Editing Stand-up comedy (section)

== Records ==
[[Jessica Delfino]] holds{{When|date=November 2024}} the record for most comedy sets performed in one night by a female comedian.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Sean L. |date=11 September 2015 |title=Aaron Berg, Jessica Delfino set out to break Steve Byrne's record for stand-up comedy sets in one night |url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2015/09/11/aaron-berg-jessica-delfino-set-out-to-break-steve-byrnes-record-for-stand-up-comedy-sets-in-one-night/#google_vignette |work=The Comic's Comic}}</ref>

[[Phyllis Diller]] holds{{When|date=November 2024}} the [[Guinness World Record]] for most laughs per minute, with 12.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |date=22 December 2006 |title=Diller can still pack a punch line |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-22-et-diller22-story.html |access-date=28 March 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |quote=[Phyllis Diller] still holds the Guinness Book of World Records for doling out 12 punch lines a minute.}}</ref>

Taylor Goodwin holds{{When|date=November 2024}} the Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour with 550.<ref>{{cite web |title=Most jokes told in an hour |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-jokes-told-in-an-hour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727071127/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-jokes-told-in-an-hour |archive-date=27 July 2015 |work=Guinness World Records}}</ref>

[[Lee Evans (comedian)|Lee Evans]] sold £7 million worth of tickets for his 2011 tour in a day, the biggest first-day sale of a British comedy tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2010 |title=Biggest first day sale of any British comedy tour ever. |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/10/17/11948/lee_evans_breaks_box_office_records |access-date=4 November 2021 |website=Chortle}}</ref>

[[Ricky Gervais]] set a new Guinness World Record for the highest gross from a single stand-up performance with his tour "Armageddon." The performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, on May 6, 2023, garnered £1,410,000 ($1,790,206.50).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pilastro |first=Eleonora |date=4 September 2023 |title=Ricky Gervais's Armageddon breaks stand-up comedy record |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/9/ricky-gervaiss-armageddon-breaks-stand-up-comedy-record-757903 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118094208/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/9/ricky-gervaiss-armageddon-breaks-stand-up-comedy-record-757903 |archive-date=18 January 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref>