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One Night Stand

Rick Aviles

HBO · 1991 · 30 min

A quick 1991 set from the New York comedy veteran.

Fresh off playing Willie Lopez, the mugger who murders Patrick Swayze in the 1990 blockbuster Ghost, Rick Aviles steps up for a half-hour of stand-up. Stripped of his Hollywood villainy, Aviles brings his street-smart New York persona to the mic, proving his chops as a working comic during the highest-profile era of his career.

Filmed at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, the performance aired as part of the third season of HBO’s One Night Stand showcase. Running just under thirty minutes, the broadcast captures a veteran of the Greenwich Village comedy scene capitalizing on a sudden wave of cinematic recognition.

The set list

1 bit

  1. Calling someone for no reason when in love

    Aviles acts out the universal dynamic of romantic partners calling each other just to giggle and say, 'Hiii! It's me... call ya later!'

How it plays

On stage
Clever stand-up comic noted for ethnic impersonations and a remarkably rubbery face.
About
relationships, urban comedy

What the critics said

A 1990 Variety review described Aviles as 'one of the brightest and most consistently clever stand-ups working the circuit today,' praising his masterful ethnic impersonations and remarkably rubbery face.

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: thetvdb.com, simkl.com, yidio.com, en.wikipedia.org, bancodeprofissionais.com, nytimes.com, freshairarchive.org.

Backstory

Appeared in the third season of HBO's One Night Stand, which expanded its talent roster to feature more Black and Hispanic comedians and bring urban comedy to a national cable audience.

Details

Released
Taped
Vic Theatre, Chicago
Runtime
30 min
Where
HBO
Topics

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