Kimber Rickabaugh is a producer with RickMill Productions (founded 1991). Along with her partner Paul Miller, Rickabaugh is responsible for television shows for

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and other networks.

Life

After starting at

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in New York, she next was under contract with

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until she went freelance as a producer in 1986, where she produced

's first ''LIVE Comedy Special''. In 1986, she married Gene Crowe, a technical director and design engineer and co-owner of Greene Crowe & Co. Rickabaugh and Crowe have worked together a few times on shows such as ''

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'', '' The Whoopi Goldberg Show'', and ''

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''. Rickabaugh formed RickMill Productions in 1991 with Paul Miller, who also directs, and the team continues to be active producers of comedy and variety series and specials. Some of her productions include: all

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HBO specials, for

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and multiple yearly specials and series. RickMill Productions produced 15 seasons of "Comedy Central Presents" series. RickMill also has an ongoing relationship with

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, starting in 2010 when producing all her stand-up specials for

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, where Griffin set an unprecedented feat of 4 one-hour specials in 2011. RickMill produced all of Griffin's specials in 2012 and 2013, where Kathy set a new record for the most televised comedy specials surpassing George Carlin's record. Kimber retired in 2012.

References

External links

RickMill Productions websiteComedy Central press article
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