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The Dana Carvey Show
''The Dana Carvey Show'' is an American surreal sketch comedy television show that aired on ABC during the spring of 1996. Dana Carvey was the host and principal player on the show while Louis C.K. served as head writer. The show's cast consists heavily of ''Saturday Night Live'' and Second City alumni including Carvey, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Bill Chott, Elon Gold, Chris McKinney, Heather Morgan, Peggy Shay, Robert Smigel, and James Stephens III. The writing team also included Louis C.K, Charlie Kaufman, Jon Glaser, Dino Stamatopoulos, Spike Feresten, and Robert Carlock. In addition, Carvey and Smigel's former ''Saturday Night Live'' colleague Greg Daniels contributed material for the premiere episode. ''The Dana Carvey Show'' aired only seven of its planned ten episodes. While the program was short lived and featured controversial material, it has since been considered ahead of its time. The show is also recognized for providing early exposure to Steve Carell and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is used widely in variety shows, comedy talk shows, and some sitcoms and children's television series. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. Sketch comedians routinely differentiate their work from a "skit", maintaining that a skit is a (single) dramatized joke (or "bit") while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept, character, or situation. definition 3b, Merriam-Webster online. Retrieved 5/4/2019 History Sketch comedy has its origins in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Television
1996 in television may refer to: *1996 in American television * 1996 in Australian television * 1996 in Austrian television * 1996 in Belgian television * 1996 in Brazilian television *1996 in British television This is a list of British television-related events from 1996. Events January *1 January – The James Bond film ''Never Say Never Again'' is aired as part of BBC1's New Year's Day schedule, starring Sean Connery. *3 January – Debut of ''Hetty ... * 1996 in Canadian television * 1996 in Croatian television * 1996 in Czech television * 1996 in Danish television * 1996 in Dutch television * 1996 in Estonian television * 1996 in French television * 1996 in German television * 1996 in Irish television * 1996 in Israeli television * 1996 in Japanese television * 1996 in New Zealand television * 1996 in Norwegian television * 1996 in Philippine television * 1996 in Portuguese television * 1996 in Scottish television * 1996 in South African television * 1996 in Swedish telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Act
A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act. Pairings are typically long-term, in some cases for the artists' entire careers. Double acts perform on the stage, television and film. The format is particularly popular in the UK where successful acts have included Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (Cook’s deadpan delivery contrasted with Moore’s buffoonery), Morecambe and Wise and ''The Two Ronnies''. The tradition is also present in the US with acts like Wheeler and Woolsey, Abbott and Costello, Gallagher and Shean, Burns and Allen, and Lyons and Yosco. The British-American comedy double act Laurel and Hardy has been described as the most popular in the world. Format Humor is often derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin, and profession but drastically different in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The A
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Funhouse
''Saturday TV Funhouse'' is a segment on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' featuring cartoons created by ''SNL'' writer Robert Smigel. 101 "TV Funhouse" segments aired on ''SNL'' between 1996 and 2008, with one further segment airing in 2011. It also spawned a short-lived spinoff series of ''TV Funhouse'' that aired on Comedy Central. Production Programmed to air between the host segments of ''Saturday Night Live'', ''TV Funhouse'' parodied such genres as 1950s educational films, Saturday morning Hanna-Barbera/Filmation cartoons of the 1970s and 1980s, and the 1960s stop motion holiday specials of Rankin/Bass. Any episodes of ''Saturday Night Live'' that has ''TV Funhouse'' in it would be listed by the announcer as "A cartoon by Robert Smigel". The animation was produced by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions for its first three seasons until Wachtenheim/Marianetti Animation took over primary animation production duties. Recurring ''SNL'' ''TV Funhouse'' skits * Fun with Real Audio - Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Daniels
Gregory Martin Daniels (born June 13, 1963) is an American screenwriter, television producer, and director. He has worked on several television series, including writing for ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''The Simpsons'', adapting ''The Office (American TV series), The Office'' for the United States, and co-creating ''Parks and Recreation'' and ''King of the Hill''. Daniels attended Harvard University, where he befriended and began collaborating with Conan O'Brien. His first writing credit was for ''Not Necessarily the News'', before he was laid off because of budget cuts. He joined the writing staff of ''The Simpsons'' during its fifth season. He wrote several classic episodes, including "Lisa's Wedding", "Bart Sells His Soul", and "22 Short Films About Springfield". He left ''The Simpsons'' to co-create another long-running animated series, ''King of the Hill'', with Mike Judge. The show ran thirteen years before its cancellation in 2009. During the run of ''King of the Hill'' he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Carlock
Robert Morgan Carlock (born September 21, 1972) is an American screenwriter and producer. He has worked as a writer for several NBC television comedies, and as a showrunner for ''30 Rock'', which was created by his recurring collaborator, comedian Tina Fey. He co-created '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' with Fey. He co-created the television show ''Mr. Mayor'' starring Ted Danson, again with Fey. Early life Carlock was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, the son of Martha and Roger Emery Carlock. Raised in Weston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Belmont Hill School in 1991 and ''cum laude'' from Harvard University in 1995, where he became president of the Fly Club, an all-male social club, and an editor for the ''Harvard Lampoon''. Career Carlock began writing for the '' Dana Carvey Show'' in 1996. Following that, he was a member of the writing staff of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1996 to 2001, contributing to 99 episodes of the show. One of his notable SNL sketches was NPR's Delic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Feresten
Spike Feresten (born ) is an American television writer, screenwriter, comedian and television personality, who is best known for his work on ''Seinfeld'', writing for David Letterman, and hosting the late night '' Talkshow with Spike Feresten'' from 2006 to 2009 on Fox. He is the former host of Esquire Network's series ''Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten''. He currently hosts the podcast ''Spike's Car Radio'' with Paul Zuckerman. He was also a screenwriter for the 2007 animated film ''Bee Movie''. Early life and career Feresten was born in Fall River and raised in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he attended public schools. He lived with his parents, Mary Jo and Michael, and younger brother, Wally Feresten. Feresten then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he planned to prepare for a career in music. However, according to Feresten, while there he was kicked out of his dormitory for dropping light bulbs out of his eighth story window, before seeing David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Stamatopoulos
Konstantinos Pollux Alexandros "Dino" Stamatopoulos (born December 14, 1964) is an American writer, producer, and actor. He has worked on TV programs such as ''Mr. Show'', '' TV Funhouse'', '' Mad TV'', '' The Dana Carvey Show'', ''Late Show with David Letterman'', and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. He has also created multiple animated TV shows such as ''Moral Orel'', ''Mary Shelley's Frankenhole'', and ''High School USA!''. As an actor, he is best known for his recurring role as the character Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne on the NBC comedy series ''Community'', on which he also worked as a producer and consulting writer. Early life Stamatopoulos was born into a Greek-American family in Norridge, Illinois as Konstantinos Pollux Alexandros Stamatopoulos. He attended Ridgewood High School in Norridge, where he wrote for his school variety show and was astounded that he could get laughs with the material he had written. While attending Columbia College Chicago, he performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Glaser
Jonathan Daniel Glaser (born June 20, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work as a writer and sketch performer for many years on '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', creating and starring in the Adult Swim series ''Delocated'' and '' Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter'' as well as the truTV series ''Jon Glaser Loves Gear''. Glaser had a recurring role as Councilman Jeremy Jamm on the NBC series ''Parks and Recreation'' and appeared as Laird on the HBO series '' Girls''. Glaser was also a writer on the Comedy Central sketch series '' Inside Amy Schumer''. Early life and education Glaser was born and raised in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan. He attended Southfield-Lathrup High School, graduating in 1986. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he performed in the sketch comedy troupes Comedy Company and Just Kidding with Jon Hein, H. Anthony Lehv, Matthew Schlein, Kristin Sobditch, Sara K. Mathison, and Craig Neuman. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Kaufman
Charles Stuart Kaufman (; born November 19, 1958) is an American filmmaker and novelist. He wrote the films '' Being John Malkovich'' (1999), '' Adaptation'' (2002), and '' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (2004). He made his directorial debut with '' Synecdoche, New York'' (2008), which film critic Roger Ebert called "the best movie of the decade" in 2009.Ebert, Roger. (December 13, 2009The best films of the decade – Roger Ebert's Journal. Blogs.suntimes.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-19. Further directorial work includes the stop motion animated film ''Anomalisa'' (2015) and '' I'm Thinking of Ending Things'' (2020). In 2020, Kaufman made his literary debut with the release of his first novel, '' Antkind''. One of the most celebrated screenwriters of his era, Kaufman has been nominated for four Academy Awards: twice for Best Original Screenplay for ''Being John Malkovich'' and ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (winning for the latter), once for Best Adapted Scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris McKinney
Chris McKinney is an American writer born and raised in Hawaii. Career His novels are set in Hawaii and the plots often concern the difficulties of underprivileged people dealing with societal change. He is an associate professor in Language Arts at Honolulu Community College where he has taught since 2003. McKinney was a fellow of the Hawai`i Writing Project in 1998 and the 2000 recipient of the Elliot Cades Award for Literature. His novel, ''The Tattoo'', won first place awards for Excellence in Literature and Excellence in Writing Literature from The Hawai`i Book Publishers Association. His screenplay ''Paradise Broken'' was nominated for best film at the Los Angeles Pacific Film Festival. His latest novel, ''Midnight Water City'' was named a Best Mystery of 2021 by Publishers Weekly and a Best Speculative Mystery of 2021 by CrimeReads Personal life McKinney was born in Honolulu and grew up in nearby Kahalu'u. His mother was Korean and his father was from Hawai'i. When he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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