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Ken Reid (comedian)
Ken Reid is an American standup comedian based in Boston. Education Reid received his bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in 2003. He attended Melrose High School and also studied at Goldsmiths, University of London. Comedy career Reid began performing stand-up comedy while a student at Goldsmiths, University of London in the UK. He returned to Boston in 2003 and became a regular performer at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reid was a member of comedy troupe The Untrainables, a group of standup performers at ImprovBoston. He has continued performing and presenting in the Boston area, including the 2006 Boston Music Awards, the Women in Comedy Festival, the Charleston Comedy Festival, the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Reid has toured with Todd Barry, and been the opening act for numerous comedians, including Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro, Bob Saget, and John Oliver. He was featured in a photo spread for ''The Improper B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke, one-liners, stories, observations or a shtick that may incorporate Theatrical property, props, comedy music, music, Magic (illusion), magic tricks or ventriloquism. It can be performed almost anywhere, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges or theatres. History Stand-up as a Western world, Western art form has its roots in the Stump speech (minstrelsy), stump speech of American minstrel shows, which featured an actor in blackface delivering nonsensical monologue to the audience. While the intention of stump speeches was to mock African-Americans, they also occasionally contained political and social satire. The minstrel show would later influence theatrical traditions of the late 19th and early 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films. It is available to approximately 86.723 million households in the United States as of September 2018. Since the early 2000s, Comedy Central has expanded globally with localized channels in Europe (including the UK), India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Middle East, and Africa. The international channels are operated by Paramount International Networks. History 1989–1991: Pre-launch as The Comedy Channel On November 15, 1989, Time-Life, the owners of HBO, launched The Comedy Channel as the first cable channel devoted exclusively to comedy-based programming. On April 1, 1990, Viacom (who o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; ur, کمیل علی ننجیانی, ; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film ''The Big Sick'' (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, ''Time'' magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series ''Adventure Time'' and starred in the TNT series ''Franklin & Bash'' and the Adult Swim series ''Newsreaders''. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show ''The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail'', as well as playing various roles on the comedy series ''Portlandia''. He also starred as the Eternal actor Kingo in the Marvel Studios superhero film '' Eternals'' (2021), which is set in the Marvel Cinematic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz; August 12, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including ''The State'', ''Viva Variety'', '' Stella'', '' Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp'', ''Michael & Michael Have Issues'', and ''Another Period''. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, he was the puppeteer and voice actor for the Pets.com sock puppet dog. He also appeared on ''Celebrity Poker Showdown'' several times. He released his first children's book, ''Chicken Cheeks'', in 2009, and has since released six more, in addition to four books for adults. Early life Black was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Jill and Robert Schwartz, a store owner and an executive, respectively. His family is Jewish. He grew up in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, where he attended Hillsborough High School. His parents divorced when he was three years old; his mother, Jill, later came out as a lesbian. Black's father died at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laraine Newman
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was part of the original cast of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live''. She took an interest at improv in high school. After graduating, she studied mime with Marcel Marceau for a year in Paris. She then moved to Los Angeles and became a founding member of comedy improvisational group The Groundlings. She was first hired by Lorne Michaels for a Lily Tomlin TV special in 1974. The next year Newman became one of the original cast members of ''Saturday Night Live'', working there from 1975 to 1980 and creating characters like Connie Conehead, proto-Valley girl Sherry, and Christie Christina. In 2017, she and the rest of the original cast members of ''SNL'' were among the honorees of Television Academy's Hall of Fame. She has appeared in movies like ''Stardust Memories'', ''Problem Child 2'', ''Coneheads'', and ''The Flintstones''. She is also a voice actor with appearances in both TV shows and movies, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Chartoff
Melanie Barbara Chartoff (born December 15, 1948) is an American actress and comedian. She first became famous for her comedy work on the ABC series '' Fridays'' (1980–82), and in the 1990s Fox sitcom ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose''. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka, Didi's mother on the Nickelodeon animated series ''Rugrats'' and '' All Grown Up!''. Early life Chartoff was born on December 15, 1948, in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended West Haven High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Adelphi University. She is Jewish. Career Her first Broadway appearances were in Galt MacDermot's space opera ''Via Galactica'' (1972), directed by Peter Hall, and The Young Vic's ''Scapino'', starring Jim Dale (1974). Chartoff's first TV role came in 1976 when she played a nurse on ''Search For Tomorrow'', after which appeared in the 1978 motion picture ''American Hot Wax''. She first became a nationally known figure on ABC's ''Fridays'', which was ABC's attempt t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Kightlinger
Laura Kightlinger (born June 13, 1964) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She was a writer and consulting producer on ''Will & Grace'', while also occasionally appearing on the show as the character Nurse Sheila. She was also a writer on the CBS series ''2 Broke Girls''. Kightlinger also played the title role in the TV show ''The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman'', which she created, wrote, and executive produced. Career Television Kightlinger was a featured player for ''Saturday Night Live'' (1994–95). In 1997, she appeared in the ''Tenacious D'' episode "Angel in Disguise" as a groupie. In 2006, she appeared in ''The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman'', a comedy series. Asked how much of the series was based on her personal experience, she said: Kightlinger has had three stand-up comedy specials on HBO and six on Comedy Central. Film In 1997, Kightlinger appeared in ''Who's the Caboose?'', an independent movie comedy starring Sarah Silverm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Duffy
Julia Margaret Duffy (née Hinds; June 27, 1951) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She began her career in television, appearing in minor guest roles before being cast in the role of Penny Davis in the series ''The Doctors (1963 TV series), The Doctors'' from 1973 until 1977. She starred in the acclaimed Broadway theatre, Broadway revival of ''Once in a Lifetime (play), Once in a Lifetime'' in 1978. From 1983 to 1990, she played Stephanie Vanderkellen in the hit TV series ''Newhart''. The role garnered her critical acclaim, including seven Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award nominations, three Viewers for Quality Television awards, and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Following the conclusion of ''Newhart'', Duffy continued to work in television, playing the original Maggie Campbell on ''Baby Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Angel (English Actress)
Vanessa Madeline Angel (born 10 November 1966) is an English actress and former model. She played the role of Lisa on the television series '' Weird Science''. She is also known for her role as Claudia in the film '' Kingpin''. Early life Angel, who has said this is her birth name and not a stage name, was born 10 November 1966 in London, the daughter of Elizabeth and Peter Angel, a stockbroker. She was discovered by a model-management agent in a London cafe as a teenager. At 16, she was signed by Ford Models and moved to New York City. During her modelling stint, Angel appeared on the covers of ''Vogue'' and ''Cosmopolitan''. She was also contracted as the ''Diet Pepsi'' Girl. Career Angel's first film role was in the 1985 American comedy ''Spies Like Us'', in which she played a soldier in the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces who sleeps with Dan Aykroyd's character; she also appears in the accompanying Paul McCartney video. In 1990, she appeared in a small role in the film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series ''Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000) and the prequel film ''Strangers with Candy'' (2005), which she also wrote. Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series ''The Heart, She Holler'' (2013–2014), as Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated comedy series '' BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2020). She received further critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series ''At Home with Amy Sedaris'' (2017–2020) which earned her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. Sedaris appeared in various films, including ''Maid in Manhattan'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KCRW
KCRW (89.9 MHz FM) is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to programming from NPR and other affiliates. A network of repeaters and broadcast translators, as well as internet radio, allows the station to serve the Greater Los Angeles area and other communities in Southern California. The station's main transmitter is located in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon district and broadcasts in the HD radio format. It is one of two full NPR members in the Los Angeles area; Pasadena-based KPCC is the other. History KCRW was founded in 1945 to train servicemen returning from World War II in the then-new technology, FM broadcasting—hence its call letters, which stand for College Radio Workshop. It was a charter member of NPR in 1970, making Santa Monica College the second community college to own a public radio or telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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