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Tom Booker
Thomas Booker is an American actor, writer, director, and Improvisational comedy, improvisational comedian. He is best known for his role as List of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters#Keel Lorenz, Keel Lorenz in Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth its sequel The End of Evangelion and the Amazon redub of Rebuild of Evangelion. He is also the owner of The Institution Theater in Austin, Texas. Early life Booker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he graduated from Nathan Hale High School (Oklahoma), Nathan Hale High School. As an undergraduate, he was "Top Dawg", University of Oklahoma's mascot. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, Chicago and, in 1986, began studying improvisation at The Second City Training Center before studying with legendary improv guru Del Close at iO Theater, ImprovOlympic. Career Booker moved to Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles in 1991 and formed Theater-A-Go-Go! with Laura Hall (musician), Laura Hall. In 1994 Booker made his television debut as Jinxo in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level: Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa. As well, the University of Oklaho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Hall (musician)
Laura Hall is an American musician from Chicago. She is best known for her role as the band leader and pianist on the American version of the improvisational comedy television show ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?''. Career Hall began her musical career in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois, working as a pianist for various theater and improvisational companies including The Second City and the Improv Institute. ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' Many of the sketches on ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' include music, and there have been a number of musicians during the show's run. Colin Sell provided the music for the original BBC Radio series, and Richard Vranch took over the job when the show was brought to television in the United Kingdom. Hall made her first appearance on the show when it moved to the United States for its final series, and she appeared on six of the UK series' episodes. Hall continued as the sole musician in the first season of the American version of the show, and add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
''My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss'' was a television show on the Fox Network that was filmed in July 2004 and aired from November–December 2004. Similar to '' My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance,'' it was a parody of shows such as ''The Apprentice.'' The contestants performed several tasks that they were all told would help them win a job at the Chicago-based conglomerate IOCOR and a $250,000 prize. However, none of the contestants knew that the company – and the position – were fake. The show was usually punctuated by the actions of the "boss" Mr. N. Paul Todd, whose name was an anagram of that of Donald Trump. The contestants learn about his multibillion-dollar venture capital firm IOCOR, and in any episode, he or a member of his "family" could usually be found doing something either to unsettle the contestants or to test the limit of their blindness to truth. Fox advertised the show, along with another ''Apprentice''-inspired show called '' The Rebel Billionaire,'' during the 2004 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 101
Channel 101 is a non-profit monthly short film festival in Los Angeles, which has a sister festival in New York City, Channel 101 NY. Channel 101 is a creation of Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab in which participants submit a short film in the format of a pilot under five minutes in length. The event is structured such that a panel of previously successful submitters choose what pilots are shown, and a live audience at The Downtown Independent decides which pilots continue as a series for the next screening in much the same way TV programs are rated and managed. According to the Channel 101 website, "Channel 101 is a chance to sit in the worn-out chair of the fat network exec, drunk on the blood of lowly artists whose right to exist is given in exchange for their ability to nourish... You run the network. You pick the programming." Concept Roughly once a month, a screening for Channel 101 occurs at the Downtown Independent theater in Los Angeles, with usually ten shorts being screened. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Glick
''Primetime Glick'' is an American television series starring Martin Short as Jiminy Glick. The series aired on Comedy Central from June 20, 2001 to July 3, 2003. Format The half-hour show is a spoof of late night talk shows such as ''The Tonight Show'', with bandleader Adrian Van Voorhees (Michael McKean), and sometimes exposing fake production staff. Host Jiminy Glick (Martin Short in a fat suit) has a monologue and banter with Van Voorhees, and then centers the show on a series of interviews where "guest celebrities try to hold up their end of the hilariously incoherent conversation". Interspersed between those are advertisements for absurd products and shows. Reception Terry Kelleher of People.com liked the show overall, but said the mock advertisements "tend to be funnier in concept (Short as Tom Green delivering a pizza to terrorist Osama bin Laden Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi-born extremist militant who founded al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired television writer and producer in Los Angeles, and for one season, New York City. Also starring are Cheryl Hines as his wife Cheryl, Jeff Garlin as his manager and best friend Jeff Greene, Susie Essman as Jeff's wife Susie, and J.B. Smoove as his house mate Leon Black. It often features celebrity guest stars, many of them playing fictionalized versions of themselves, including Ted Danson, Richard Lewis, Wanda Sykes, Rosie O'Donnell, and Jon Hamm. As with ''Seinfeld'', which David co-created, the humor of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' often revolves around the minutiae of everyday social life. Each episode's plot and subplot is established in an outline written by David, and the dialogue is largely improvised by the actors, a technique known as retro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Wilson
Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor known for his roles in films such as '' Bottle Rocket'' (1996), '' Rushmore'' (1998), ''My Dog Skip'' (2000), ''Legally Blonde'' (2001), ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001), ''Idiocracy'' (2006), ''You Kill Me'' (2007), ''The Skeleton Twins'' (2014), '' Meadowland'' (2015) and ''Brad's Status'' (2017). On television, he played Casey Kelso on ''That '70s Show'' (2005–06), Levi Callow on '' Enlightened'' (2011–13) and Pat Dugan / S.T.R.I.P.E. on '' Stargirl'' (2020–present). He is the brother of actors Andrew Wilson and Owen Wilson. Early life Wilson was born in Dallas the youngest of three sons of Robert Andrew Wilson (1941–2017), an advertising and television executive, and his wife Laura (née Cunningham; born 1939), a photographer. His family, originally from Massachusetts, is of Irish Catholic descent. All three Wilson boys attended St. Mark's School of Texas. According to Owen, Luke was voted clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill The Man
''Kill the Man'' is a 1999 American comedy film starring Luke Wilson and Joshua Malina as the owners of an independent photocopier shop who are in competition with a large chain of copy-shops. Cast * Luke Wilson as Stanley Simon * Joshua Malina as Bob Stein * Paula Devicq as Vicki Livingston * Phillip Rhys as Seth * Phil LaMarr as Marky Marx * Jim Fyfe as Guy * Teri Garr as Mrs. Livingston * Michael McKean as Mr. Livingston * Lisa Robin Kelly as Nan * Eve Plumb as Revolutionary #3 * Brian Doyle-Murray as Grumpy Senior * Richard Riehle Richard Riehle (born May 12, 1948) is an American character actor. He portrayed Walt Finnerty on ''Grounded for Life'' (2001–2005) and The Warden on ''The Young and the Restless'' (2007). He also appeared in over 200 films, including '' Glory' ... as Mr. Ellias References External links * * 1999 films 1999 comedy films 1990s English-language films American comedy films 1990s American films {{1990s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Kean
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned". Behind the Name. Retrieved on 2013-09-06. The name is spelled in and on the . In the , it is derived from |
The Thin Pink Line
''The Thin Pink Line'' is a 1998 mockumentary directed by Joe Dietl and Michael Irpino. The title is a parody of Errol Morris' documentary '' The Thin Blue Line'', which raised questions about the conviction of a prison inmate on death row. Cast * Carrie Aizley as Jocelyn Silverberg * Jennifer Aniston as Clove * Alexis Arquette as Mr. Ed * Andrea Bendewald as Dust * Megan Cavanagh as Mrs. Ledbetter * Margaret Cho as Asia Blue / Terry * Jerry Collins as Tom Phillips * David Cross as Tommy Dantsbury * Bruce Daniels as Randall Overbee * Diane Delano as Sgt. Dot Jenkins * Tate Donovan as Simon * Illeana Douglas as Julia Bullock * Nora Dunn as Sandy Delongpre * Christine Elise as Darby * Will Ferrell as Darren Clark * Janeane Garofalo as Joyce Wintergarden-Dingle * Melanie Hutsell as Yvette Evy * Michael Irpino as Chauncey Caldwell * Bob Joles as Mr. Langstrom * Laura Kightlinger as Amber Jean Rose * Phil LaMarr as Jimmy 'Licorice Whip' Wilson * Anne Meara as Mrs. Langstrom * Joel M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. While mockumentaries are usually comedic, pseudo-documentaries are their dramatic equivalents. However, pseudo-documentary should not be confused with docudrama, a fictional genre in which dramatic techniques are combined with documentary elements to depict real events. Also, docudrama is different from docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries, with B roll and talking heads discussing past events, or as '' cinéma vérité'' pieces following people as they go through various events. Examples emerged during the 1950s when archival film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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