These half-hour specials showcased some of the best up-and-coming comedians of the moment. The show was a pivotal stepping stone for many of today's stand-up stars.
Comedy Central Presents (Season 7)
Gabriel Iglesias (Episode 1)
Air date: 2003-02-07
Overview: Gabriel Iglesias shows off his many voices and relives his cruelest practical joke in this stand-up special.
Bill Burr (Episode 2)
Air date: 2003-02-14
Overview: Bill Burr confesses his issues with beautiful women at baseball games in this stand-up special.
Bruce Bruce (Episode 3)
Air date: 2003-02-21
Overview: Bruce Bruce expresses his love for white people and glazed doughnuts in this stand-up special.
Jackie Kashian (Episode 4)
Air date: 2003-02-28
Overview: Jackie Kashian explains her hatred for salespeople and her need for violent video games in this stand-up special.
Earthquake (Episode 5)
Air date: 2003-03-07
Overview: Earthquake reveals his respect for pimps and the sacrament of marriage in this stand-up special.
Paul F. Tompkins (1) (Episode 6)
Air date: 2003-03-14
Overview: Paul F. Tompkins explains why he knows more about jazz and balloon shopping than the rest of us in this stand-up special.
Carol Leifer (Episode 7)
Air date: 2003-03-21
Overview: Carol Leifer unveils the secrets of making love to a woman and explains near-death experiences in this stand-up special.
Laura Kightlinger (Episode 8)
Air date: 2003-03-28
Overview: Laura Kightlinger shares the keys to performing stand-up comedy and hanging up on your mother in this stand-up special.
Jake Johannsen (Episode 9)
Air date: 2003-04-04
Overview: Jake Johannsen unveils his plans to combat homelessness and treat depression in this all-new stand-up special.
Patrice O'Neal (Episode 10)
Air date: 2003-04-11
Overview: Patrice O'Neal explores crime, racism, terrorism and his love for furry animals in this half-hour stand-up special.
Otis Lee Crenshaw (Episode 11)
Air date: 2003-04-18
Overview: Otis Lee Crenshaw and The Black Liars sing their songs of love and prison life in this half-hour stand-up special.
Freddy Soto (Episode 12)
Air date: 2003-05-02
Overview: Freddy Soto tells tales of growing up Latino and shares the Mexican home remedy for athlete's foot in this half-hour stand-up special.
Ron White (Episode 13)
Air date: 2003-05-09
Overview: Ron White drinks, smokes and pokes fun at vegetarians in this half-hour stand-up special.
Charlie Viracola (Episode 14)
Air date: 2003-05-16
Overview: Charlie Viracola is fed up with Earth so he lays down the laws for his own Planet Charlie in this half-hour stand-up special.
Jeff Stilson (Episode 15)
Air date: 2003-05-23
Overview: Jeff Stilson explains how to balance a wife, three kids and low self-esteem in this half-hour stand-up special.
Dwayne Kennedy (Episode 16)
Air date: 2003-06-06
Overview: Dwayne Kennedy declares his convictions about spirituality, racial equality and pork and in this half-hour stand-up special.
Eddie Brill (Episode 17)
Air date: 2003-06-13
Overview: Eddie Brill explains why learning English is so tricky and how not to pick a nickname in this stand-up special.
David Feldman (Episode 18)
Air date: 2003-06-20
Overview: David Feldman shares his personal troubles with marriage, children and French people in this half-hour stand-up special.
Rich Vos (1) (Episode 19)
Air date: 2003-06-23
Overview: Rich Vos takes on Canada, Catholics, marriage counselors and crack addicts in this half-hour stand-up special.
Robert Hawkins (Episode 20)
Air date: 2003-07-04
Overview: Robert Hawkins tells his tales of Army life, world travel and bad haircuts in this half-hour stand-up special.
Joey Kola (Episode 21)
Air date: 2003-07-11
Overview: Joey Kola proclaims his hatred of diets and his brother-in-law in this half-hour stand-up special.
Jeff Dunham (Episode 22)
Air date: 2003-07-18
Overview: Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham introduces you to his favorite dummies in this half-hour stand-up special.
Daniel Tosh (Episode 23)
Air date: 2003-07-25
Overview: Daniel Tosh reveals his child-like dreams and twisted fascination with cannibalism in this half-hour stand-up special.
Sheryl Underwood (Episode 24)
Air date: 2003-07-27
Overview: Sheryl Underwood explains the black point-of-view on politics, religion and exfoliating in this half-hour stand-up special.
Gregg Rogell (Episode 25)
Air date: 2003-08-01
Overview: New Yorker Gregg Rogell shares his plans to combat terrorism and roaming cell phone charges in this half-hour stand-up special.
Wayne Federman (Episode 26)
Air date: 2003-08-15
Overview: Sports fanatic Wayne Federman shows how to use baseball metaphors to describe date hook-ups in this half-hour stand-up special.
Tracy Smith (Episode 27)
Air date: 2003-08-22
Overview: Tracy Smith offers some sage advice on hair removal, dieting and finding your soul-mate in this half-hour stand-up special.
Arnez J. (Episode 28)
Air date: 2003-08-29
Overview: Arnez J. finds the true comedy in everything from race relations to the handicapped in this half-hour stand-up special.
Richard Pryor - I Ain't Dead Yet, #%$#@!! (Episode 29)
Air date: 2003-03-11
Overview: Fragments of various shows of Richard Pryor are shown and famous comedians talk about how good he was.
