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Cally Beaton
Caroline Beaton (born 17 March 1969) is a British stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer and former TV executive. Early life Beaton grew up in Dorset, the daughter of two teachers and was the only girl in an Single-sex education, all boys school. She studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths, University of London, Goldsmiths and is a Master Practitioner in neuro-linguistic programming. Career Beaton worked as a TV executive at MTV and Carlton Television, Carlton TV responsible for shows including ''South Park'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and as a senior vice president at Viacom (2005–present), Viacom. While working at Comedy Central in 2015 she began performing as a stand-up comedian. Beaton has appeared as a guest on BBC Two's ''The Apprentice: You're Fired'', a panellist on BBC Two's ''QI'', Richard Osman's House of Games, Richard Osman’s House of Games, BBC NI's ''The Blame Game (British TV programme), The Blame Game'' and Live at the Apollo (TV series), Live at the Apol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. It is an emotion with po ... situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian. A popular saying often attributed to Ed Wynn attempts to differentiate the two terms: "A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny." This draws a distinction between how much of the comedy (drama), comedy can be attributed to verbal content and how much to acting and persona. Since the 1980s, a new wave of comedy, called alternative comedy, has grown in popularity with its more offbeat and experimental style. This normally i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
