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Maron (TV Series)
''Maron'' is an American sitcom created by and starring Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself. The series premiered on the American cable television network IFC on May 3, 2013. Maron, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Olivia Wingate, Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin and Duncan Birmingham served as the show's executive producers. Glarum and Jamin were the showrunners. ''Maron''s second season premiered on May 8, 2014, and its thirteen-episode third season premiered on May 14, 2015. In November 2015, the series was renewed for a thirteen-episode fourth season. In 2016 the show was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy. On July 11, 2016, Maron announced on his ''WTF'' podcast that the series would not have a fifth season, with the season four finale serving as the series finale. The series finale aired on July 13, 2016. Cast and characters * Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself Supporting * Josh Brener as Kyle, Marc's assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Davis
Lucy Clare Davis (born 17 February 1973) is an English actress known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy ''The Office'' (2001–2003), Hilda Spellman in the Netflix series '' The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' (2018–2020), Dianne in the horror-comedy '' Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), and Etta Candy in ''Wonder Woman'' (2017). She played Eva in Disney Channel's action comedy series '' The Villains of Valley View'', which premiered in 2022. Career Davis appeared briefly in an episode of '' The Detectives'', a show created for and starring her father (Jasper Carrott). She played Maria Lucas in the BBC's 1995 production of ''Pride and Prejudice'', and also had a role in the 1996 Christmas special of ''One Foot in the Grave''. After her breakthrough role as Dawn Tinsley in ''The Office'', she appeared in the films '' Sex Lives of the Potato Men'' and '' Shaun of the Dead'' in 2004, whilst continuing to play Hayley Jordan in ''The Archers'' on BBC Radio 4. She gave up thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt John Foster Cenac Jr. ( ; born April 19, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He was a correspondent and writer for ''The Daily Show'' from 2008 to 2012. He starred in the TBS series '' People of Earth'' and in Barry Jenkins's first feature '' Medicine for Melancholy''. He also hosted and produced the HBO series '' Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas''. Early life Cenac was born in New York on April 19, 1976, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan and spent his early years in the Bronx. His father, Wyatt Cenac Sr., was a cab driver born in Saint Mark Parish, Grenada, in 1944. When Cenac was five, his father was shot and killed in his cab by a teenage passenger in Harlem. Cenac moved with his mother (Patricia Hampton), a New York native, and Trinidadian stepfather to Dallas, Texas, in 1981. He spent his summers with his maternal grandmother in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in an apartment on President Street. While in elementary school, he became friends with co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colt Cabana
Scott Colton (born May 6, 1980), better known by the ring name Colt Cabana, is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, and podcaster. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a wrestler and as a coach, and he performs the same duties for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH). He is a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time NWA National Heavyweight Championship, one-time RevPro British Heavyweight Champion, and one-time JCW World Heavyweight Champion. He worked in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Scotty Goldman and wrestled as old-school masked wrestler Matt Classic in Wrestling Society X and Chikara. Cabana began competing routinely for Steel Domain Wrestling throughout 2000 and 2001 in St. Paul, Minnesota, often teaming with or facing rival and later friend CM Punk. He made a name for himself when he joined ROH, where he was placed in a rivalry with Punk before uniting with Punk and Ace Steel to form the Second City Saints. He later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis C
Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS Louis, HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also * Derived terms * King Louis (other) * Saint Louis (other) * Louis Cruise Lines * Louis dressing, for salad * Louis Quinze, design style Associated terms * Lewis (other) * Louie (other) * Luis (other) * Louise (other) * Louisville (other) Associated names * * Chlodwig, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis" * Ladislav and László - names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis" * Ludovic, Ludwig (other), Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludwik, names sometimes translated to English as "Louis" {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Burr
{{Infobox comedian , image = Bill Burr by Gage Skidmore.jpg , alt = , caption = Burr in 2018 , birth_name = William Frederic Burr , birth_date = {{birth date and age, 1968, 6, 10 , birth_place = Canton, Massachusetts, U.S. , years_active = 1992–present , alma_mater = Emerson College , medium = {{hlist, Stand-up, television, film, podcast , genre = {{hlist, Observational comedy, sketch comedy, black comedy, insult comedy, sarcasm, satire , spouse = {{marriage, Nia Hill, 2013 , children = 2 , website = {{URL, https://billburr.com William Frederic Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, actor, writer, and director. He started his career as a stand-up comedian before expanding his career as an actor on stage and screen. As a comedian he is known for his sharp confrontational observational humor often ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Bruce
Bruce Church (born ), better known by his stage name Bruce Bruce, is an American comedian and actor. He hosted BETs '' ComicView'' from 2000 to 2002 and has appeared in such films as ''The Wash'' (2001), '' XXX: State of the Union'' (2005), '' Idlewild'' (2006) and '' Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector'' (2006). In 2005 he became the spokesperson for Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits. Early life Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bruce was the only child of a divorced mother. He grew up in " The Bluff" neighborhood of northwest Atlanta, an area that has a history of crime and poverty. Bruce was funny from a young age and was a class clown. He looked up to his uncle, Paul, whom he referred to as "the funniest man in the world" during a 2002 interview. As a child he was inspired by comedians such as Flip Wilson and Jackie Gleason, and was later influenced by Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Redd Foxx and Milton Berle. He worked as a barbecue chef, then as a sales person for Frito-Lay, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CM Punk
Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw brand. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he is known for his outspoken and confrontational straight edge Gimmick (professional wrestling), persona, which is based on his real-life experiences. His 434-day reign with the WWE Championship is the World championships in WWE#Ten longest, tenth-longest world title reign in the company's history. Brooks began his wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1997. He signed with Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2002, where he won the ROH World Championship once and was one of the inaugural inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame. Brooks signed with WWE in 2005 and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013), World Heavyweight Championship three times, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Bargatze
Nathanael Bargatze ( ; born March 25, 1979)Review: Nate Bargatze, ‘The Greatest Average American,’ on Netflix Sean L. McCarthy, March 25, 2021 is an American stand-up comedian. He has been called a clean comedian, and has been noted for his , monotone delivery. Bargatze was the highest-grossing stand-up comic in 2024, with over a million tickets sold across his shows. Early life Bargatze was born in |
Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford (born September 3, 1970) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Her work often uses self-deprecating and dark topics, including her dysfunctional family, depression, anxiety, suicide and mental illness. Her first comedy album and tour was '' The Burning Bridges Tour'' (2003), followed by eight more albums and specials. One of her first feature films is ''Lucky Numbers'' (2000), and she voiced characters on many animated shows, including Scorpi on '' Mixels'', Shriek on '' CatDog'', and many more on ''American Dad!'', ''Ugly Americans (TV series), Ugly Americans'', ''Adventure Time'', and ''BoJack Horseman''. Her film work includes ''Stuart Little 2'' (2002), ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'' (2003), ''Barnyard (film), Barnyard'' (2006), ''Heckler (film), Heckler'' (2007), and ''Hell and Back (film), Hell and Back'' (2015). She voiced Talking Ginger and Talking Becca in the ''Talking Tom & Friends (TV series), Talking Tom & Friends'' web series. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Agee
Steven Douglas Agee (; born February 26, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician, known for roles including Steve Myron on the Comedy Central series '' The Sarah Silverman Program'' and as John Economos in the DCEU superhero film '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021), the streaming television series '' Peacemaker'' (2022), and in the film ''Shazam! Fury of the Gods'' (2023). He also served as the on-set stand-in for Nanaue / King Shark. Career Agee is also a musician. He played guitar and bass in various rock bands in the 1990s, and has collaborated with Brendon Small in the past. He played bass guitar in a commercial for ''Rocksmith 2014'' and released a comedy-punk album, ''Scab'', on September 4, 2021. Filmography Film Television Web Video games Writing credits * 2005–08: ''Jimmy Kimmel Live! ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', sometimes shortened to ''JKL'', is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and broadcast on ABC. The ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Shapiro
Rick Shapiro (born April 13, 1959) is a Los Angeles–based comedian and actor. Life and career Shapiro was born in New Jersey. Spending his early years in New York City and New Jersey, Shapiro started his career in the early 1980s as a comedian at Catch A Rising Star on Broadway. Besides performing regularly on stage, throughout the 1990s he acted and starred in multiple films by Louis CK, including ''Ice Cream'' (1993) and '' Tomorrow Night'' (1998). Additionally, he portrayed the re-occurring character "Angry Poet" in ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. In 1998, Shapiro released his first comedy CD called ''Unconditional Love'', which Billboard called "hard-edged and uncompromising". In the 2000s, Shapiro's career continues in multiple fields. He is performing stand-up comedy nationally and internationally, debuting a one-man show in 2007 in the Edinburgh Festival, and touring Australia in 2009. He had his first video game appearance in 2008, portraying the character Mason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
