This is the grave of Gilda Radner, Born in 1946 in Detroit, Radner grew up in a upper middle class Jewish family there. She was named after the movie with Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth, so her going into show business seems right. Her cousin...
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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.
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, graduating with honors and a comparative politics degree. He went into PR work but had...
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.
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 also horrific parents. His father basically abandoned the family, while his mother was known for...
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.
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 power. Let's just say.....it is not history. It is however, freaking hilarious. First, it's been...
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.
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.