What's the difference between a talk show and a stand-up comedy?

Talk show refers to a radio or TV program where listeners get together to discuss topics raised by the host. Generally, talk shows have guest lists, which are usually composed of people who have knowledge or special experience in the specific problems of that program.

In the west, "talk show" is a column of video programs and a host style. TV talk show is becoming more and more influential and powerful, and it has become a unique cultural landscape and a key to understanding the politics, economy and culture of western society. In China, after CCTV launched "Tell the truth" in the mid-1990s, many TV stations also launched new talk shows.

Talk show is defined as "a form of commenting on news or social issues and expressing opinions through discussion". Talk show takes conversation as the content and form of the program, and conversation is the most basic, common and direct means of communication between people.

Stand-up crosstalk is a form of crosstalk, which is called single stand-up crosstalk, double crosstalk, and three or more crosstalk. Stand-up crosstalk is a folk art form developed on the basis of folk jokes. It not only has the characteristics of cross talk, but also inherits the artistic techniques of folk jokes, stories and storytelling. It is full of stories and interesting, so it is widely circulated in society. Although westerners think that our cross talk art is a talk show, we know that their purposes are different. Expression is the charm of language art.

Stand-up crosstalk works are basically narrative, and the whole story is told from beginning to end. But talk shows are jokes, one topic after another. It can be compared to a novel and a joke. The novel has the story charm of the novel, and the paragraph has the unique charm of the paragraph. Another difference is that our talk shows are mostly about entertainment, and stand-up crosstalk can bring us a kind of reflection. The two are in different directions.