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Matt Wickline
Matthew John Wickline (born April 28th, 1962) is an American television writer, producer, director, and actor known for being a longtime member of the writing staff for ''Late Night With David Letterman''. He wrote ''In Living Color'', where he created the hit character Homey D. Clown, portrayed by Damon Wayans. He went on to write for ''Martin'', ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', and co-create ''The Hughleys'' and ''Frank TV''. Throughout his career, Wickline was nominated for 11 Emmys and won four. Early life Matt Wickline grew up in Willowick, Ohio as one of four brothers and the son to William and Elva Wickline. William was the President of the US division of the television antenna company Kathrein. Matt Wickline attended Eastlake North High School and Ohio University. Career After college, he interned at ''Late Night with David Letterman'' and started submitting jokes to David Letterman at the suggestion of his boss. When several of the show's writers left in 1983 to write for ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mentor, Ohio
Mentor ( ) is the largest city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 47,450 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Mentor was first settled in 1797. In 1876, James A. Garfield purchased a home in Mentor, from which he conducted the first successful front porch campaign for the presidency; the house is now maintained as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site. The city is home to Headlands Beach State Park, the longest public swimming beach in Ohio. The city is a major center of retail stores, ranking sixth-largest in Ohio , and restaurants, ranking seventh-largest in the state . Mentor Avenue ( US 20) is the major retail center, which includes the Great Lakes Mall, with additional shopping and strip malls found along most major roads. Convenient Food Mart is based in Mentor. Major products include medical related, polymers, plastics, electric boards and other peripherals that generally serve the computer and automation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. It had the sixth-highest circulation for American newspapers in 2017. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century under Medill's grandson, Robert R. McCormick, it achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly more American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook, and its writing reached other markets through family and corporate relationships at the ''New York Daily News'' and the '' Washington Times-Herald.'' The 1960s saw its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lookwell
''Lookwell'' was a television pilot written and produced by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel, the latter of whom would become a primary creative voice for O'Brien's late night show. It starred Adam West. Despite being a "personal favorite" of NBC chairman Brandon Tartikoff (who had left that position by the time the pilot aired and was replaced by Warren Littlefield), the pilot was not picked up as a series. It was broadcast on NBC on July 28, 1991, in a summer weekend timeslot reserved for burning off pilots which the network had passed on. The pilot has since become a cult classic. Plot A washed-up TV action hero—who at the peak of his career was ceremonially deputized by local law enforcement—falsely believes he can solve crimes in real life. His student Jason (played by Todd Field) becomes his sidekick. Cast * Adam West as Ty Lookwell *Todd Field as Jason *Ron Frazier as Detective Kennery *Ann Weldon as Hyacinth *Bart Braverman as Alberti *Deborah Richter as Miss Royster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films. It is available to approximately 86.723 million households in the United States as of September 2018. Since the early 2000s, Comedy Central has expanded globally with localized channels in Europe (including the UK), India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Middle East, and Africa. The international channels are operated by Paramount International Networks. History 1989–1991: Pre-launch as The Comedy Channel On November 15, 1989, Time-Life, the owners of HBO, launched The Comedy Channel as the first cable channel devoted exclusively to comedy-based programming. On April 1, 1990, Viac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Network
The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a competitor to the Big Three television networks ( ABC, CBS, and NBC) on October 9, 1986, Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest- rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and again in 2020, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season. Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, but these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Lawrence
Martin Fitzgerald LawrenceStated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' (born April 16, 1965) is an American comedian and actor. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor. He got his start playing Maurice Warfield in '' What's Happening Now!!'' (1987–1988). He was a leading actor in the Fox television sitcom ''Martin,'' the ''Bad Boys'' franchise, and '' House Party'', ''Boomerang'', '' Open Season'', ''Wild Hogs'', '' Nothing to Lose'', '' Blue Streak'', ''Life'', '' Black Knight'', '' Big Momma's House'', and '' A Thin Line Between Love and Hate''. Early life The fourth of six children, Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence was born on April 16, 1965, in Frankfurt, West Germany. His father, John Lawrence, was serving in the U.S. military at the time of his birth. Lawrence's first and middle names were named after civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and U.S. President John F. Kennedy, respectively. When Lawrence was seven, hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37 INK
37 INK is an American publisher launched in 2013 focusing on a diverse list including African American authors. It is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest pub .... Dawn Davis, the former publisher at Amistad Press, is the current publisher for 37 INK. 37 INK officially launched in 2013. Dawn Davis said that the imprint name comes from the 37th parallel north which intersects California, Africa, and Italy—three places that have been significant to Davis. In an interview, Davis said that her mother was from Italy, she was from California and Africa is where we are all from. Davis stated to ''Publishers Weekly'' that the title is also "reflective of the breadth of voices and viewpoints that the imprint will publish." Upon its launch, the impri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homey D
Homey may refer to: * ''Homey'' (album), album by the American band Chon * Homey (smart hub), device manufactured by the Dutch company Athom * Homey Airport, US military facility more commonly known as Area 51 * Homey D. Clown This is a list of sketches on '' In Living Color''. Recurring sketches A * Al MacAfee – A parody of Joe Louis Clark, David Alan Grier plays a strict, yet clueless shop teacher with a bad hip. He is known for working as a Hall Monitor and ..., character from ''In Living Color'' See also * Homi (other) * Homie (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mooney (comedian)
Paul Gladney (August 4, 1941 – May 19, 2021), better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, and actor. He collaborated with Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, wrote for comedian Richard Pryor and the television series ''Sanford and Son'', ''In Living Color'' and '' Chappelle's Show'', as well as acting in ''The Buddy Holly Story'' (1978), Spike Lee's satirical film ''Bamboozled'' (2000) and '' Chappelle's Show''. Early life Mooney was born in 1941 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and moved to Oakland, California, seven years later. His parents were George Gladney and LaVoya Ealy. Mooney was raised primarily by his grandmother Aimay Ealy, known among the family as "Mama". Gladney coined the nickname "Mooney" after the original ''Scarface'' (1932) actor Paul Muni (which itself was the actor's stage name). Career Mooney became a ringmaster with the Gatti-Charles Circus. During his stint as ringmaster, he always found himself writing come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Resnick
Adam Resnick is an American comedy writer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his work writing for ''Late Night with David Letterman''. He co-created and wrote for '' Get A Life'' with Chris Elliott. Resnick also wrote and was co-executive producer of a season of '' The Larry Sanders Show'' for HBO. He created and wrote '' The High Life'' (1996), also for HBO. Also for television, he has written for '' Saturday Night Live'', and is a writer and consulting producer on '' Divorce''. Resnick has also written for film. With its star, Chris Elliott, Resnick created the story for the 1994 motion picture ''Cabin Boy'', for which he wrote the screenplay. Resnick wrote the screenplays for '' Lucky Numbers'' (2000), starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow, and '' Death to Smoochy'' (2002), directed by Danny DeVito. ''Will Not Attend'', a pseudo- memoir, was released in 2014. ''Kirkus Reviews ''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Family
Action Family is an episode of "The Cinemax Comedy Experiment" anthology series written by and starring Chris Elliott as a Private Investigator named Chris Elliot who is juggling work and home life. The show's overarching theme is that it is in fact two shows in one, and has sudden dramatic tonal shifts that affect everything from the way the characters act to the type of cameras used. His home and family life are a parody of a late 1970s/early 1980s saccharine multicamera sitcom shot on cheap 3 walled sets with an audience that often loudly comments on the action. When he goes to work as a hard boiled PI, the show switches tones entirely to dark, gritty, and violent, the camera switches to film stock, and the audience laughter vanishes. Regardless of which tone the show is taking at the moment, the action and dialogue is all completely absurd, and everything that happens is heightened for comedic effect or to service a joke or gag. Though there is a thin murder mystery plot, it ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
