The Half Hour

Brendon Walsh approaches stand-up with the commitment of a dedicated prankster. He uses his Comedy Central time to ask the important questions, like what exactly goes through the mind of a Fleshlight owner immediately after they finish using it. It is a set built on elaborate goofing off, whether he is working out the logistics of wearing a fake mustache to unnerve couples at a movie theater or tearing into a drunk woman from human resources for ruining a Journey song at karaoke.

Filmed at the Royale in Boston, this 2012 set premiered as the highest-rated episode of The Half Hour that season. At the time, Walsh was a veteran of the Austin comedy circuit and a frequent opener for Doug Stanhope. He had recently relocated to Los Angeles, where he was hosting his prank-call podcast The Bone Zone and developing a slacker comedy pilot for the network.