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July 27, 2022
... premiered on CBS on January 12, 1971. The multi-camera sitcom ran for nine seasons and paved the way for a new kind ... Rolle, sang "Me and My Shadow." Maude urged Florida to stand next to her, not behind her; she refused. "That was ... Green Tomatoes , This Is Spinal Tap , The Sure Thing , Stand by Me and The Princess Bride , the last four directed ...
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October 6, 2021
... on classic sitcoms that itself is a hybrid between sitcom and the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero realm. ... transitions were the most difficult thing, going from the sitcom to the MCU, and figuring out how to transition between ... from Hacks , to express the anger of Deborah Vance — the stand-up comic played by Jean Smart — when she didn't get a ...
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November 8, 2022
... and The Country Music Jamboree , and it televised sporting events ranging from boxing matches and hockey games to track ... included specials such as HBO Comedy Hour and One-Night Stand and series like Not Necessarily the News . Over the ... course, went on to star in the outrageously successful ABC sitcom Roseanne . History repeated itself with Wayans, who ...
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September 1, 2022
... shows The Electric Company and Picture Pages to NBC's hit sitcom The Cosby Show . He's a stand-up comic who was once inspired by Cosby's talent as a ... A&E's Cultureshock series on Chris Rock's breakthrough HBO stand-up special, Bring the Pain . And he's grown adept at ...
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June 23, 2020
... "It was a performance alternative — like a form of stand-up. Thank God I didn't do it." Instead, Booster pursued a career in comedy, and his success as an outré stand-up led to jobs as a writer and performer on shows like ... led him somewhere he never thought he'd be: on a network sitcom. He was a regular on NBC's short-lived Sunnyside . "I ...
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December 19, 2022
Playing one man's fantasy in a frothy sitcom for five seasons made Barbara Eden a star. As the ... you do, if you see the lion out alone, do not run. Just stand there because he doesn't want you." How did Mr. Hagman ...
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May 5, 2021
... His team found Yashere's act on YouTube, where the British stand-up comic describes the rigors of being the child of ... three. It was not Yashere's first TV gig. Decades of stand-up in the U.K. and U.S. had led to regular appearances ... was to be the best friend or crazy neighbor on somebody's sitcom," Yashere says. As the pilot was being crafted, she ...
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July 7, 2021
... to heighten? If there are songs, how can I make each piece stand out but still feel like it's part of the whole? In ... early in her career, she took acting lessons and did stand-up. She's kept busy this year, directing episodic in ...
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January 14, 2023
... Hiss. Halke, then a writer-producer on the Touchstone sitcom Misery Loves Company and today a writer and web ... value — like the best of television — that would stand the test of time. Early on, we accomplished our first ... not to interrupt the speaker or dispute their version of events. We do not censor or editorialize but present the ...