Bill Cosby is a famous story teller. Paul Reiser is headlining in New York. Eddie Murphy is the next Richard Pryor. And Chris Rock has probably already decided he wants to be the next Eddie Murphy. At The Improv plays three times a day, every day.
Some people watch it all three times, and then video record it and watch it again.
HBO has the young comedian's special. Showtime has their version of the same show. And Cinemax, handles every comic whose not good enough to get an HBO or Showtime special. By 1992 some comics have gotten their own sitcoms. Others have dropped the club scene and began playing auditoriums and amphitheaters.