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June 1, 2023
... weren't as naughty as the deceased denizens of the hit CBS sitcom Ghosts . Based on the popular British series of the ... just went for fun." What's it like to be on a hot network sitcom? "A lot of actors turn their noses up at a [network] sitcom, but when you see the joy on people's faces when they ...
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October 25, 2022
... former accountant started his career in entertainment as a stand-up. One of his classic bits — a snippet of which is ... with Newhart . On October 25, 1982, his second eponymous sitcom, Newhart (1982–90), debuted on CBS and went on to ... driveway?" As he ventured into the choppy seas of the TV sitcom, Newhart brought his great capacity for listening in a ...
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May 10, 2023
... Murphy wound up being responsible for the 1991–92 CBS sitcom that you would do with Redd Foxx, The Royal Family . ...
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August 9, 2022
... physical iceberg of abuse she jokes about in her Netflix stand-up special, Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy? She mines this same material in her "grown-folks sitcom," The Ms. Pat Show , which returns to BET+ for its ...
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February 11, 2022
... guy writing scripts for one of the most venerated Black sitcom stars in tv history. So, during his time on the NBC ... the absence of Fred's beloved, late wife Elizabeth. Before stand-up comics would regularly land their own sitcoms, ... writes. "But if you want them laughing from the belly, you stand a better chance if you can get them caring first." At ...
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May 3, 2022
When comedian-actress Margaret Cho stepped into her ABC sitcom in 1994, she hoped to join fellow standups who were ... after one season, Cho used the bad news as fuel for her stand-up career. "I had nothing to lose," she says. "It ... an actor. Also, in the '70s Saturday Night Live would have stand-up comedians on who would do their comedy in a portion ...
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April 3, 2023
... eventually sued CBS. A: Yes. I did three days on the stand on behalf of the Smothers. I talked to the jury and ... ever got. It paved the way for the Norman Lear kind of sitcom, the multiple camera live, or almost-live, show in ...
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November 14, 2022
... of race and justice, Reid and Dreesen struggled on the stand-up circuit, reaping cheers and jeers for their ... for the same part — the overnight disc jockey on a new sitcom on CBS. The second thing he saw was a script open to a ... this might lead? The critics loved WKRP in Cincinnati . "A sitcom perfect storm," one called it. "Brilliant writing, ...
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August 15, 2022
... actor played a neurotic standup who was aware he was on a sitcom. But it was his role as Larry Sanders that the ... auto mobile accident, he decided to pursue a career as a stand-up. He was an immediate hit, turning his singular lack ... Shandling. It's Garry Shandling's Show was about a single stand-up comedian who had a platonic girlfriend and a best ...
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September 23, 2022
... newlywed life: Paul Buchman, a documentarian — played by stand-up comedian Paul Reiser — was indeed "mad" about his ... that time best known to TV audiences for his role on the sitcom My Two Dads — and Danny Jacobson ( Roseanne ), the ... stories. And while you're telling those stories, those events and behaviors and little negotiations that are the ...