the stand-up comedy business.

From living with his deadbeat son, Ben, to his day-to-day dealings with his stunningly sarcastic secretary, Laura, join therapist Jonathan Katz as he picks the brains of your favorite stand-up comedians.