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Jimmy Brogan (born September 18, 1948), sometimes credited as Jim Brogan, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He has made numerous stand-up appearances on the talk show circuit including ''
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''. He was a writer on ''
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'' for 9 years. As an actor, he starred in the
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sitcom '' Out of the Blue''.


Comedian

Brogan is well known in the comedy clubs for his off the cuff adlib-style act. The ''
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'' has called Brogan “an absolute master at interacting with the crowd” and says, “he elevated crowd interaction to a high art.” Brogan started doing stand-up comedy in New York City in 1975. Within his first year and a half of doing stand-up he was a regular performer at the
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. Brogan guest starred on ''
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'' 7 times from 1984 to 1992. He also appeared on ''
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''. He hosted ''Laffathon'' on Showtime 1980–81, ''
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'' on Fox 1987, ''You Asked for It Again'' on the Family Channel 1992. He also hosted ''
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'' on Fox in 1987 after Joan Rivers left the show. From 1992 until 2001 he appeared many times on ''
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'' doing stand-up, in written comedy pieces and in remote segments. He acted as an audience "warm up" (performing stand up just prior to the show's taping) for sitcoms ''
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'' as well as talk shows ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. Almost every Sunday for the last 27 years, he has been opening for Jay Leno at the Comedy & Magic Club in
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. "Leno calls Brogan every Sunday to ask if they're riding together. 'He picks me up in one of his 80 exotic cars,' Brogan said. 'We ride in a different one every Sunday. This has been a ritual since 1991.'"


Writer

Brogan served as a writer for the opening monologue on ''
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'' from 1992 to 2001. The ''
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'' called him "L.A.'s premier 'joke scientist' …dissecting, analyzing, adding or subtracting ingredients" in Leno's opening monologue. During the show "Jimmy would sit to one side of the audience while Jay told his jokes. On occasion, Jimmy and Jay would make a bet to see if a certain joke worked or not. If Jimmy won, Jay would walk down the stage, and pay Jimmy. If Jay won, Jimmy would come to the stage and pay off the bet. All this was done while the camera was running."


Actor

In 1979, Brogan moved to Los Angeles to star in the sitcom '' Out of the Blue'' on ABC as Random the Angel. ABC aired 9 episodes, including the premiere episode which co-starred
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''. Brogan also appeared in an episode of ''
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'' entitled "Chachi Sells his Soul" as Random to cross promote his show. He had guest parts on other TV shows including ''
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'', '' Jerry Seinfeld’s Stand-up Confidential'' and '' Jerry Before Seinfeld''. Brogan also appeared in major motion pictures including ''
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'' (with Matt Damon) as psychiatrist, Dr. Miller; and ''
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'' (with Kristen Wiig) as the minister at the wedding.


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External links

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