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Today, March 24th 2023, would have been comedian Louie Anderson’s 70th birthday. I first met Louie in 1989, when he published a book of letters to his alcoholic father, a
Today, March 24th 2023, would have been comedian Louie Anderson’s 70th birthday. I first met Louie in 1989, when he published a book of letters to his alcoholic father, a
Edie Adams was a very popular movie and television star in the 1950s, known widely for her comic impersonations of sexy singers, and her own wonderful singing voice. But eventually
We got sad news last week but comedian Gilbert Gottfried had succumbed after a long battle with muscular dystrophy. Funny and controversial, by turns relatable and outrageous, Gilbert Gottfried built
Tomorrow, March 5th, is the 40th anniversary of the untimely deaf of comedian. John Belushi. Belushi was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live when it premiered
Who knew Russians had such a great sense of humor? Well, few Americans thought so, until the 1980s, when the young Russian-born Yakov Smirnoff burst onto the scene. When he
It was an HBO Young Comedians special in late summer 1985 that launched a young comedian to national fame. Sam Kinison became wildly popular almost overnight. And for the next
Al Franken has had several careers. He was one of the original writers and cast members of Saturday Night Live in the mid-1970s. In fact, he was with the show
Long before Jimmy Fallon, way before Jay Leno, before Johnny Carson, or Jack Paar .. NBC’s Tonight Show was hosted by its co-creator Steve Allen. In the fall of 1954,
Lewis Black makes us laugh by being the angry man. The perpetually irritated Lewis Black wrote a book in 2005, a semi-autobiographical account but he called Nothing’s Sacred. And that;s
if you were in high school or college in the 1970’s, as I was, you undoubtedly are familiar with the comedy of Cheech and Chong. Cheech Marin went on to