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Comedy Death-Ray (album)
''Comedy Death-Ray'' is a two disc CD collection of highlights from the weekly comedy showcase '' Comedy Death-Ray'' (curated by Executive Producers Scott Aukerman and B. J. Porter), released on September 11, 2007, on Comedy Central Records. Disc one was recorded January 15, 2007, at Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco. Disc two was recorded at '' Comedy Death-Rays twelve-hour fourth anniversary show September 30, 2006, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. The two discs feature many of the "alternative" comedians who frequent the Los Angeles show, including Mr. Show veterans David Cross, Paul F. Tompkins, Brian Posehn and Scott Aukerman, Comedians of Comedy's Patton Oswalt and Maria Bamford, '' Never Not Funny'' host Jimmy Pardo, '' The Office'' star and writer Mindy Kaling, and a special performance by Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant of Comedy Central's '' Reno 911!'', in character, singing a song about why one should not do drugs. In addition to the listed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, observations or a shtick that may incorporate props, music, magic tricks or ventriloquism. It can be performed almost anywhere, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges or theatres. History Stand-up as a Western art form has its roots in the stump speech of American minstrel shows, which featured an actor in blackface delivering nonsensical monologue to the audience. While the intention of stump speeches was to mock African-Americans, they also occasionally contained political and social satire. The minstrel show would later influence theatrical traditions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as vaudeville and burlesque. The first documented use of "stand-up" as a term was in ''The Stage'' in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Office (U
''The Office'' is a mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first made in the United Kingdom, then Germany, and subsequently the United States. It has since been remade in ten other countries. The original series of '' The Office'' also starred Gervais as the boss and main character of the show. The two seasons were broadcast on BBC Two in 2001 and 2002, totalling 12 episodes, with two special episodes in 2003, and an extra short spectacular ten years later. A German version titled '' Stromberg'' ran for 46 episodes over five seasons, starting in 2004, and the follow-up film ''Stromberg - Der Film'' was released in German cinemas in 2014. The longest-running version of the series, the US adaptation, ran for nine seasons on the NBC Television Network from 2005 to 2013 for a total of 201 episodes. The total overall viewership is in the hundreds of millions worldwide. According to Nielsen Ratings as of April 2019, the US version of ''The Office'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Daly
Andrew J. Daly (born April 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred as Forrest MacNeil on the Comedy Central series ''Review'', and had a supporting role in the HBO comedy series ''Eastbound & Down'' as Terrence Cutler. He has also made recurring appearances on television programs such as ''Silicon Valley'', ''Veep'', ''Modern Family'', ''Black-ish'', '' Trial & Error'', the Netflix series ''The Who Was? Show'', ''Reno 911!'', and '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'', as well as animated shows such as ''Rick and Morty'', '' Solar Opposites'', ''Bob's Burgers'', ''Adventure Time'', and ''Harley Quinn''. Early life and education Daly was born in Mount Kisco, New York, and was raised in New Jersey. He graduated in 1989 from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and then attended Ithaca College, where he received a bachelor's degree in drama. Career After college, Daly moved to New York City, where he performed, along with Andy Secunda, in the sketch comedy du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Mintz
Daniel Alexander Mintz (born September 25, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his role as Bob's oldest daughter Tina Belcher on the animated show ''Bob's Burgers''. As a comedian, he is known for his extremely deadpan delivery, keeping his eyes fixed straight ahead and never looking toward the camera or audience due to natural stage fright. Early life and education Born to a Jewish family, Mintz grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote for ''The Harvard Lampoon''. Career He landed his first writing job at Comedy Central's '' Crank Yankers'', then worked on ''Last Call with Carson Daly''. He has written for '' The Andy Milonakis Show'', ''Human Giant'', '' Lucky Louie'', ''Important Things with Demetri Martin'', '' Jon Benjamin Has a Van'', ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'', ''Nathan For You'', ''The Awesomes'' and ''Mulaney''. His writing credits also include the ''Bob's Burgers'' episode titled "The Equest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hardwick
Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosts '' Talking Dead'', an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series '' The Walking Dead'' and '' Fear the Walking Dead'', as well as '' Talking with Chris Hardwick'', a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and ''The Wall'', a plinko-inspired gameshow on NBC. Hardwick created Nerdist Industries, operator of the Nerdist Podcast Network and home of his podcast '' The Nerdist Podcast'', which later left the network and was renamed to ''ID10T with Chris Hardwick''. His podcast has broadcast 1,000 episodes as of December 2019. Hardwick originated the role of Stacee Jaxx in '' Rock of Ages'' during its premiere run in Los Angeles (2005–2006). In 2011, he began hosting the BBC America Britcom block ''Ministry of Laughs''. From 2013 to 2017, he hosted ''@midnight with Chris Hardwick'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Thune
Nicholas Ivan Thune is an American actor, comedian, and musician. Life and career Thune was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Redmond. Thune moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in stand-up. His early stand-up shows focused on wordplay while he played the guitar, which he has said was used as more of a prop than to create musical comedy. He has performed on ''The Tonight Show'' eight times, and was featured in a ''Comedy Central Presents'' special in 2007. In February 2009, Thune performed at the DTD Reality concert at the University of Southern California. Thune's debut album, ''Thick Noon,'' was released on February 23, 2010 by Comedy Central Records. Thune's first hour-long stand-up special, ''Nick Thune: Folk Hero'', premiered on Netflix in February 2014. The special was later released on CD and vinyl. His second hour-long special, ''Good Guy'', premiered on December 22, 2016 on NBC's Seeso platform. The special was filmed in October 2016 in Portland, Oregon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Edwards (comedian)
Ian Edwards is a British Jamaican / American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from New York and based in Los Angeles, California. Career Edwards launched his career through stand-up comedy. His first writing job was on '' The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show'' in 1998. In 2000, Edwards wrote on MTV's ''The Lyricist Lounge Show''. He wrote on ABC's '' The Big House'' starring Kevin Hart, and in 2005, Edwards was a regular cast member on season 6 of MTV's ''Punk’d'', and a story editor on Cartoon Network's ''The Boondocks''. He was a writer on Comedy Central's ''Chocolate News'', a Consulting Producer on ''Dogg After Dark'' starring Snoop Dogg and wrote on FOX's ''In the Flow with Affion Crockett''. Edwards performed stand-up on the ''Comedy Death-Ray'' album in 2006, appeared twice on HBO's Def Comedy Jam. He performed on P. Diddy's ''The Bad Boys of Comedy'' in 2007 and Showtime's ''Live Nude Comedy'' in 2009. Edwards was a writer on ABC's ''Black-ish'', an uncredited wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is a fictional standup comedian and singer created by Australian-American entertainer Gregg Turkington. Distinguished for his misanthropic jokes and anti-comedy style, Turkington has released a number of albums as Hamburger and has appeared as the character in various films, television shows, and other media. In 2015, the act inspired the feature-length film ''Entertainment'', which stars Turkington as a "variant" of the character. Turkington developed the character in the 1990s and originally envisioned the concept as a "weird recording project". It originated from a prank call that had appeared on the album ''Great Phone Calls Featuring Neil Hamburger'' (1992). He followed the LP with three more albums issued on Drag City Records before he began receiving offers to perform as the character for live shows. His albums ''Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners'' (2009) and ''First of Dismay'' (2014) feature original songs and cover versions backed by "The Too Good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Glass
Todd Steven Glass (born December 16, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian. Life and career Glass was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He first began performing stand-up comedy in Philadelphia in 1982 while attending Conestoga High School. He made his earliest television appearances in the late 80s on A&E's ''An Evening at the Improv'' and in the early 1990s on several Comedy Central stand-up programs. He is Jewish and dyslexic. Glass is perhaps best known for his appearances as a contestant on the second and third seasons of NBC's ''Last Comic Standing'' and has appeared regularly on programs such as ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', '' Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'', '' The Dennis Miller Show'', ''Politically Incorrect'', '' Louie'', '' Tosh.0'', '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'', ''Preston and Steve'' and had his own ''Comedy Central Presents'' special in 2001. He co-hosted the podcast ''Comedy And Everything Else'' with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Benson
Douglas Steven Benson (born July 2, 1962) is an American comedian, marijuana rights advocate, television host and actor, best known for hosting the podcasts and TV series ''Doug Loves Movies'' (2006-present), '' The Benson Interruption'' (2010-2013), '' Getting Doug with High'' (2013-2019) and '' The High Court with Doug Benson'' (2017). As a comedian, he has released 10 comedy albums, starting with ''Professional Humoredian'' in 2008, and has regularly appeared on TV shows including ''Comedy Central Presents'', ''Best Week Ever'' and ''@midnight''. In 2007, he was a contestant on the 5th season of the reality competition show ''Last Comic Standing''. In 2007, he starred in the film '' Super High Me'', a documentary about marijuana usage. He has also acted in small roles in numerous TV shows, including '' Trailer Park Boys'' and '' You're the Worst'', as well as several films, including serving as the voice of Bane in ''The Lego Batman Movie''. Early life Benson was born and ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard 'n Phirm
Hard 'n Phirm was a comedy/parody musical duo based in Los Angeles. The members are Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman. They began performing at UCLA in 1994, but broke up in 1997, to reform 7 years later. After the success of their song "Rodeohead" (a bluegrass-style medley of covers of Radiohead songs), they released their first and only album to date: ''Horses and Grasses''. The album includes the song "Pi," which gained popularity from its music video, which was directed by Keith Schofield. Television and Internet specials In 2008, the duo aired their own special for ''Comedy Central Presents'', which included performances of "American Dinosaurs", "Anything", a reprise of "Pi", and included the unreleased song "Not Illegal" as well as their performance art piece "Def Poetry Spam". In 2007 they appeared on the comedy compilation ''Comedy Death-Ray''. In February 2008, the group won the Effinfunny.com Comedian of the Year Award. Phirman also voiced the character Narrator' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno 911!
''Reno 911!'' is an American comedy television series airing on Comedy Central. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically ''Cops'', with comic actors playing the police officers. Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, and Kerri Kenney-Silver all starred in and are billed as creators of the series. The series initially aired from 2003 to 2009 on Comedy Central. A revival of the series premiered on May 4, 2020 on the streaming platform Quibi, which was renewed for an additional season (the show's eighth) on September 3, 2020. Quibi later announced in October 2020 that it would be shutting down while the eighth season was in production. According to Niecy Nash, the eighth season would debut on another platform, which was later revealed to be The Roku Channel. The eighth season titled ''Reno 911! Defunded'', premiered on February 25, 2022 on The Roku Channel. , the original series is available to watch on Paramount+ and Comedy Central. Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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