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| ARTICLES RELATED TO The Comedian's Comedian | | | |  The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - Biography
Charlie Chaplin - Early Childhood.
He was born in Walworth, London, England to Charles Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Harriette Hill, both Music Hall entertainers. His parents separated soon after his birth, leaving him in the care of his increasingly unstable mother. In 1896, she was unable to find work; Charlie and his older half-brother Sydney had to be left in the workhouse at Lambeth, moving after several weeks to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother suffered a mental breakdown, and was eventually admitted to the Cane Hill Asylum ...
See also:Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin - Biography, Charlie Chaplin - Early Childhood, Charlie Chaplin - Move to America, Charlie Chaplin - Chaplin as Auteur, Charlie Chaplin - Chaplin's Politics, Charlie Chaplin - Chaplin: The Later Years, Charlie Chaplin - Private life, Charlie Chaplin - Media, Charlie Chaplin - Trivia, Charlie Chaplin - Filmography, Charlie Chaplin - Short films as actor, Charlie Chaplin - Feature films Read more here: » Charlie Chaplin: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - Biography |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Bob Monkhouse - Biography Bob Monkhouse was born in Beckenham, Kent, and educated at Dulwich College, from which he was expelled; he worked briefly as an animator before his national service. On leaving the RAF in 1948, he was one of the first comedians to be given a contract by the BBC.
Originally employed as a scriptwriter for radio comedy, Monkhouse gradually moved over to television, hosting programmes such as Candid Camera in the early 1960s. He also had an income as a gag-writer for many visiting American comedians including Bob Hope when they wan ...
See also:Bob Monkhouse, Bob Monkhouse - Biography, Bob Monkhouse - Partial Filmography, Bob Monkhouse - TV, Bob Monkhouse - Films, Bob Monkhouse - Quotes Read more here: » Bob Monkhouse: Encyclopedia II - Bob Monkhouse - Biography |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Monty Python - The Pythons
Monty Python - Michael Palin.
The youngest Python by a matter of weeks, Palin is often labelled 'the nice one'. He attended Oxford, where he met his Python writing partner Terry Jones. The two also wrote the series Ripping Yarns together. Palin and Jones originally wrote together, but soon found it was more productive to write apart and then come together and review what the other had written. Therefore, Jones and Palin's sketches tended to be more focused than that of the other four, taking one bizarre, hilariou ...
See also:Monty Python, Monty Python - History pre-Python, Monty Python - Flying Circus and the Python style, Monty Python - Life after Python, Monty Python - Python Monty Pictures, Monty Python - Going solo, Monty Python - The End?, Monty Python - The Pythons, Monty Python - Michael Palin, Monty Python - Terry Jones, Monty Python - Eric Idle, Monty Python - John Cleese, Monty Python - Graham Chapman, Monty Python - Terry Gilliam, Monty Python - The 7th Python, Monty Python - Python media, Monty Python - Television, Monty Python - Films, Monty Python - Albums, Monty Python - Theatre, Monty Python - Trivia, Monty Python - Sources Read more here: » Monty Python: Encyclopedia II - Monty Python - The Pythons |
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| | | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Rowan Atkinson - Private life He suffered from a stutter as a child and it sometimes returns when he is in stressful situations. In particular, the letter "B" poses a problem for him. He managed to overcome the problem through over articulation; however, this over articulation, somewhat ironically, evolved into one of his trademark comic devices in itself (his pronunciation of "Bob" in Blackadder being a famous example).
In June 2005, Atkinson led a coalition of the UK's most prominent actors and writers, including Nicholas Hytner and Ian McEwan, to the British Pa ...
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 - Private life |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Ricky Gervais - Accolades In 2003, Gervais was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
Gervais has received a plethora of awards for his work on The Office, most notably two Golden Globes (one for acting, one for the show itself), as well as numerous BAFTAs and British Comedy Awards, amongst others. His rise in the USA is largely attr ...
See also:Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais - Background, Ricky Gervais - Career, Ricky Gervais - Radio and podcasts, Ricky Gervais - Television, Ricky Gervais - Stand-up, Ricky Gervais - Books, Ricky Gervais - Accolades, Ricky Gervais - Future work, Ricky Gervais - Target of fraud, Ricky Gervais - Controversy Read more here: » Ricky Gervais: Encyclopedia II - Ricky Gervais - Accolades |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Richard Pryor - Later life In 1998, Pryor won the inaugural Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. According to Former Kennedy Center President Lawrence J. Wilker, "Richard Pryor was selected as the first recipient of the new Mark Twain Prize because as a stand-up comic, writer, and actor, he struck a chord, and a nerve, with America, forcing it to look at large social questions of race and the more tragicomic aspects of the human condition. Though uncompromising in his wit, Pryor, like Twain, projects a generosity of spirit that unites us. They were both trenchant social criti ...
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 - Later life |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Richard Pryor - The freebasing incident and its aftermath On June 1, 1980, Pryor set himself on fire while freebasing cocaine. Pryor made this part of his heralded "final" stand up show "Richard Pryor Live On Sunset Strip" (1982). After joking that the incident was actually caused when he dunked a cookie into a glass containing two different types of milk, he gave a poignant yet both funny and serious account of his accident and recovery, then poked fun at people who told jokes about it by waving a lit match and saying "What's this? It's Richard Pryor running down the street." Interviewed in 2005, ...
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 - The freebasing incident and its aftermath |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Richard Pryor - Early life and career Born on December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois, Pryor grew up in his grandmother's brothel, where his mother Gertude practiced prostitution. His father LeRoy Pryor (a.k.a. Buck Carter) was a bartender, boxer, and World War II veteran. From 1958-1960, Pryor served in the U.S. Army. His mother died in 1967, his father the following year.
His first professional performance came at the age of seven, when he played drums at a night club. From his late 20s to 30s, Pryor was a middlebrow comic with a style in the Bill Cosby tradition, far less ...
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 - Early life and career |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Richard Pryor - Personal Richard Pryor was married seven times to five different women:
Patricia Price (1960 - ?) (divorced) 1 child
Shelly Bonus (1967 - 1969) (divorced) 1 child
Deborah McGuire (22 September 1977 - 1979) (divorced) 1 child
Jennifer Lee (August 1981 - October 1982) (divorced)
Flynn Belaine (October 1986 - January 1987) (divorced)
Flynn Belaine (1 April 1990 - ?) (divorced)
Jennifer Lee (June 2 ...
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 - Personal |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Richard Pryor - Discography
Richard Pryor - Compilations and repackagings.
Pryor Goes Foxx Hunting, (Laff. 1973)
Split LP with Redd Foxx, containing previously released tracks from Craps (After Hours)
Down And Dirty, (Laff. 1975)
Split LP with Redd Foxx, containing previously released tracks from Craps (After Hours)
Richard Pryor Meets... Richard & Willie And... The SLA!!, (Laff. 1976)
Split LP with black ventriloquist act Richa ...
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 - Discography |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Ricky Gervais - Future work Gervais has written an episode of The Simpsons (due to air February 2006), and guest-starred in Alias (the season three episode "Façade") as an Irish terrorist. He has also appeared several times on The Late Show With David Letterman, making him the British comedian with the most appearances on the show. At one point, Gervais was even tapped for a role in the future Tom Cruise blockbuster Mission: Impossible III, but it never came to fruition. Gervais is due to appear in the Christopher Guest film, For Your Co ...
See also:Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais - Background, Ricky Gervais - Career, Ricky Gervais - Radio and podcasts, Ricky Gervais - Television, Ricky Gervais - Stand-up, Ricky Gervais - Books, Ricky Gervais - Accolades, Ricky Gervais - Future work, Ricky Gervais - Target of fraud, Ricky Gervais - Controversy Read more here: » Ricky Gervais: Encyclopedia II - Ricky Gervais - Future work |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Ricky Gervais - Background Gervais's father is of Québécois descent and grew up in Quebec, and came to the UK on duty during the Second World War, where he met his wife. Raised as the youngest of four brothers, Ricky Gervais has described his childhood as nice and "normal".
Gervais received his early education at Reading's Ashmead School. He then went on to University College London in 1979 to study biology, later switching to philosophy where he graduated with a 2:2. During the early 1980s Gervais remained in London and met his long-term partner Jane Fallon. ...
See also:Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais - Background, Ricky Gervais - Career, Ricky Gervais - Radio and podcasts, Ricky Gervais - Television, Ricky Gervais - Stand-up, Ricky Gervais - Books, Ricky Gervais - Accolades, Ricky Gervais - Future work, Ricky Gervais - Target of fraud, Ricky Gervais - Controversy Read more here: » Ricky Gervais: Encyclopedia II - Ricky Gervais - Background |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Rowan Atkinson - Career The success of Not the Nine O'Clock News led to his starring in the mediaeval sitcom The Black Adder, which he also co-wrote with Richard Curtis, in 1983. Despite a mixed reception, a second series was written, this time by Curtis and Ben Elton, and first screened in 1985. Blackadder II followed the fortunes of one of the descendants of Atkinson's original character, this time in the Elizabethan era. The same pattern was repeated in two sequels Blackadder the Third (1987) (set in the Regency era), and Blackadde ...
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 - Career |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Eddie Izzard - Critical reception In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, Izzard was voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
In Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Standups of All Time, he was number 75.
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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 - Critical reception |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Laurel and Hardy - Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 - February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire (now Ulverston, Cumbria), England. Laurel began his career as a comedian in English music halls where he was an understudy to Charlie Chaplin in Fred Karno's comedy company. He emigrated to America in 1910 and embarked on a vaudeville career. He made his first film appearance in 1917 (Nuts in May), continuing to make more than 50 silent one- and two-reelers for a variety of producers, including Bronco B ...
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 - Stan Laurel |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm In 1999, the HBO cable television channel aired David's special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, a hybrid work using story outlines and improvised dialog, shot in a documentary style. Before it aired, HBO had suggested that David commit to a series using the same method. The result, entitled Curb Your Enthusiasm, first aired in 2000. It revisits many of the themes first brought u ...
See also:Larry David, Larry David - Seinfeld, Larry David - Larry David's appearances on Seinfeld, Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David - Other projects Read more here: » Larry David: Encyclopedia II - Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm |
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| | | | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Laurel and Hardy - Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy (January 18, 1892 - August 7, 1957) was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia, near Augusta. When he turned 18, he changed his first name to that of his father, who died before he was a year old, thenceforth calling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy". He was nicknamed '"Babe".
Before Hardy started his film career as a "heavy" (i.e. villan) in 1914 (Outwitting Dad), he had been a movie house projectionist/manager at the Palace Theater in Milledgeville, GA. Hardy went on to appear in more than 250 silent on ...
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 - Oliver Hardy |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Peter Kay - Rise to Fame After leaving school, Kay took several jobs, many of which inspired episodes or sequences in That Peter Kay Thing. His earliest work was a interview with Granada Television in which he listed the contents of his room, as well as detailing his experience meeting Jimmy Saville. This would later be used in That Peter Kay thing, in the role of Leonard De-Thompkinson.
Most recently, Kay's experience working at the Manchester Evening News Arena inspired him to wear the official yellow jacket of the MEN Arena for the final perf ...
See also:Peter Kay, Peter Kay - Rise to Fame, Peter Kay - Productions, Peter Kay - Other work, Peter Kay - Productions, Peter Kay - Trivia Read more here: » Peter Kay: Encyclopedia II - Peter Kay - Rise to Fame |
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| | | | | The Comedian's Comedian: Encyclopedia II - Vic and Bob - Other work On 27 December 1993, Vic and Bob chose sitcoms, sketch shows and films an entire night on BBC2, which was dubbed At Home With Vic & Bob. Programming included an episode of Eric Idle's BBC television series Rutland Weekend Television, the original pilot of Shooting Stars, and Mike Leigh's film Nuts in May.
In 2000, Vic appeared solo in UK Play series Vic Reeves Examines, which featured celebrities such as Johnny Vegas, Lauren Laverne and Emma K ...
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 - Other work |
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