Clips: HBO COMEDY HALF HOUR: Bob Smith & Suzanne Westenhoefer specials - 7/14/1994, HBO

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HBO COMEDY HALF HOUR - 7/14/1994, HBO
Two great stand-up comics, Bob Smith and Suzanne Westenhoefer, starred in HBO's first two comedy specials headlined by gay performers doing gay material. Their specials aired back to back on the same night, two weeks after the Stonewall 25 celebrations.
These were HBO's first gay stand-up specials but not commercial cable's first.
For instance, the Ha! network (a predecessor of Comedy Central) aired a Frank Maya special in August 1990, and Comedy Central aired its first OUT THERE special in December 1993.

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Why does HBO Max not have these on the channel? I would love to watch to watch the full episodes

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They played both in one hour. Just once. If I hadn't been watching, I wouldn't have been able to tape them...

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I think HBO also released them both on VHS at the time.

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Starts at 2:14

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3:17 mentions Melissa Etheridge

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3:28 Martina Navratilova