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July 15, 2020
... In 1999, she headed west to play the female lead in The WB sitcom Jack & Jill . It aired for two seasons, but neither ... more the cool older sister who can hang with — and stand up to — the guys. No wonder Aaron Sorkin brought her ...
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February 11, 2015
... in his recurring segment, “Back in Black,” the veteran stand-up comic excels at wild-eyed, spittle-flecked topical ... . Busy as he is, he’s also put out a fistful of stand-up specials, including Stark Raving Black, Black on ... the feature comedy Lovesick , and as a co-lead in the Fox sitcom Dirty Blondes (opposite The Office ’s Angela ...
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October 13, 2014
... with Tamra, the sassy nurse she plays on Fox’s romantic sitcom The Mindy Project . “We have the same energy,” the ... doing something else having to do with performance, like stand-up comedy. I’m not about to be a doctor. If I don’t ...
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June 9, 2016
... film, Special Correspondents , preparing for his first stand-up tour in six years, finishing up work on the next ... I’ll be writing two screenplays or two TV shows or some stand-up, and then I’ll go and write a song for the David ... scribbled down, and I go, 'Oh yeah, that could be my next sitcom.' And then I decide one to do and I do it. “I ...
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June 17, 2016
In 1996, a little-known sitcom writer named Phil Rosenthal created a show for an up-and-coming stand-up comic named Ray Romano. The title ultimately proved ... We adapt or we die out. Would you want to run a network sitcom like Raymond again? It was fun, but it would be greedy ...
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December 15, 2015
... my real life, it will detract from the show." The family sitcom with a medical twist premiered in October and soon ... seven years he practiced medicine full-time while pursuing stand-up on the side. During his residency in New Orleans, he ...
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August 3, 2021
... by Jean Stapleton, who starred as Edith on the hit CBS sitcom. Cher's concise take on Edith then evolved into ... Douglas Show , singing a medley of the songs, "United We Stand" and "Without You." And in 1987, they performed their ...
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February 19, 2020
... shows. Doing a musical is more like a four-camera sitcom, where you have run-throughs, you can change stuff ... perform it all later at the end of the week. But with a sitcom, you can go rewrite the script and make 50 changes ... maybe not getting the response you'd like, and you want to stand up and go, "Hey everybody, listen – there's a better ...
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August 19, 2009
... distinctive comic voice resonates with audiences from her stand-up comedy appearances, through her work on television, ... specials. She began her acting career in television on the sitcom Open House and then on Laurie Hill before starring in ... Mr. Wrong , among others. She has hosted such industry events as the 38th Annual Grammy Awards , for which she ...
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May 5, 2015
... it was winning three of his four Emmys for his legendary sitcom or starring in classic films like Mary Poppins . Jerry has done well, too, from his early days as a stand-up comic to earning four straight Emmy nominations ...