Comedy Insider

Comedy Insider is an educational American series which takes viewers behind the scenes of the world of stand-up comedy.

Comedy Insider is made for comedians, by comedians. New York comic Christian Thom is the entertaining host, who is determined to help amateur comedians succeed. He's assisted by special guest professionals including David Lee, Pat Dixon, and Luke Cunningham.

The comics discuss such key topics as the importance of delivery, turning the everyday into stand-up material, managing your career, and taking your routine to television.

Each episode is filmed in high-definition video, to ensure the quality is excellent even when viewing in full-screen mode.

Browsers can sort the videos according to their date of release, number of comments, and popularity.

Once fans choose a clip from the video menu they are taken to a new screen with a large player. The player's controls allow users to stop and play the video, adjust its volume, and view it in full screen mode.

Links underneath the playing screen allow fans to easily embed the video into their personal website, or send the videos to friends. Below this there is a video synopsis which gives details about what topic is covered in each clip.

Other episodes in the same series are shown to the right of the player, allowing fans to easily navigate around the site. Below this episode guide are subscribe links, which allow fans to receive alerts when new Comedy Insider videos are added.

Videos are free for anyone to watch, however additional features including the ability to leave comments are available to users who register for a free subscription.