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Bentzen Ball
The Bentzen Ball is a comedy festival held in Washington, D.C., first in 2009, and then in 2013. It is produced by the D.C.-based online magazine and event company ''Brightest Young Things'' (often abbreviated as BYT) and curated by Tig Notaro. Named for Ollie Bentzen, a Danish man who allegedly laughed himself to death during a screening of the film ''A Fish Called Wanda'', the inaugural festival featured 60 comedians and 26 shows from October 22, 2009 to October 25, 2009. The second festival was held October 10–13, 2013, and was jokingly billed as the "Fifth Annual Bentzen Ball," referring to its hiatus. History 2009 The 2009 Bentzen Ball consisted of 26 shows and 60 comedians. The festival opened on October 22 with an opening night headlined by Patton Oswalt with Rory Scovel and Kyle Kinane at the Lincoln Theatre and closed with a Sarah Silverman headlined-show featuring Chelsea Peretti, Steve Agee, Laura Silverman and Tig Notaro at the 9:30 Club on October 25. Shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bentzen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amund Nøkleby Bentzen (1903–1969), Norwegian priest and politician * Carl Severin Bentzen (1882–1956), Norwegian tailor and politician * Erling Bentzen (1897–1962), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician * Hulda Marie Bentzen (1858–1930), Norwegian photographer * Jens Dall Bentzen (born 1968), Danish engineer * Torfinn Bentzen (1912–1986), Norwegian jurist and sports official See also * Bentsen {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Cat (Washington, D
A black cat is a cat with black fur. Black Cat(s) or The Black Cat(s) may also refer to: Places *Black Cat (Washington, D.C. nightclub) *Black Cat Bar, a bar in San Francisco, California *Black Cat Tavern, a bar in Los Angeles, California Military * Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat nicknamed Black Cat when painted black during World War II * Black Cat (aircraft), an American B-24 bomber aircraft in World War II * Black Cats (Royal Navy), the Royal Navy's helicopter display team * Black Cat Squadron, a squadron of the Republic of China Air Force * 13th Armored Division (United States) or The Black Cats, a division of the U.S. Army in World War II * National Security Guards or Black Cats, a counter-terrorism force in India * Black Cat group, a counter-insurgency militant group in Sri Lanka 1989-1993 Literature * "The Black Cat" (short story), by Edgar Allan Poe * ''The Black Cat'' (Canadian magazine), a 1970 Canadian fantasy magazine * ''The Black Cat'' (US mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Offerman
Nicholas David Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, writer, comedian, producer, and carpenter. He is best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'', for which he received the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy and was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Offerman is also known for his role in ''The Founder'', in which he portrays Richard McDonald, one of the brothers who developed the fast-food chain McDonald's. His first major television role following the end of ''Parks and Recreation'' was as Karl Weathers in the second season of the FX black comedy crime drama series '' Fargo'', for which he received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. Since 2018, Offerman has co-hosted the NBC reality competition series, '' Making It'', with Amy Poehler; he and Poehler hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Edwards (comedian)
Ian Edwards is a British Jamaicans, British Jamaican / United States, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from New York and based in Los Angeles, California. Career Edwards launched his career through stand-up comedy. His first writing job was on ''The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show'' in 1998. In 2000, Edwards wrote on MTV's ''The Lyricist Lounge Show''. He wrote on ABC's ''The Big House (2004 TV series), The Big House'' starring Kevin Hart, and in 2005, Edwards was a regular cast member on season 6 of MTV's ''Punk’d'', and a story editor on Cartoon Network's ''The Boondocks (TV series), The Boondocks''. He was a writer on Comedy Central's ''Chocolate News'', a Consulting Producer on ''Dogg After Dark'' starring Snoop Dogg and wrote on FOX's ''In the Flow with Affion Crockett''. Edwards performed stand-up on the Comedy Death-Ray (album), ''Comedy Death-Ray'' album in 2006, appeared twice on HBO's Def Comedy Jam. He performed on P. Diddy's ''The Bad Boys of Comedy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rust
Paul Robert Rust (born April 12, 1981) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred in the 2009 film ''I Love You, Beth Cooper'' and in the Netflix series ''Love''. Early life Rust was born in Le Mars, Iowa, the son of Jeanne and Bob Rust. His family is of German heritage. Rust was raised Roman Catholic and attended Gehlen Catholic High School. His mother was a teacher at Le Mars Community High School and his father owned a Western goods and boot-repair shop. He graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2004. Rust struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder in his youth. Career Rust is best known as a stand-up and sketch comedian at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, where he is a member of the sketch comedy group A Kiss from Daddy and the improv team Last Day of School. He has appeared in films such as ''Inglourious Basterds'', ''Ass Backwards'', '' Freak Dance'', '' Paper Heart'' and ''Semi-Pro''. He made his most high-profile acting role in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Thune
Nicholas Ivan Thune is an American actor, comedian, and musician. Life and career Thune was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Redmond. Thune moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in stand-up. His early stand-up shows focused on wordplay while he played the guitar, which he has said was used as more of a prop than to create musical comedy. He has performed on ''The Tonight Show'' eight times, and was featured in a ''Comedy Central Presents'' special in 2007. In February 2009, Thune performed at the DTD Reality concert at the University of Southern California. Thune's debut album, '' Thick Noon,'' was released on February 23, 2010 by Comedy Central Records. Thune's first hour-long stand-up special, ''Nick Thune: Folk Hero'', premiered on Netflix in February 2014. The special was later released on CD and vinyl. His second hour-long special, ''Good Guy'', premiered on December 22, 2016 on NBC's Seeso platform. The special was filmed in October 2016 in Portland, Oregon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Leggero
Natasha Leggero () (born March 26, 1974) is an American comedian, actress and writer. She rose to fame after appearing as the host of the MTV reality television series '' The 70s House'' in 2005, and as a regular roundtable panelist on Chelsea Handler's late-night talk show ''Chelsea Lately'' from 2008 to 2014. Leggero created the Comedy Central period sitcom ''Another Period'' (2015–2018) with Riki Lindhome, which she starred in as Lillian Abigail Bellacourt, a daughter of the fictional Bellacourt family. As a voice actress, Leggero has starred in several adult animated sitcoms, voicing the roles of Callie Maggotbone in '' Ugly Americans'' (2010–2012), Ethel in ''Brickleberry'' (2013–2015) and Shannon in ''Hoops'' (2020). She also starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom '' Free Agents'' (2011) as Emma Parker, in the Showtime comedy series ''Dice'' (2016–2017) as Carmen, and in the CBS sitcom '' Broke'' (2020) as Elizabeth. In 2022, Leggero released her first book The World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Braunger
Matthew Braunger (born August 1, 1974) is an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. His most recent special ''Finally Live In Portland'' was launched by Comedy Dynamics in 2019. Outside of performing stand-up, Braunger is noted for being a cast member on ''MADtv'' during its final season in 2008–2009, numerous guest star roles (NBC's ''Up All Night'', Marvel's ''Agent Carter'', Netflix' ''Disjointed''), and numerous voice over roles (Amazon's ''The New VIPs'', Netflix' ''BoJack Horseman''). Early years Braunger was born August 1, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to Portland, Oregon, when he was young. After graduating from Portland's Grant High School, Braunger studied theater at Manhattanville College, in Purchase, New York. After earning his bachelor's degree, he moved to Chicago to develop his career in comedy. Career Comedian Matt Braunger has three hour comedy specials: ''Shovel Fighter'' (Comedy Central, 2012), ''Big Dumb Animal'' (Comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggie Watts
Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts (born March 23, 1972) is an American comedian, actor, beatboxer, and musician. His improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. Watts refers to himself as a "disinformationist" who aims to disorient his audience in a comedic fashion. He appeared on the IFC series ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' and leads the house band for ''The Late Late Show with James Corden''. Early life Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts was born in Stuttgart on March 23, 1972, the son of French mother Christiane and African-American father Charles Alphonso Watts. His father was an officer in the Air Force, leading the family to live in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain before returning to the U.S. and settling in Great Falls, Montana, where Watts was raised; he graduated from Great Falls High School in 1990. He began piano and violin lessons at the age of five, with his love of music beginning as a young child when he saw Ray Charles pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hill
David John Hill (born 4 April 1946) is an English rock musician. He is the lead guitarist, a backing vocalist and the sole continuous member in the English band Slade. Hill is known for his flamboyant stage clothes and hairstyle. Early life Born in Flete House, Holbeton, Devon, the son of a mechanic, he moved with his parents to Penn, Wolverhampton, when he was a year old. He attended the city's Springdale Junior School and Highfields Secondary school. He bought his first guitar from a mail-order catalogue and received some guitar lessons from a science teacher at his school. He then formed a band called The Young Ones with some school friends. He worked in an office for Tarmac Limited for over two years after leaving school. Slade Hill originally played with drummer Don Powell in a band called The Vendors, whose name was then changed to The N' Betweens. The pair then met bass player Jimmy Lea and singer Noddy Holder, whereafter Slade was born. Though Hill is left-handed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Murphy (comedian)
Morgan Murphy (born October 23, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, comedy writer, and actress. She has performed in the Comedians of Comedy tour and appeared in the ''Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubador'' DVD. Bobcat Goldthwait cast her in the films '' Sleeping Dogs Lie'' and ''World's Greatest Dad''. She has also been a featured performer for all three years of Aimee Mann's "Christmas Spectacular" tours and appeared in the video for Mann's song "31 Today". Morgan has made numerous appearances on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', for which she also worked as a writer. Life and career She was one of the original writers on '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', writing and appearing in comedy segments on the show from its debut in 2009 until her departure in March 2011. The writing staff of the show was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2011. In 2014, she appeared on ''WTF with Marc Maron'', and discussed her relationship with the host Marc Maron. As of 2012, she has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Dore
James Patrick Anthony Dore (born July 26, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, podcaster, and YouTube personality. He is the host of ''The Jimmy Dore Show'', a comedic talk show on YouTube where he interviews guests of a political, economic, comedic, or scientific nature. Dore's material is often presented in a satirical way that involves sketch comedy routines. Dore started as a comedian in Illinois in 1989 and made several appearances on late-night comedy shows early in his comedy career. From 2005 onward, his performances increasingly included political commentary. Dore was affiliated with ''The Young Turks'' from 2009 to 2019 and appeared on a Young Turks Network show titled ''Aggressive Progressives.'' From 2010–2021 ''The Jimmy Dore Show'' was broadcast on public radio station KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, California. Early life Dore was born in southwest Chicago, Illinois, on July 26, 1965, into a Catholic family of Polish and Irish descen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
