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<title>The Lonely Island</title>
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<category>Comedy Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Comedy production team Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone are best known for bringing the instant classics "D*ck in a Box," "Lazy Sunday" and "Jizz in My Pants" to the general public through digital shorts aired on Saturday Night Live since 2005. The troupe also runs a website that features its self-made content and has had two pilots (one for Fox and one for MTV) rejected due to the FCC-challenging nature of their comedy. An album featuring their particularly saucy parodies of everything from C+C Music Factory to the Dirty South, <I>Incredibad</I>, appeared in 2009.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Flight Of The Conchords</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With the silliness of elementary school kids, the dry wit of scholarly jokesters and the tuneful talent of parody whizzes like Tenacious D, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement make up one of the funniest duos to ever come out of the Southern Hemisphere. The Kiwis label themselves as a two-man, digi-folk band, but have musical capacities beyond acoustic guitars and synthesizers. Flight of the Conchords do smooth soul like Marvin Gaye, funkadelic shrills a la Prince, dancehall in the vein of Shaggy, Bowie-esque new wave, freestylin' hip-hop -- pretty much any genre that may strike their fancy. If you weren't playing close attention to lyrics like, "You're so beautiful/ like a tree/ Or a high-class prostitute," you may confuse them for a talented yet confused act trying to find their niche. They were introduced to an American audience in 2007 with their eponymous HBO series, which revolves around the lives and loves of the two trying to make it big in New York City. Sub Pop released the EP, <i>The Distant Future</i>, which subsequently won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Their first full-length debuted in April 2008, featuring studio versions of songs performed on their TV show; this was followed by a second disc, <i>I Told You I Was Freaky</i>, featuring tracks from their second season on HBO.
- Stephanie Benson]]></description>
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<title>Bill Cosby</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Few people have had the kind of unparalleled success that Bill Cosby has enjoyed over his forty-something years in show business. The fact that Cosby is an African-American and had his first success in the early 1960s underscores the comedian's ability to connect with people regardless of their ethnic, religious or social background. The childhood recollections and anecdotes on Cosby's 1963 debut, <I>Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow...Right!</I> struck a chord with the public and garnered him his first of many Grammy nominations. Although Cosby never told racial jokes in his stand up routines, he was instrumental in breaking network television's color barrier when, in 1964, he became the first African-American to star in a television show. Although many Southern affiliates threatened not to air <I>I Spy</I>, the show was a hit with the public and Cosby won an Emmy for his portrayal of Agent Alexander Scott. Film roles followed, as did a couple of music albums, but Cosby found his most devoted audience through the Saturday morning cartoon, <I>Fat Albert</I>. A number of failed prime time series attempts throughout the late-'70s and early-'80s followed, until 1984's <I>The Cosby Show</I>. The success of <I>The Cosby Show</I> helped NBC dominate the ratings game for most of the '80s, and introduced Cosby to a new generation of fans. He also authored three books that spent several weeks on the <I>New York Times</I> best-seller list. Clearly, whether he's performing stand-up comedy, acting, or doing commercials for Jell-O, Cosby has the sort of easygoing sense of humor that resonates with the masses.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Chris Rock</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:24:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Influenced by other comic geniuses including Richard Pryor and Redd Fox, Chris Rock is one of the funniest celebrities in the country. After paying dues as a stand-up comedian, he began appearing on the much-loved skit showcase <i>In Living Color</i> and working in film. With a show-stealing cameo in <i>I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!</i> (where he dropped the timeless line "how much for a rib?") and his spot-on portrayal of Pookie the crackhead in <i>New Jack City</I>, Rock's star was on the rise. He became a regular on Saturday Night Live, and in '94 co-wrote and starred in <i>CB4</i>, an excellent (though under-rated) Spinal Tap-style parody of a fictional Gangsta Rap band. He's since starred in over a dozen movies and released three comedy albums, not to mention various cable specials and his own show on HBO -- with Grandmaster Flash as his DJ. Always down with the hip-hop, Chris Rock has appeared on LPs by Prince Paul and the one and only ODB.
- Brolin Winning]]></description>
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<title>Monty Python's Flying Circus</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As any seventh grade dork can tell you, Monty Python's Flying Circus is inarguably the greatest Sketch Comedy group ever. With skits such as "The Argument Clinic" and "The Pet Shop" and films such as <i>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</i>, the troupe redefined the genre with their sidesplitting slapstick, biting social commentary and dark humor. Their BBC television series quickly became an international cult phenomenon after its initial airing in 1969, and we haven't been the same since. For better or worse, it provided the world's socially awkward rejects and dejected shut-ins with something to quote ad nauseum amongst themselves -- a phenomenon that continues to this day -- while giving everyone else a rare glimpse into the minds of the totally insane. Never have a group captured the notion of "delightfully absurd" so completely. Haven't seen or heard any of their stuff recently? Do yourself a favor and rent (or download) something. You'll find the humor as fresh and uproarious as it ever was. That is, unless you are a snooty bugger who doesn't think that selling someone a dead parrot is funny.
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>David Cross</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:39:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Jerky Boys</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:19:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When their first album earned the distinction of being the best-selling comedy album of 1993, the floodgates were thrown open for people copying the Jerky Boys' shtick of foul-mouthed, bruising prank calls. They took the crass humor and rude stereotype of the typical roughneck New York City citizen (made popular by Andrew Dice Clay) to a new level. Verbal abuse is the name of their game, calling up unsuspecting businesses and individuals, berating them on the phone to sometimes hilarious results. After five albums and a movie that flopped, the Jerky Boys are still at it, beating their one joke like the dead horse it is.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Steve Martin</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:50:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Steve Martin's first taste of comedy occurred while he was working at the Magic Shop on Main Street, USA in Disneyland. It was there that Martin learned magic tricks, juggling and how to make balloon animals -- physical comedy skills he would later bring to his stand-up routine. When he left college at California State University at Long Beach, where he was studying for a degree in philosophy, Steve found work writing skits for some of the more popular variety shows on television including <I>The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</I>, <I>The Sonny and Cher Show</I> and <I>The Glen Campbell Hour</I>. But by the start of the 1970s, that was all behind him. Martin was living in Canada and appearing semi-regularly on the television show, <I>Half The George Kirby Comedy Hour</I> while trying out his stand-up routine for the first time in the clubs around Toronto. Martin's philosophy background and long, scraggly hair instantly identified him with the counterculture movement of the time before long he started opening up for rock bands like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Carpenters. Then a strange thing started to happen: Steve Martin's hair began turning gray! Over the next few years, Martin tailored his routine to reflect his changing looks. Almost overnight he had physically transformed himself into a short-haired conservative-looking gentleman, which was a perfect foil for his zany humor. Without question, Steve Martin's big break came in 1975, when he hosted a number of <I>Saturday Night Live</I> shows. Contrary to popular belief, Martin was never a cast member of the show; his many appearances on the show just made him <I>feel</I> like one. His exposure on that show, along with memorable appearances on <I>The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson</I> created quite a demand for his live stand-up shows. Capitalizing on this, the comedian released a comedy album in 1977. <I>Let's Get Small</I> was a phenomenal success and spawning the catchphrase, "Well, excuse me!" The following year, Martin released <I>Wild and Crazy Guy</I>, which crossed over from comedy circles to mainstream when the song "King Tut" became a hit on Top 40 radio. Although he released two more comedy albums, Martin's interest in the medium was dwindling. It was about this time that he wrote and starred in the short film, <I>The Absent-Minded Waiter</I>. The seven-minute long short actually got nominated for an Academy Award and before you could say, "Excuuuuse me," Steve Martin's movie career was born. In 1978, Martin made a cameo appearance in the film, <I>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</I>, and quickly followed with his first starring role in the self-penned, <I>The Jerk</I>. Martin's box office-pleasing performance led to plenty of other roles, but it wasn't until 1987's <I>Roxanne</I> that he finally started to get serious recognition for his acting ability. Throughout the years, Steve Martin was written a number of best-selling books and has contributed to numerous magazines. In addition, Martin, who is an avid modern art collector, sits on the board of trustees for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2005, he pledged one million dollars over a five year period to the Huntington Library in San Marino, California to be used for the museum's art collection.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Cheech and Chong</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The drugged out underground/counterculture antidotes of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong almost seem anachronistic in present day light, but before the 1980s unleashed Reagan's war on drugs, Cheech and Chong were the progenitors of stoner comedy. While some critics dismissed their edgy sketches as lowbrow, others compared their craft to W.C. Fields' boozy boutades. The two comics met while attempting to form a rock band. As musicians, they found that audiences reacted much more enthusiastically to their dopey onstage banter, so they ran with it. They built up a grass roots following the success of their recorded albums before taking their antics to the silver screen. But as the 1970s turned into the '80s and the nation's young people were advised to "Just Say No," Cheech and Chong's popularity inevitably waned enough to warrant a breakup. While Chong has largely remained an underground icon of pop culture (showing up as himself, more or less, in such appropriate sitcoms as <I>That '70s Show</I>, Cheech has worked hard to forge a bona fide Hollywood career for himself.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Allan Sherman</title>
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<title>Crank Yankers</title>
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<title>Eddie Griffin</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:34:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Triumph The Insult Comic Dog</title>
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<category>Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Easily the funniest sock puppet of all time, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
is the product of Robert Smigel, the same demented weirdo behind SNL's "TV
Funhouse" bits. A cigar-chomping, poodle-humping misanthropic cross
between Shari Lewis' Lambchop, Don Rickles and a Russian mobster, Triumph
first appeared on <I>Late Night with Conan O'Brien</I> in the early '00s. He became an instant favorite on the strength of his repeated use of the
phrase, "â¦for me to poop on!" (As in, "Conan, the show is great and you are
a great comedian â¦ FOR ME TO POOP ON!") Why Triumph speaks with a Russian
accent -- and why it's funny hearing a sock puppet say the word "poop" -- are questions left open to speculation. What needs no explanation, however, is the hilarity that ensues any time Smigel is unleashed on the public with the dog and a microphone. Smigel uses Triumph as a screen to gleefully cross the line at every opportunity, mercilessly attacking nerds waiting in line for <I>Star
Wars</I> and lulling such celebrities as Jon Bon Jovi and Heather Locklear
into a sense of inclusive fun before referring to them as either has-beens or
whores. The results have made for some of the best TV since <I>The Simpsons</I> first appeared. Triumph's album of songs, crank calls, and stand-up sketches, <I>Come Poop With Me</I>, came out in late 2003. People unable to bear extreme vulgarity are advised to steer clear of it. Everyone else needs to hear "Benji's Queer," "Underage Bichon" and "I Keed" at least a thousand times.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Bob Newhart</title>
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<category>Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:42:45 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bob Newhart has a knack for being funny by not seeming to be funny; his deadpan, quiet, and ultra calm reactions to the world around him can be more amusing than wild comedy. Millions know him from his self-titled 1970s and 80s TV shows but he came to fame as a completely unique stand-up comedian completely different from the loud "bowtie and seltzer water" yucksters of his era. Newhart channeled the externally placid, internally alarmed psyche of the Eisenhower-era's <I>Man In The Grey Flannel Suit</I> and took comedy to new places. One of the reasons Newhart did this so well was that he bore more than a passing resemblance to his creation. A Chicago accountant, Newhart developed his comedy as a way of relieving the grinding boredom of his job. He must've really worked hard to avoid crunching numbers because his in-office act was so good that a friend got him a professional gig before he even had decided whether he wanted to enter show business. Newhart's career took off almost instantly and his 1960 debut album, the brilliantly-titled <I>The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart</I> became the first comedy album to hit No. 1 on the pop charts, a fate shared by many of his subsequent releases. One of the album's most famous bits, "Driving Instructor," illustrates Newhart's special comedic sensibility. On this track, you don't hear the hell that a driving student is putting her teacher through; you only hear only Newhart's calm, hyper-verbal reactions to an increasingly dangerous situation. Newhart's unhurried, unflappable style was tailor made for film work and he became a successful character actor, but it was in television that he really left his mark as an actor. While his long-running '80s series was a worthy endeavor, his '70s series, <I>The Bob Newhart Show</I> (in which Newhart plays an eternally alarmed psychiatrist), is one of the funniest sitcom ever made. Both series were still enjoying high ratings after nearly decade long runs when Bob Newhart decided to end them while still on top. A class act, Newhart is good friends with Don Rickles, his sweating, screaming comedic polar opposite.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>The Whitest Kids U' Know</title>
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<category>Sketch Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:58:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Family Guy</title>
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<category>Sketch Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:02:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lenny Bruce</title>
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<category>Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:21:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Revisionist history has deemed comedian-cum-satirist Lenny Bruce a martyr of free speech, and while that seems to confer great import to the life of such an irreverent entertainer, it is too narrow a construct to thoroughly explain the effect he had on culture. Along with his contemporary -- but not equal -- Mort Sahl, Bruce helped to change the face of stand-up comedy in the 1950s and '60s from merely just telling jokes to a thought-provoking form of entertainment. Instead of resorting to the then-usual template of telling jokes about wives, mothers-in-law and bad drivers, Lenny Bruce used offensiveness as a sharp social saber, plunging into areas considered profane, obscene and controversial; he expounded on such topics as racism, religion, bigotry and sex, leaving a torrent of expletives in his wake and suffering hugely for it. His brainy stream of consciousness rants and outrageous observations made him a favorite of college students, hipsters and literati, but although his irreverence and emboldened style pushed the boundaries of what you could actually utter from the stage, it just as often led to arrests, obscenity trials and virtually being barred from performing anywhere. A rude watershed came in 1961 when he was arrested at the Jazz Workshop and charged with violating the California Obscenity Code, followed by similar arrests on obscenity or narcotic possession in Chicago, Hollywood, San Francisco and New York. While these didn't crush the comic, they did embitter him, as did his deportment from Britain and a performing embargo in Australia. By 1964, he declared bankruptcy and stopped performing in clubs, moving to concert venues and recordings -- Phil Spector was the last producer who captured his rude brilliance on vinyl. Bruce also wrote screenplays, including <I>Dance Hall Racket</I> in 1953 (which featured the comedian and his wife Honey Harlow in roles), <I> Dream Follies</I> in 1954, and a children's film, <I>The Rocket Man</I>. At the request of <I>Playboy</I> publisher Hugh Hefner, he wrote (with the help of Paul Krassner) his autobiography <I>How To Talk Dirty And Influence People</I>, which was serialized in <I>Playboy,</I> then later published in book form in 1965. His last performance was on June 26, 1966, at San Francisco's Fillmore, on a bill with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. His drug use was an open secret throughout show business, but it still came as a huge shock when he died of a self-administered morphine overdose in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills home at age of 40, on August 3, 1966. Whether he was a sacrificial victim for modern day comedy is debatable; he did change to face of it, helping to make it more topical, intelligent, confrontational and psychically dangerous, inspiring a new breed of comic in his wake. Bruce's spiritual decedents range from comic provocateurs like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Richard Lewis, Eddie Murphy and legions of others who don't just choose to play it safe onstage.
- Jaan Uhelszki]]></description>
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<title>Rudy Ray Moore</title>
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<category>Comic Song</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 09:06:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Firesign Theatre</title>
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<category>Sketch Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:29:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Billy Crystal</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 10:31:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Billy Crystal was born into a showbiz family in Long Beach, New York on March 14, 1947. His father was a successful concert promoter in New York City and his uncle, Milt Gabler, founded Commodore Records and later, Decca Records. Crystal grew up around talented people, and even can count Billie Holiday as one of his babysitters! His gift for making people laugh may have showed early on, but Billy Crystal's first love was sports. In fact, Crystal attended Marshall University thanks to a baseball scholarship. Later, he transferred to NYU, where he studied film under director Martin Scorsese. Eventually, the comedian headed to Los Angeles where director Norman Lear spotted him. Impressed, Lear cast Billy Crystal as "Meathead's" best friend in <I>All In The Family</I>. The following year, he got offered the part of Jodi Dallas, the first openly gay television character on the series <I>Soap</I>. Crystal accepted the part, helping to make <I>Soap</I> one of primetime's most popular television show between 1977 and 1981. When <I>Soap</I> ended, Crystal went back to his comedy roots, taping a few specials and making the variety show circuit. In 1984, Crystal signed on to be one of the cast members on <I>Saturday Night Live</I>. It was this show that really sent his popularity skyrocketing, thanks, in part, to Crystal's wacky characters such as Fernando Llamas, whose catchphrase, "You look mahvelous! " became part of pop culture. With <I>Saturday Night Live</I> under his belt, Crystal branched off to movies, where he found success with blockbusters such as </>When Harry Met Sally</I> and <I>City Slickers</I>. In 1990, Crystal hosted the Academy Awards show. His quick wit and dead-on impressions made the sometimes-boring show an unexpected hit. Needless to say, Crystal was invited back to host over and over again. Through the years, he's successfully tried his hand at writing children's books as well as directing and producing movies, and recently indulged his love for sports when he became part owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Garrison Keillor</title>
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<category>Comedy/Spoken Word</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Would you like some Powdermilk Biscuits? How about a slice of rhubarb pie? Or perhaps you'd prefer witty comedic sketches, heartfelt Gospel and folk music, and some of the most delightful monologues to be heard on radio? If any of that's to your liking, then you're most certainly hungering for a bit of Garrison Keillor, the most popular and beloved radio personality today. His show <I>A Prairie Home Companion</I> is syndicated nationally from St. Paul, Minn. Its mixture of comedy, traditional American music, sentimentality and wisdom brings sanity and serenity to many a household. A long-standing favorite from the show is "The News from Lake Wobegon," in which Keillor lovingly tells stories about the lives and times of the folks who reside in his <I>Our Town</I>-esque community. With his sweet, deep voice (which alone can mesmerize even the most hard-hearted listener), he deliberately spins richly emotional and highly inventive yarns that always contain astute observations concerning the human heart and condition. This sharp insight, coupled with Keillor's distinctive brand of understated humor, makes for an engaging and entertaining listening experience.
- Will Lerner]]></description>
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<title>Jonathan Winters</title>
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<category>Sketch Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:13:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Winters, one of the most inventive character comedians, was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 11, 1925. At 17, Winters joined the Marines, where he toured the South Pacific for two-and-a-half years. When he returned home, he enrolled in college, but his interest in art led him to eventually enroll in Dayton's Art Institute. While studying art, Winters met fellow student, Eileen Schauder whom he married only one month later. It was Eileen who encouraged Jonathan to enter a local talent competition. Upon winning, Jonathan was offered a job on the morning radio show on WING-Dayton, which he did until landing at WBNS-TV in 1950. After three years with the station, Winters and Eileen headed to New York. Within two months, Jonathan already had bookings in a number of top-flight comedy clubs, including the prestigious Blue Angel nightclub in Manhattan. With his reputation growing, Winters was booked on the television show, <I>Talent Scout</I> and he was a huge success. Appearances on the <I>Jack Paar Show</I>, <I>The Steve Allen Show</I> and <I>The Tonight Show</I> soon followed, cementing Winters as one of the country's brightest new comedic talents. Throughout the 1960s, Winters upped his profile, starring in movies such as <I>It's a Mad, Mad...World</I> and <I>The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming</I>, as well as numerous television specials. Winters continued to act in movies and host television specials throughout the 1970s, culminating in his guest starring role as Mearth on <I>Mork & Mindy</I>. Winters was invited to reprise his guest role on numerous occasions in the early '80s, which garnered him a whole new generation of fans. Additionally, his uncanny ability to make up characters with unique voices made him an in-demand voice over actor for cartoons such as <I>The Smurfs</I>, <I>Arabian Knights</I> and <I>The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle</I> (Germany). In his spare time, Jonathan Winters paints and writes books.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Bob and Doug McKenzie</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:05:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Will Ferrell</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:35:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Will Ferrell graduated from University of Southern California with a degree in Sports Information. That's not a joke. Upon graduation, he joined a Los Angeles-based comedy group called the Groundlings, and it was in this creative environment that Ferrell nurtured his comedic skills. In between his comedy stints, Ferrell worked on his acting skills and managed guest appearances in various television shows. His big break came in 1995, when <I>Saturday Night Live</I> hired a new group of cast members. Ferrell was picked, but the critics panned his performance, labeling him "quite possibly the worst cast member ever." But Ferrell hung in there, and over time proved himself with wacky characters and impressions of people like President George W. Bush. He eventually became one of the show's most popular cast members and was paid accordingly. In fact, in 2001, he became the highest-paid SNL-er ever, netting a whopping $350,000 per episode. On March 18, 2001, he bid the sketch comedy show a fond farewell, and set out for the, er, richer pastures of feature films. Farrell has since starred in such films as <I>Elf</I>, <I>Anchorman</I> and <I>A Night at the Roxy</I>.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Peter Sellers</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:01:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Tom Mabe</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:00:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Carol Burnett</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Ali Leroi</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:24:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lucille Ball</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:46:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Onion</title>
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<category>Comedy/Spoken Word</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:29:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Kitten Thinks of Nothing But Murder All Day" and "Thick Sweater No Match For Determined Nipples." These are recent headlines from the <i>The Onion</i>, a satirical weekly newspaper that claims to be "American's Finest News Source." The paper first circulated on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 1988 and has seen an increasingly wide readership since going online. <i>The Onion</i>'s distinct brand of headline news expanded to include an audio broadcast of "The Onion Radio News" in early 2006, which parodies AP news as read by cartoonist P.S. Mueller posing as Doyle Redland, a journalist who knows two languages, enjoys cooking and lives in Racine, Wisconsin with two black Labs, Freedom and Liberty.
- Nate Cavalieri]]></description>
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<title>Gilda Radner</title>
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<category>Sketch Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:59:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ellen Degeneres</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:01:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The King</title>
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<category>Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A dead-on Elvis impersonator from Belfast who wraps the familiar booming, warbling baritone around new and old chestnuts including Nirvana's "Come As You Are" and Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey In The Jar." Despite the obvious novelty of the material, the King's approach seems natural and inspired and more fun just watching a fat man in a suit. Do yourself a favor and listen to his version of Tim Buckley's "Song To The Siren."
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Jimmy Fallon</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dennis Miller</title>
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<category>Stand-Up Comedy</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:30:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If anyone could find the link between Wilford Brimley, the <I>Kama Sutra</I> and Sandy Duncan's lone eye, it would be Dennis Miller. In the late 1980s, the stand-up comedian with the rapid-fire mind quickly came to fame for his smart, pop culture-soaked news segment on <I>Saturday Night Live</I>. Smart and cocky, he was also very funny. Today, the cockiness (and self-importance) can get the better of him, but he remains one of the few comics not to subscribe to David Letterman's apolitical "so stupid, it's smart" formula. Even if you don't agree with Miller on every political matter, his Emmy-winning HBO show proves he thinks the issues through and actually dares to have a point of view. The year 2000 saw football fans suspect of Miller being added to the peanut gallery on <I>Monday Night Football</I>, but he is the only commentator worth listening to.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>The Three Stooges</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:59:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dudley Moore</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:01:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lily Tomlin</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:27:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jim Carrey</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:56:54 -0800</pubDate>
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- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Mike Nichols/Elaine May</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lord Buckley</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Earl Pitts</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Don Adams</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:12:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>John Belushi</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:33:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you were around from the mid 1970s to the early '80s -- and assuming you didn't have your eyes, ears and mind closed -- you knew exactly who the portly, fanatical, versatile and very funny John Belushi was. His tragic death in 1982 only added to the myth that surrounded him: self-destructive and conflicted, he was the most rock 'n' roll non-musician of his time (this isn't to say he wasn't a mean singer, however). His sordid passing cannot overshadow just how hilarious he could be, whether it was playing Joliet Jake Blues with deadpan arrogance or writhing maniacally onstage as a conniption-prone Joe Cocker. In the now classic <I>Animal House</I>, Belushi didn't need the most lines to steal the show; with sublime facial expressions, volatile outbursts, and spot-on one-liners ("Seven years of college down the drain!") it became <I>his</I> movie. Despite his overt craziness and physicality, he was capable of some surprisingly touching and subtle performances, such as his masterful "short film" played on <I>Saturday Night Live</I>: he is a lonely old man, reminiscing about his dearly departed costars. Watching this deft performance now is as likely to produce tears as it is laughs.
- Will Lerner]]></description>
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<title>David Frye</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 13:52:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Eric Idle</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:59:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Bermuda Mavericks Comedy Show</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:24:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
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