Sinbad

The title of Sinbad's 2010 special, Where U Been, said it all; though he'd appeared briefly in shows like Celebrity Apprentice, the stand-up and TV personality had mostly been off the map since the late ’90s, only making headlines when he declared bankruptcy in 2009. As Where U Been shows, Sinbad—now in his mid-fifties—is thrilled to be back onstage. He tells jokes about relationships and getting older with confident authority, and his performance exudes the sort of giddy enthusiasm capable of infecting audiences.