One way to deal with the return of Trump is more film. I don't know when the last time was that I watched Spike Lee's 2000 film The Original Kings of Comedy, documenting the comedy tour hosted by Steve Harvey and including D.L. Hughley, Cedric...
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This is the grave of Bob Hope. Born in 1903 in London, England, Leslie Townes Hope came from something of an artistic family. His father was a stonemason, but his.
This is the grave of Richard Jeni. Born in 1957 in Brooklyn, Richard Colangelo grew up in an Italian-American family there. A very good student, he went to Hunter College,.
This is the grave of Dom DeLuise. Born in 1933 in New York City, Dominick DeLuise grew up in an Italian-American household, which you all already knew, I mean his name is Dom DeLuise. He was a deeply observant Catholic his whole life. He was...
Wow, a huge loss to the world of comedy and to the world of weird 60s America. And of course the politics of the Smothers Brothers were all the way.
This is the grave of Rodney Dangerfield. Born in 1921 in Deer Park, New York, Jacob Cohen grew up in an entertainment family. His parents were vaudeville people. They were.
This is the grave of Tim Conway. Born Thomas Conway in 1933 outside of Cleveland, the future Tim was half-Irish, half-Romanian, and thus all Catholic. In fact, he was known as Toma as a kid, which is the Romanian version of Thomas. He became Tim...
I never really got why anyone thought Gallagher was that funny. How smashing fruit is supposed to be comedic, I just don't know. Then he just became a racist, or.
New Year's Eve deserves a comedy and let me recommend the 2019 Matthew Rankin film The Twentieth Century, a completely bonkers "biopic" of Canadian prime minister McKenzie King's rise to.
Well, this sucks: Norm Macdonald, whose laconic delivery of sharp and incisive observations made him one of Saturday Night Live‘s most influential and beloved cast members, died today after a nine-year private battle with cancer. He was 61.Macdonald’s death was announced to Deadline by his...
This is the grave of Sam Kinison. Born in Yakima, Washington in 1953, Kinison grew up in a hard-core Pentecostal background. They had little money as their father traveled around.
This is the grave of David Brenner. Born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Brenner grew up in the poor Jewish community of that city. His father was a vaudeville comedian and.