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Disjointed
''Disjointed'' is an American television sitcom created by David Javerbaum and Chuck Lorre and starring Kathy Bates. Twenty episodes of the series were ordered from Warner Bros. by Netflix, with the first 10 episodes premiering on August 25, 2017. The last 10 episodes were released on January 12, 2018. On February 14, 2018, Netflix canceled the series. It is noteworthy as their first original multi-cam sitcom. Plot After decades of advocating for legalized cannabis usage, Ruth Whitefeather Feldman (Kathy Bates) employs her newly graduated son and a team of young budtenders to help run her Los Angeles cannabis dispensary. Along the way, Ruth and the team run into "highs" and lows. Delving into marijuana history, activism, 4/20, misconceptions about stoners, and the personal lives of the whole team, the show touches on serious issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder and highlights the medicinal benefits of the marijuana plant. Cast Main * Kathy Bates as Ruth Whitefeather Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Alderfer
Elizabeth Alderfer (born February 5, 1986) is an American actress who is known for her role as Olivia in the Netflix comedy television series ''Disjointed'' and her recurring role as Lynette in NBC/Peacock (streaming service), Peacock comedy series ''A.P. Bio''. Most recently, she played main character Lizzie on the CBS sitcom ''United States of Al''. Biography Alderfer is known for playing the character Olivia in the List of original programs distributed by Netflix, Netflix original series ''Disjointed.'' The character Olivia worked at the pot dispensary and was a love interest of Travis. The show was cancelled after its lone two-part season. She has also played the character Sarah in a few General Electric television ads. From 2019 through 2021, she had a recurring role in the NBC (and later Peacock (streaming service), Peacock) sitcom ''A.P. Bio''. Alderfer was cast in a lead role for the 2021 CBS sitcom ''United States of Al''. She has been married to cook and butcher Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Redd
Christopher Jerell Redd (born March 25, 1985) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, rapper, and singer. Redd was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2017 to 2022. For his work on the show, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2018 for co-writing the ''SNL'' song "Come Back Barack". He is also known for his roles in '' Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' (2016), ''Disjointed'' (2017–2018), and ''Kenan'' (2021–2022). Early life Redd was born on March 25, 1985, in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to Naperville, a suburb of Chicago, at the age of eight. According to Redd, he had a childhood stutter that he overcame by learning how to rap. He attended Naperville schools, including Gregory Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School, and later attended community college in Elgin, Illinois, where he took his first improvisational theater class. Career Redd briefly pursued a career as a rapper, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Lorre
Charles Michael Lorre (; born Charles Michael Levine; October 18, 1952) is an American film & television director, writer, producer, composer and actor. Called the "King of Sitcoms", he has created/co-created and produced sitcoms including ''Grace Under Fire'', ''Cybill'', ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Mike & Molly'', '' Mom'', ''Young Sheldon'', ''The Kominsky Method'', ''Disjointed'', '' Bob Hearts Abishola'', ''B Positive'', '' United States of Al'', and '' How to Be a Bookie''. He also served as an executive producer of '' Roseanne''. He won Golden Globe Awards for '' Roseanne'' (1993) and ''Cybill'' (1996), and won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for ''The Kominsky Method''. In the 1990s, he founded Chuck Lorre Productions. Early life Lorre was born in Plainview, New York to a Jewish family and given the Hebrew name Chaim. His father, Robert, opened a luncheonette that did poorly, which caused financial problems. After graduating from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tone Bell
Michael Anthony Bell II (born August 10, 1983), known professionally as Tone Bell, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Early life Bell was born in Decatur, Georgia. He taught first grade before working on the production of HBO's '' Warm Springs'' and doing other various promo work. Bell took a job in San Francisco as a brand manager with Swivel Media for a year, before moving back to Atlanta. There he started doing promotion work for a beer company that eventually transferred him to Dallas where he started doing open-mics at various comedy clubs. Career Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Bell won the NBC Stand Up For Diversity Talent Search in 2012 and was awarded a development deal from the network. He was cast as "RJ" the bartender in the NBC sitcom ''Whitney'' and later as "Tedward" in NBC's ''Bad Judge.'' Bell also appeared in other TV shows, including VH1's '' Single Ladies'', E!'s ''Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings'', Comedy Central's ''Key and Peele' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Lorre Productions
Chuck Lorre Productions is an American television production company founded on 10 January 2000 by producer Chuck Lorre, best known for producing the long-running television series ''Two and a Half Men'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Mom (TV series), Mom'', and ''Young Sheldon''. History Chuck Lorre Productions was founded in the 1990s, but incorporated on January 10, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, by American television director, writer, producer, composer and actor Chuck Lorre. The company is headquartered at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. In March 1994, the company entered an exclusive overall deal with The Carsey-Werner Company. The company's founder, Chuck Lorre, began his affiliation with Carsey-Werner in 1990 as supervising producer on ''Roseanne''. In October 1995, the company entered a four-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television, for an estimated US$12 million. In September 1999, the company entered a four-year pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Bates
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actor and director. Known for her roles in comedic and dramatic films and television programs, she has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theater at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in '' Taking Off'' (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of ''Vanities.'' Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in '''night, Mother'', and won an Ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Trucco
Edward Michael Trucco (born June 22, 1970) is an American actor known for his role as Samuel Anders on the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' and his recurring role as Nick Petteruti in ''How I Met Your Mother''. He also appeared on the 2017–2018 Netflix series ''Disjointed'', as Tae Kwon Douglas, a local martial arts instructor who was anti-drug. Early life A native of San Mateo, California, Trucco attended Junipero Serra High School where he played football and wrestled. He is the son of a police officer, and was once interested in becoming one himself until college, when he was attracted to theatrical performance. He took a theatre course for non-majors while he was studying Criminal Justice, but he did so well that he was asked to consider changing majors. He changed majors and completed his bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts at Santa Clara University. He has Italian and Norwegian ancestry. Career Trucco became active in television in the late 1990s with appearances in ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougie Baldwin
Dougie Baldwin (born 1996) is an Australian actor from Frankston, Victoria Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Frankston local government area. Frankston recorded a population of 37,331 at the 2021 census. Due to .... Baldwin has performed in many community theatre productions, including a 2008 rendition of Equus nominated for a theatre award for best progressive transhuman performance. Baldwin is also widely known for starring in the 2013 Australian TV show 'Nowhere Boys' as Felix Ferne. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people Australian male film actors Australian male television actors 21st-century Australian male actors 1996 births People from Frankston, Victoria {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Sodaro
Betsy Sodaro is an American actress from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. Sodaro is best known for her appearances on comedy programs such as ''Another Period'', '' Duncanville'', '' Clipped'', ''Animal Practice'', '' Nailed It'' and ''Big Time in Hollywood, FL''. Life and career Sodaro is originally from Summit County, Colorado, and graduated from Western State Colorado University in 2006, with a degree in communications and theater. After graduating, she trained and performed at the Sacramento Comedy Spot and moved to Los Angeles in 2007. She performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre with house improv teams Bangarang! and Search History and house sketch team Nephew. Sodaro cites Chris Farley among her comedic influences. Sodaro has been in films such as '' Monsters University'' and '' The To Do List'', and has made guest appearances on television shows such as ''Raising Hope'', ''Comedy Bang Bang'', '' NTSF:SD:SUV::'', ''Stevie TV'', and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in ''Animal House'' (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in '' Local Hero'' (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in ''Crossing Delancey'' (1988), Lt. Mitch Kellaway in '' The Mask'' (1994), and glove manufacturer Lou Levov in '' American Pastoral'' (2016). He directed the short film ''By Courier'' (2000), for which he was nominated along with producer Ericka Frederick for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. On television, Riegert had a recurring role as crooked Newark Assemblyman and later State Senator Ronald Zellman in seasons three and four of the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' (2001–2002), appeared as George Moore in the first season of the FX series ''Damages'' (2007), and portrayed Seth Green's father in the comedy series '' Dads'' (2013–2014). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance in the HBO film ''Barba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Javerbaum
David Adam Javerbaum (born August 5, 1971) is an American comedy writer and lyricist. Javerbaum has won 13 Emmy Awards in his career, 11 of them for his work on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He runs the popular Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod, which as of November had 6.2 million followers (the account's site has since been moved to Mastodon). The account was the basis for his play ''An Act of God'', which opened on Broadway in the spring of 2015 starring Jim Parsons, and again in the spring of 2016 starring Sean Hayes. The play has gone on to receive over 100 productions in 20 countries and 11 languages. Work Javerbaum was hired as a staff writer with ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' in 1999. He was promoted to head writer in 2002 and became an executive producer at the end of 2006. His work for the program won 11 Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, three Peabody Awards and Television Critics Association Awards for both Best Comedy and Best News Show. He was also one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Tuck
Jessica Tuck is an American actress, best known for her performances on television as Megan Gordon Harrison on the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'', Gillian Gray in the CBS drama series ''Judging Amy,'' and as Nan Flanagan on the HBO series ''True Blood''. Personal life Tuck was born in New York City and attended Middlesex School. She graduated from Yale University Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Psychology in 1986. She and her husband, Robert Koseff, have a daughter, Samara Barnes Hallam Koseff. Career Tuck made her television debut as Megan Gordon Harrison on the ABC daytime soap opera, ''One Life to Live''. She was a regular cast member from 1988 to 1992. She reprised the role in spirit form in 1993, 1999, 2004, and 2012. Tuck was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1992 for her role on ''One Life to Live'', but lost the award to her onscreen mother Erika Slezak. In 1990 she also was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
