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| ARTICLES RELATED TO The Comedian's Comedian | | | |  The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Rowan Atkinson - Early lifeAtkinson was born to Eric Atkinson and Ella May, Anglican farmers. He was educated at Durham Choristers School followed by St Bees School and studied electrical engineering at Newcastle University then at Oxford (Queen's College), starting his comedy career at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Atkinson toured with a one-man show, with Angus Deayton as the straight man. The one-man show was filmed for television, and is still popular on video. It characterises Atkinson's comedy style, which is tightly planned and scripted, often physicall ...
See also:Rowan Atkinson, Rowan Atkinson - Early life, Rowan Atkinson - Career, Rowan Atkinson - Private life, Rowan Atkinson - Selected television appearances, Rowan Atkinson - Filmography Read more here: » Rowan Atkinson: Encyclopedia II - Rowan Atkinson - Early life |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Spike Milligan - Biography Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, India, on 16 April, 1918 to the wife of an Irish-born officer in the British Army. Though he lived most of his life in England and served in the British Army, he was declared stateless in 1960, and took Irish citizenship.
He suffered from bipolar disorder for most of his life, having at least ten mental breakdowns. He was a strident campaigner on environmental matters, particularly arguing against unnecessary noise. He served in the Royal Artillery in World War 2 in North Africa and also Italy, where h ...
See also:Spike Milligan, Spike Milligan - Biography, Spike Milligan - Radio comedy shows, Spike Milligan - Other radio shows, Spike Milligan - TV Comedy shows, Spike Milligan - Theatre, Spike Milligan - Movies, Spike Milligan - Books, Spike Milligan - Quotations Read more here: » Spike Milligan: Encyclopedia II - Spike Milligan - Biography |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Eddie Izzard - Professional development Eddie found some degree of solace in comedy after the death of his mother. He drew particular comfort from the works of Monty Python, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, and the early Benny Hill. He began to toy with stand-up at college and, after being ingloriously kicked out of school, he took his act to the streets. Having spent a great deal of the 1980's working as a street performer in Europe and the United States, Izzard moved his act into the standup comedy venues in Britain, first appearing at The Comedy Store in London in 1987. He refined ...
See also:Eddie Izzard, Eddie Izzard - Early life, Eddie Izzard - Campaigning, Eddie Izzard - Transvestitism, Eddie Izzard - Professional development, Eddie Izzard - Material, Eddie Izzard - Critical reception, Eddie Izzard - Stand-up, Eddie Izzard - Film roles, Eddie Izzard - TV appearances Read more here: » Eddie Izzard: Encyclopedia II - Eddie Izzard - Professional development |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Laurel and Hardy - Laurel and Hardy together
Laurel and Hardy - Hal Roach years.
The first encounter of the two comedians in a film took place in The Lucky Dog (1921). They first appeared in the same Hal Roach film in Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood (1926), and their first 'official' film was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey, who was the ...
See also:Laurel and Hardy, Laurel and Hardy - Stan Laurel, Laurel and Hardy - Oliver Hardy, Laurel and Hardy - Laurel and Hardy together, Laurel and Hardy - Hal Roach years, Laurel and Hardy - Style of comedy and notable routines, Laurel and Hardy - Decline, Laurel and Hardy - Trivia, Laurel and Hardy - Literature, Laurel and Hardy - Compare to Read more here: » Laurel and Hardy: Encyclopedia II - Laurel and Hardy - Laurel and Hardy together |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Eric Morecambe - Eric and Ernie After the war, they made their name on radio, before arriving on television in 1955. They appeared together in many series such as Two of A Kind. There were also a number of Christmas specials. They were well-regarded and their reputation enabled them to garner a number of prestigious guests including Angela Rippon, Princess Anne, Cliff Richard, Glenda Jackson, Tom Jones, Elton John and even the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Des ...
See also:Eric Morecambe, Eric Morecambe - Early life and childhood career, Eric Morecambe - Eric and Ernie, Eric Morecambe - Legacy Read more here: » Eric Morecambe: Encyclopedia II - Eric Morecambe - Eric and Ernie |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Bill Cosby - Career Cosby was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Northwest Philadelphia's Germantown Hospital at 3:00 A.M to William Henry Cosby and Anna Pearl Hite. He started going to the Central High School of Philadelphia, but dropped out in the tenth grade and joined the Navy, and completed high school through correspondence courses (GED). Later, he won an athletic scholarship to Temple University.
After working as a bartender for several years, he began his career as a stand-up comic, working the "chitlin circuit' for a time before his big break ...
See also:Bill Cosby, Bill Cosby - Career, Bill Cosby - Honors, Bill Cosby - Political views, Bill Cosby - The Pound Cake Speech, Bill Cosby - Cosby and Jazz, Bill Cosby - Controversy, Bill Cosby - Quotations, Bill Cosby - Partial discography, Bill Cosby - Trivia Read more here: » Bill Cosby: Encyclopedia II - Bill Cosby - Career |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - America According to immigration records, he arrived in the United States with the Karno troupe on October 2, 1912. In the Karno Company was Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who would later become known as Stan Laurel. Chaplin and Laurel wound up sharing a room in a boarding house. Stan Laurel returned to England but Chaplin remained in the United States. Chaplin's act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett, who hired him ...
See also:Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin - Birth, Charlie Chaplin - Childhood, Charlie Chaplin - Stage, Charlie Chaplin - America, Charlie Chaplin - Auteur, Charlie Chaplin - United Artists, Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin - Politics, Charlie Chaplin - McCarthyism, Charlie Chaplin - Academy Award, Charlie Chaplin - Marriages, Charlie Chaplin - Mildred Harris, Charlie Chaplin - Lita Grey, Charlie Chaplin - Oona O'Neill, Charlie Chaplin - Knighted, Charlie Chaplin - Death, Charlie Chaplin - Misinformation, Charlie Chaplin - Legacy, Charlie Chaplin - Media, Charlie Chaplin - Trivia, Charlie Chaplin - Filmography, Charlie Chaplin - Short films as actor, Charlie Chaplin - Feature films, Charlie Chaplin - Notes Read more here: » Charlie Chaplin: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - America |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Tony Hancock - Hancock's best years Working with scripts from Ray Galton and Alan Simpson the show lasted for five years and over a hundred episodes, featuring Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and over the years Moira Lister and Hattie Jacques. In the radio series, the James character would often be dishonest and exploit Hancock's apparent gullibility, rather than the friend he was in the television series.
Hancock was an enormous radio star. Like few others, he was able to clear the streets while families gathered together to listen to the eagerly awaited episode ...
See also:Tony Hancock, Tony Hancock - Early life and career, Tony Hancock - Hancock's best years, Tony Hancock - International dreams and introspection, Tony Hancock - Later years, Tony Hancock - Personal life, Tony Hancock - Recordings, Tony Hancock - Additional film appearances, Tony Hancock - Biographies Read more here: » Tony Hancock: Encyclopedia II - Tony Hancock - Hancock's best years |
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| | | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Vic and Bob - The early years Vic Reeves' comedy career began in The Goldsmiths Tavern in New Cross, London, in the mid-1980s. Having tried out various stage names, he settled on Vic Reeves and began a show called Vic Reeves' Big Night Out at the Goldsmiths Tavern. It was here that he met and began working with Bob Mortimer, and the show then moved to a bigger venue, the Deptford Albany, in 1989. The show began to attract various well-known audience members, such as Charlie Higson, ...
See also:Vic and Bob, Vic and Bob - The early years, Vic and Bob - Sketch shows, Vic and Bob - Quiz shows, Vic and Bob - Sitcom and drama, Vic and Bob - Other work, Vic and Bob - Music Read more here: » Vic and Bob: Encyclopedia II - Vic and Bob - The early years |
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| | | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Steve Martin - Early years Martin was born to Glenn Vernon Martin and Mary Lee Stewart; the family was of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent. As a teenager, Martin started out working at the Magic Shop at Disneyland, where he developed his talents for magic, juggling, playing the banjo, and creating balloon animals. He teamed up with friend and high school classmate Kathy Westmoreland to do a musical comedy routine, performing at local coffee houses and at the Bird Cage Theater in Knott's Berry Farm. Martin attended Santa Ana Colle ...
See also:Steve Martin, Steve Martin - Early years, Steve Martin - Becoming a household name, Steve Martin - Movie Career, Steve Martin - Other work, Steve Martin - Art collection, Steve Martin - Bibliography, Steve Martin - Discography, Steve Martin - Filmography Read more here: » Steve Martin: Encyclopedia II - Steve Martin - Early years |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Bob Hope - Personal life According to biographer Arthur Marx, son of Hope's long-time friend and rival Groucho Marx, Hope's first wife was his vaudeville partner Grace Louise Troxell, whom he married on January 25, 1933. When the marriage record was unearthed some years later, Hope denied that the marriage had any substance and said they had quickly divorced. Rumors claim, however, that he fathered a daughter with Troxell and that he continued to send generous checks ...
See also:Bob Hope, Bob Hope - English origins, Bob Hope - Personal life, Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memory, Bob Hope - Hope's film career, Bob Hope - Tours of duty, Bob Hope - Hope for sport, Bob Hope - Hope on the air, Bob Hope - Hope's twilight, Bob Hope - Conversion, Bob Hope - Honors, Bob Hope - Filmography Read more here: » Bob Hope: Encyclopedia II - Bob Hope - Personal life |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Chris Morris satirist - Early career On graduating, Morris took up a traineeship with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, where he took advantage of the free access to editing and recording equipment to create elaborate spoofs and parodies. On leaving Radio Cambridgeshire he worked at BBC Radio Bristol and Greater London Radio (GLR). He was fired by Radio Bristol, with varying accounts claiming that he had either been excessively abusive to a caller or had talked (and possibly eaten) over a news broadcast. However, the legendary incident in which he supposedly released helium into a news ...
See also:Chris Morris satirist, Chris Morris satirist - Early career, Chris Morris satirist - Move into television, Chris Morris satirist - A controversial figure, Chris Morris satirist - Current work, Chris Morris satirist - Other information, Chris Morris satirist - Works Read more here: » Chris Morris satirist: Encyclopedia II - Chris Morris satirist - Early career |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Richard Pryor - Mainstream success In 1969 Pryor moved to Berkeley, California, where he immersed himself in the counterculture and rubbed elbows with the likes of Huey P. Newton and Ishmael Reed. He signed with the comedy-centric independent record label Laff Records in 1970 and recorded his second album, Craps (After Hours). In 1972, the relatively unknown comedian appeared in his first film, a documentary entitled Wattstax, where he riffed on the tragic-comic absurdities of race relations in Watts and the nation. Not long afterward, Pryor sought a deal with a larger ...
See also:Richard Pryor, Richard Pryor - Early life and career, Richard Pryor - Mainstream success, Richard Pryor - The freebasing incident and its aftermath, Richard Pryor - Later life, Richard Pryor - Death, Richard Pryor - Remembrance and legacy, Richard Pryor - Personal, Richard Pryor - Discography, Richard Pryor - Compilations and repackagings, Richard Pryor - Filmography Read more here: » Richard Pryor: Encyclopedia II - Richard Pryor - Mainstream success |
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| | | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Michael Palin - Documentaries Palin's first travel documentary was part of the 1980 BBC Television series Great Railway Journeys of the World, in which humourously reminiscing about his childhood hobby of train spotting, he travelled throughout the UK by train, from London to Kyle of Lochalsh, via Manchester, York, Edinburgh and Inverness. At the Kyle of Lochalsh, Palin bought the station's long metal platform sign and is seen lugging it back to London with him. A second journey for the same series of Michael's, in 1994, went through Ireland titled "Derry to Kerry ...
See also:Michael Palin, Michael Palin - Early career, Michael Palin - Monty Python, Michael Palin - Other Performances, Michael Palin - Documentaries, Michael Palin - Trivia Read more here: » Michael Palin: Encyclopedia II - Michael Palin - Documentaries |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Laurel and Hardy - Laurel and Hardy together
Laurel and Hardy - Hal Roach years.
The first encounter of the two comedians in a film took place in A Lucky Dog (1921). They later appeared in a number of short films for Hal Roach, beginning with Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood (1926), but their first "official" film as a team was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCar ...
See also:Laurel and Hardy, Laurel and Hardy - Stan Laurel, Laurel and Hardy - Oliver Hardy, Laurel and Hardy - Laurel and Hardy together, Laurel and Hardy - Hal Roach years, Laurel and Hardy - Style of comedy and notable routines, Laurel and Hardy - Decline, Laurel and Hardy - Trivia, Laurel and Hardy - Literature, Laurel and Hardy - Compare to Read more here: » Laurel and Hardy: Encyclopedia II - Laurel and Hardy - Laurel and Hardy together |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Bill Hicks - 1980s In his senior year of high school, the Hicks family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, but after his graduation, in the spring of 1980, Bill moved to Los Angeles, California, and started performing at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, where Andrew Dice Clay, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, and Garry Shandling were also performing at the time. He did a short-lived sitcom, Bulba, before moving back to Houston in 1982. There, he formed the ACE Production Company (Absolute Creative Entertainment), which would later become Sacre ...
See also:Bill Hicks, Bill Hicks - Early life, Bill Hicks - 1980s, Bill Hicks - 1990s, Bill Hicks - Quotations, Bill Hicks - Legacy, Bill Hicks - Discography, Bill Hicks - Audio, Bill Hicks - Video Read more here: » Bill Hicks: Encyclopedia II - Bill Hicks - 1980s |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Eddie Murphy - Post SNL career In 1982, Murphy made his big screen debut in the cop-buddy thriller 48 Hrs. alongside Nick Nolte. The movie was perhaps most notable for a scene involving Murphy (on a bet with Nolte) terrorizing a redneck bar. 48 Hrs. proved to be a smash hit when it was released in the Christmas season of 1982. Murphy and Nolte's comedic and antagonistic chemistry, alongside Murphy's believable performance as a streetwise convict aiding a bitter, aging cop, won over critics and audiences. 48 Hrs. is considered by some to be the origina ...
See also:Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy - Early life, Eddie Murphy - Stand-up comedy routines, Eddie Murphy - Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy - Post SNL career, Eddie Murphy - Singing career, Eddie Murphy - Career lulls, Eddie Murphy - Comeback and image makeover, Eddie Murphy - Filmography, Eddie Murphy - Discography Read more here: » Eddie Murphy: Encyclopedia II - Eddie Murphy - Post SNL career |
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