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| x Arsenio Hall |
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Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and former talk show host. He is best known for his talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, which ran between 1989 and 1994. He is also well known for his roles in the films Coming to...
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| x Artie Lange |
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Arthur Steven "Artie" Lange, Jr. (born October 11, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, radio personality author and actor. Lange is most notable for replacing Jackie Martling on The Howard Stern Show, and as a member of the original cast of the...
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| x Basil White |
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Basil White (born October 18, 1968) is an American comedian and writer.
White was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended high school at Subiaco Abbey and Academy in Subiaco, Arkansas, graduating in 1986. He was a member of the Class of 1990 at...
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| x Ben Feldman |
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Ben Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American television and film actor. He has done stage acting, including the Broadway play The Graduate along with Alicia Silverstone and Kathleen Turner. He also played a leading character in The Perfect Man and...
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| x Bernie Mac |
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Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined...
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| x Bill Cosby |
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Bill Cosby: Himself |
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action...
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| x Bill Engvall |
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William Ray "Bill" Engvall, Jr. (born July 27, 1957) is an American comedian best known for his work as a stand-up comic and as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group. In 2007 TBS began airing his sitcom The Bill Engvall Show. He has released...
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| x Bill Maher |
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Satire | Sleepwalking |
William "Bill" Maher, Jr. (pronounced /ˈmɑr/; born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, social and political commentator, and author. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher...
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| x Billy Crystal |
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William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the...
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| x Blake Clark |
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Blake Clark (born February 2, 1946) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and veteran of the Vietnam War. Other than his acting, he is best known for his deep, gravelly voice.
Clark was born in Macon, Georgia. He graduated from LaGrange College in...
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| x Bob Hope |
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Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and...
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| x Bob Marley |
Robert Cochrane Marley, Jr. is a comedian from Portland, Maine. He has stated that when he was born, his dad had no idea there was a singer named Bob Marley.
Marley was born in Bangor, Maine and lived there until he was 19. He then lived in the...
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| x Bob Newhart |
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George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who is best known for playing psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show and as innkeeper Dick Loudon on the 1980s...
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| x Bob Saget |
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Blue comedy | Farce of the Penguins |
Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (born May 17, 1956) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, television host, and filmmaker. Although he is best known for his past roles in the family-oriented shows Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos, Saget is...
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| x Brad Slaight |
Brad Slaight is an American actor, standup comedian and writer. According to his website he has appeared on many television shows and films including a starring role on The Young and the Restless Some of his other credits from the IMDB are That's...
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| x Brian Haley |
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Brian Carlo Haley (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. His stand-up act is characterized by playing his all-American looks against manic outbursts and absurd situations. As an actor he may be best known for his roles...
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| x Brian Regan |
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Observational comedy | The Improv |
Brian Regan (pronounced /ˈriːɡən/) is an American stand-up comedian. Regan uses observational humor, which is also occasionally self-deprecating, and his performances are relatively "clean" as he refrains from off-color humor. Regan's material...
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| x Bruce Daniels |
Bruce Daniels is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His primary claim to fame comes from the fact that he toured from 2003 to 2005 as the opening act for his friend, comedian Margaret Cho. They also co-star together in the film Bam Bam and...
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| x Buddy Hackett |
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Buddy Hackett (August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor. In his later life, he and his wife set up the Singita Animal Sanctuary in the San Fernando Valley, California.
Buddy Hackett was born Leonard Hacker in Brooklyn, New...
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| x CC Swiney |
Christopher Casey "C.C." Swiney (August 13, 1981) is a writer, actor, and comedian in the film and television industry.
He was born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, to Joyce and Tate Swiney.
Swiney attended Powell Valley High School and received his...
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| x Carlos Mencia |
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Ned Arnel Mencía (born October 22, 1967), better known by his stage name Carlos Mencia, is a comedian, writer, and actor in the United States. His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race, culture, and social class, juxtaposing...
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| x Cedric the Entertainer |
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Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), best known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known as the co-star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, as Eddie in the Barbershop films, and...
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| x Charlie Murphy |
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Charles Quinton "Charlie" Murphy (born July 12, 1959) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his role on the sketch-comedy series, Chappelle's Show. He is the older brother of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy.
Murphy was born in...
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| x Cheech Marin |
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Born in East L.A. |
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's quick-and-scheme partner, Insp. Joe...
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| x Chris Bliss |
Chris Bliss is an American stand up comedian and juggler. He majored in comparative literature at Northwestern University and the University of Oregon before dropping out to pursue a career in juggling.
Bliss decided not to pursue the conventional...
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| x Chris Kanik |
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Chris Kanik is a stand-up comedian. He first gained mass popularity through his use of social networking sites, such as MySpace. Kanik is a Cornell University alumnus, and hold degrees in economics and biochemistry. He was raised in Union City, New...
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| x Chris Rock |
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Observational comedy | Head of State |
Christopher Julius Rock III is a comedian, actor, writer, director and producer best known for his television work in Saturday Night Live and Everybody Hates Chris. Comedy Central named him the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time in...
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| x Chris Tucker |
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Christopher "Chris" Tucker (born August 31, 1972) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Smokey in the 1995 film Friday and Detective James Carter in the Rush Hour trilogy.
Chris Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son...
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| x Christopher Titus |
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Black comedy |
Christopher Todd Titus (born October 1, 1964, in Castro Valley, California) is an American comedian and actor. He grew up in Newark, California. Titus came to national attention with the eponymous FOX show Titus. He is also a stand-up comedian whose...
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| x Chuck Barris |
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Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barris (born 3 June 1929) is an American game show producer and presenter who was responsible for many of the best known game shows of the 1960s and 1970s. Barris, who is a survivor of lung cancer, is also an author.
Barris...
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| x Craig Anton |
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Craig Ward Anton (born August 28, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. Anton is most notable for being one of the original cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv and for his role as Lloyd Diffy in the Disney Channel Original Series Phil...
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| x Craig Ferguson |
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I'll Be There |
Craig Ferguson (born May 17, 1962) is a Scottish-American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, director and actor. He is the present host of CBS's The Late Late Show, a role that earned him an Emmy nomination in 2006.
Before his career as a...
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| x Craig Shoemaker |
Craig Shoemaker (born November 15, 1962) is an American comedian. He hails from Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania and attended Springfield Township High School. He has performed on many different stand-up comedy programs including Comic Relief and Comedy...
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| x D. L. Hughley |
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Darryl Lynn "D. L." Hughley (born March 6, 1963) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is perhaps best known as the star of the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings...
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| x Damon Wayans |
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Damon Kyle Wayans (pronounced /ˈdeɪmən ˈweɪ.ənz/; born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor, known as one of the popular Wayans brothers.
Wayans was born in New York City, New York, the son of Elvira, a homemaker and...
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| x Dan Allen |
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Dan Allen (born 1973) is a stand-up comedian, producer and storyteller currently based in New York City.
He was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. His family was poor and apt to move from place to place. They eventually settled down in San Antonio,...
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| x Dane Cook |
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Observational comedy | 8 guys |
Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated...
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| x Daniel Tosh |
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Daniel Tosh (born May 29, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian.
Daniel Tosh was born in Germany but grew up in Titusville, Florida, the son of a preacher with one brother and two sisters. After graduating from Astronaut High School in 1993 and...
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| x Darrell Hammond |
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Darrell Hammond (born October 8, 1955) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. He was a regular on Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1995 until 2009, and holds the record for longest tenure as an SNL cast member, having earned the...
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| x Darren Carter |
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Darren Carter is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Carter has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comics Unleashed, Premium Blend on Comedy Central, and as a supporting character in the 2005 feature film Be Cool with John Travolta....
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| x Dave Attell |
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Dave Attell (born January 18, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian and the host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell and The Gong Show with Dave Attell.
Born in Queens, New York, he grew up in Rockville Centre, New York and now lives in...
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| x Dave Chappelle |
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David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, and actor. In 2003, he became widely known for his popular sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show. Comedy Central...
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| x David Alan Grier |
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David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1955), also known as "D.A.G." (DAG), is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color. He hosted the Comedy Central satirical news and sketch comedy program...
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| x David Brenner |
David Brenner (born February 4, 1936) is an American standup comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker. On February 3, 2009, on The Howard Stern show, Brenner admitted that he would turn 73 on February 4, 2009, after a career during which he had lied...
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| x David Cross |
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David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, and actor.
Cross was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Susi, a computer retailer. Six months later, Cross' family moved to Florida. After additional moves to New York and...
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| x David Letterman |
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Satire |
David Letterman is an American Television Host and Comedian. He is an Emmy Award Winner and known for hosting his own show: Late Show with David Letterman.
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| x Demetri Martin |
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Observational comedy |
Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an Emmy Award–nominated and Perrier comedy award–winning Greek-American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a standup comedian and as a contributor on...
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| x Denis Leary |
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Black comedy |
Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He is known for his often biting comedic style and his chain smoking. Leary is the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me now in its fifth...
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| x Dennis Miller |
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Satire |
Dennis Miller (November 3, 1953) is a 5-time Emmy winning American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, sports commentator, and television and radio personality. He is known for his ability to improvise critical assessments laced with...
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| x Dick Gregory |
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Dick Gregory (born Richard Claxton Gregory on October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur.
Gregory is an influential American comic who has used his performance skills to...
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| x Dom Irrera |
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Domenick Jack Irrera (born 1947), originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family, which...
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| x Don Rickles |
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Insult comedy |
Donald Jay "Don" Rickles (born May 8, 1926) is an American comedian and actor. A frequent guest on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic. However, unlike many...
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| x Doug Stanhope |
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Black comedy |
Douglas Gene Stanhope (born March 25, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian who currently lives in the small U.S.-Mexico border town of Bisbee, Arizona.
In 1967, Doug Stanhope was born in Worcester, Massachusetts where he lived until he was 18...
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| x Dov Davidoff |
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Dov Davidoff is an American comedian.Dov is originally from Monroe Twp. N.J. In addition to performing regularly in clubs and colleges throughout the country, Davidoff has been seen as an actor in the hit movie Invincible with Mark Wahlberg, and on...
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| x Drew Carey |
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Improvisational comedy |
Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actor, photographer, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marines and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring on his own...
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| x Eddie Griffin |
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Eddie Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his sitcom, Malcolm & Eddie, along with co-star, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and his role in the 2002 comedy film, Undercover Brother as the film’s title character....
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| x Eddie Murphy |
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Harlem Nights |
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live...
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| x Emo Philips |
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Surreal humour |
Emo Philips is an American entertainer and comedian born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians and garden path sentences spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice and a confused,...
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| x Frank Caliendo |
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Franklin "Frank" Caliendo (born January 19, 1974) is an American comedian and impressionist, best known for his work on the Fox Network television series MADtv, and has been the in-house prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday. In 2007 and 2008, he...
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| x Frank DeCaro |
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Frank DeCaro (born November 6, 1962) is an American writer and performer. The New York-born DeCaro writes humor columns for Newsday, and is the author of A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir (Viking 1996). He came into the public eye as a featured...
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