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Dana Gould
Dana Gould (; born August 24, 1964) is an American stand-up comic, actor, writer, and voice artist who has been featured on HBO, Showtime, and Comedy Central. He voiced the titular character in the '' Gex'' franchise, and wrote for ''The Simpsons'' between 2001 and 2007. Early life Gould was born in Hopedale, Massachusetts on August 24, 1964, the fifth of six children. He was raised Roman Catholic, and served as an altar boy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester. Career Gould began performing comedy onstage at age 17. After high school, he studied communications and theatre at Framingham State College, but after a year moved to San Francisco to pursue a career in comedy. It was there he, along with fellow comedian Alex Reid, founded the San Francisco Comedy Condo in 1986. Gould wrote and performed on '' The Ben Stiller Show''; one such sketch features Gould as Otto, Cupid's twisted brother, whose arrows convince a young man to fall madly in love with an elderly woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopedale, Massachusetts
Hopedale is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located 25 miles southwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. With origins as a Christian utopian community, the town was later home to Draper Corporation, a large loom manufacturer throughout the 20th century until its closure in 1980. Today, Hopedale has become a bedroom community for professionals working in Greater Boston and is home to highly ranked public schools. The population was 6,017 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Hopedale was first settled by Europeans in 1660. Benjamin Albee built a mill on what is now the south end of Hopedale in 1664. A area of the Blackstone Valley was incorporated as the town of Mendon, Massachusetts, Mendon. In 1780, Milford, Massachusetts, Milford separated from Mendon. On August 26, 1841, Adin Ballou, along with the Practical Christianity, Practical Christians, gave Hopedale its name, within the town of Milf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinfeld
''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. Its ensemble cast stars Seinfeld as a Jerry Seinfeld (character), fictionalized version of himself and focuses on his personal life with three of his friends: best friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and neighbor from across the hall Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). ''Seinfeld'' is set mostly in and around the titular character's apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City. It has been described as "a show about nothing", often focusing on the slice of life, minutiae of daily life. Interspersed in all episodes of the first seven seasons are moments of stand-up comedy from the fictional Jerry Seinfeld, frequently related to the episode's events. As a rising comedian in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as Shout! Factory, its current legal name), is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases, issued in DVD or Blu-ray format, include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Considered a boutique Blu-ray label, Shout! Studios, in addition to its mainline home video releases, also releases films under the sublabels Scream (for horror film releases), Shout! Select, and Shout! Kids. Shout! Studios owns and operates Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine. Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services, a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, via a distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aristocrats (joke)
"The Aristocrats" is a taboo-defying, off-color joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians since the vaudeville era. It relates the story of a family trying to get an agent to book their stage act, which is remarkably vulgar and offensive. The punch line reveals that they incongruously bill themselves as "The Aristocrats". When told to audiences who know the punch line, the joke's humor depends on the described outrageousness of the family act. Because the objective of the joke is its transgressive content, it is most often told privately, such as by comedians to other comedians. The joke came to wider public attention when Gilbert Gottfried told it during the Friars' Club roast of Hugh Hefner to recover after losing the crowd and eliciting "booing and hissing" with a joke about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which had occurred just 18 days prior. The 2005 documentary film of the same name by Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette featured numerous comedians discussing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aristocrats (film)
''The Aristocrats'' is a 2005 American documentary comedy film about the famous eponymous dirty joke. The film was conceived and produced by comedians Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza and Peter Adam Golden, and it was edited by Emery Emery. Distributed by THINKFilm, it is dedicated to Johnny Carson, as "The Aristocrats" was said to be his favorite joke. The joke "The Aristocrats" is a longstanding transgressive joke amongst comedians, in which the setup and punchline are almost always the same (or similar). It is the joke's midsection – which may be as long as the one telling it prefers and is often completely improvised – that makes or breaks a particular rendition. The joke involves a person pitching an act to a talent agent. Typically the first line is, "A man walks into a talent agent's office." The man then describes the act. From this point, up to (but not including) the punchline, the teller of the joke is expected to ad-lib the most shocking act they can possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-night Stand
A one-night stand is a single sexual encounter in which there is no expectation that there shall be any further relations between the sexual participants. It draws its name from the common practice of a one-night stand, a single night performance by an entertainer at a venue. The practice can be described as "sexual activity without emotional commitment or future involvement".Jeffrey S. Turner, ''American Families in Crisis: A Reference Handbook'' (2009), p. 47. Views The one-night stand is the most common form of infidelity and is often used in research, polls and surveys to define the level of promiscuity in a society at any given time. It has been suggested that such an act can be as threatening to a relationship as a long-term affair: Some women have suggested that women who feel sexually insecure or unfulfilled should seek out one-night stands for personal growth and fulfillment. One writes, " one-night stand is the erotic manifestation of carpe diem— only we are se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Will Be Girls (2003 Film)
''Girls Will Be Girls'' is a 2003 comedy film written and directed by Richard Day. Starring Jack Plotnick, Clinton Leupp, and Jeffery Roberson as three actresses at various places in their careers, the film is a parody of Hollywood-related movies such as ''Sunset Boulevard'', ''All About Eve'', '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', ''Mommie Dearest'', and '' Valley of the Dolls''. Plot Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick) is a washed-up, alcoholic, aging C-List actress (star of kinescope, stage, television, and film in such works as the TV special ''Christmas Evie'', vaudeville-era appearances promoting Dr. Vim's Miracle Elixir, ''Court TV: Celebrities Who Kill'', ''Tabitha'', and the sad 1970s disaster epic ''Asteroid'' agline: "Earth Might Get Crushed!". She lives in a tackily out-of-style bungalow with Coco (Clinton Leupp), a homely, lonely, doormat of a spinster who carries a torch for the handsome young doctor who performed her abortion years ago. Evie's life is turned upside d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Fife
Bernard "Barney" Fife is a fictional character in the American television program ''The Andy Griffith Show'', portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow-paced, sleepy, southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He appeared in the first five seasons (1960–65) as a main character, and after leaving the show towards the end of season five, made a few guest appearances in the three color seasons (1965–68). He also appeared in the first episode of the Spin-off (media), spin-off series ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' (1968–1971), and in the 1986 reunion television film ''Return to Mayberry''. Additionally, Barney appeared in the ''The Joey Bishop Show (sitcom), Joey Bishop Show'' episode "Joey's Hideaway Cabin", and unnamed in the first episode of ''The New Andy Griffith Show''. In 1999, ''TV Guide'' ranked him ninth on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. Concept and creation According to Andy Griffith, the character of Barney Fife was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Knotts
Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'', for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also played Ralph Furley on the sitcom ''Three's Company'' from 1979 to 1984. He starred in multiple comedic films, including leading roles in ''The Incredible Mr. Limpet'' (1964) and ''The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'' (1966). In 2004, ''TV Guide'' ranked him number 27 on its "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time" list. Knotts was born in West Virginia, the youngest of four children. In the 1940s, before earning a college degree, he served in the United States Army and in World War II. While enlisted, he chose to become a Ventriloquism, ventriloquist and comedian as part of a G.I. variety show, ''Stars and Gripes''. After the army, he got his first major break on television on the soap opera ''Search for Tomorrow'', where he appeared from 1953 to 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons (season 18)
The eighteenth season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox between September 10, 2006 and May 20, 2007. The season contained seven hold-over episodes from the seventeenth season’s HABF production line. Al Jean served as the showrunner, a position he has held since the thirteenth season, while the season was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The season finale, "You Kent Always Say What You Want", was the series' 400th episode. Additionally, the ''Simpsons'' franchise celebrated its 20th anniversary, as it has been on the air since April 19, 1987, beginning with shorts on ''The Tracey Ullman Show''. Voice cast & characters Main cast * Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Hans Moleman, Groundskeeper Willie, Louie, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Gil Gunderson, Snowball II, Mayor Quimby, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Kodos, Santa's Little Helper, Rich Texan, Mr. Teeny, Arnie Pye, and various others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons (season 14)
The fourteenth season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox between November 3, 2002 and May 18, 2003. It was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show runner for the fourteenth production season was Al Jean, who executive produced 21 of 22 episodes. The other episode, " How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", was run by Mike Scully. The fourteenth season has met with mostly positive reviews and won two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour), four Annie Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award. This season contains the show's 300th episode, " Barting Over". Production Writers credited with episodes in the fourteenth season included J. Stewart Burns, Kevin Curran, John Frink & Don Payne, Dana Gould, Dan Greaney, Brian Kelley, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, Matt Warburton and Marc Wilmore. Freelance write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of Queens
''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, with a total of 207 half-hour episodes spanning nine seasons. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who also served as the show's executive producer, and stars Kevin James and Leah Remini as Doug Heffernan, Doug and Carrie Heffernan, a working-class couple living in Rego Park, Queens. All the episodes were filmed in front of a Studio audience, live studio audience. ''The King of Queens'' was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions (1998–2007), CBS Studios, CBS Paramount Television (2007), in association with Columbia TriStar Television (1998–2002), and Sony Pictures Television (2002–07). It was filmed at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. The ninth and final season concluded with a China Syndrome (The King of Queens), double-length series finale in 2007. James and Remini reunited in the 2016 television sitcom '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
