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Edition #12: Laugh-In Spotlight, Pt. 2 - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast August 29, 2005 The men behind Laugh-In, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, were successful Las Vegas entertainers, hosted and participated in the show while guest stars had merely bit parts. The main cast was always featured. The many different comic characters of Laugh-In: Gary Owens' over-modulated announcer, Ruth Buzzi's perpetually-frustrated spinster, Arte Johnson's lecherous old man, Goldie Hawn's dizzy blonde, Jo Anne Worley's anti-Chicken Joke militant, Henry Gibson's soft-spokenly banal poet, Lily Tomlin's snorting telephone operator, Pigmeat Markham's all-powerful Judge, and countless others are explored. Including in this edition: a special Saturday Night live skit, Uvula, with Gilda Radner. |
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Edition #11: Laugh-In Spotlight, Pt. 1 - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast August 15, 2005 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In was the NBC comedy-variety program which became an important training ground for a new generation of comic talent. It was originally a one-shot special and became an immediate hit. Laugh-in attempted to snare the flamboyance, anarchic energy, and pop aesthetic of 1960s counterculture, combining the black-out comedy of the vaudeville tradition with a 1960s-style "happening." This show was supposed to bridge generation gaps. Is that possible? And it made huge Hollywood stars out of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin. This edition also features Lily Tomlin in an appearance as host of Saturday Night Live from 1976 and includes a sketch (fake) TV commercial: Speed. From the US Variety: Henry Jenkins writes: (Laugh-In's) dependence upon stock comic characters and catch-phrases was clearly an influence on the development of Saturday Night Live, which by comparison, has a much more staid visual style and more predictable structure. |
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Edition #10: All in the Family Spotlight, Pt. 2 - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast July 4, 2005 Enjoy a one woman discussion from an episode in All In The Family's second season entitled Edith's Accident, and find out what's so dangerous about "cling peaches in heavy syrup." It will have you in stitches! |
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Edition #9: All in the Family Spotlight, Pt. 1 - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast June 20, 2005 Norman Lear's All in the Family was put on the air as a mid-season replacement on January 12th, 1971 for CBS television. The show broke ground by directly addressing topics such as extremist politics, bigotry, women's rights, religion, and homosexuality to name a few. Sherrie Fell discusses the show's enduring relevance and how current television content does not dare to challenge us...plus a few laughs along the way. |
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Edition #8: Bill Maher - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast May 9, 2005 Bill Maher is one of the most politically astute humorists in America today. His unflinching honesty and commitment to never pulling a punch have garnered him the respect and admiration of millions of fans. He has jumped back and forth between cable to network broadcast, pushing envelopes and buttons on both sides, most notably in the cancellation controversy surrounding Politically Incorrect. In 2003, Maher launched a new show, Real Time, on HBO. Host Sherrie Fell has assembled excerpts from Maher's Victory Begins at Home, a Tony-nominated one man show that he originated on Broadway in 2003. |
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Edition #7: Funny Ladies - listen | listen with RealPlayer Mo'Nique, Susie Essman, and Cathy Ladman are featured in stand up routines that sharpened their skills and earned them roles in respected, and never formulaic, TV sitcoms. Stand-up comedian, sitcom star, author, model and designer Mo'Nique coming to you live from Biloxi! That's a concept. From her Platinum comedy series, One Night Stand, Mo'Nique says what's on her mind. Also hear the incredible Susie Essman of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (Jeff's wife, for you fans) and Cathy Ladman, comedian, writer for Caroline Rhea Show, Caroline in the City and Roseanne with appearances on Everybody Loves Raymond, Politically Incorect and more! |
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Edition #6: Lewis Black - listen | listen with RealPlayer The hilarious Lewis Black exposed in choice excerpts from his live solo HBO special (HBO Comedy Series: Black on Broadway) at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. You don't have to see this guy to hear how funny he is. He can also be seen as a correspondent on the Emmy-winning The Daily Show with comedian, author, playwright and pundit Jon Stewart. Okay, we admire these folks. Listen for yourself. |
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Edition #5: Eddie Izzard and Margaret Cho - listen | listen with RealPlayer Are physically expressive comedians still funny when you can't see them mug? Host Sherrie Fell and her guest Michele Lallemand, present evidence from recordings by Eddie Izzard and Margaret Cho. Margaret Cho's hugely successful 2003 "Revolution" album tour grossed $4.4 million. The "Revolution" concert film will air on the Sundance Channel several times in February. The TV version of Eddie Izzard's fifth one--man show, "Dress to Kill", won an Emmy for its televised version in 2000. It is also a book. Michele Lallemand has been production coordinator for "Showtime at the Apollo" as well as for the Discovery Channel, the Sundance Channel and NBA Entertainment. Playlist Eddie Izzard (Dress to Kill) 01 2nd World War 02 Pearl Harbour to Russia 03 Italians & Fascists 04 Puberty 05 Lost My Virginity 06 Encore Margaret Cho (Revolution) 01 NU-CU-LAR 02 Dixie Chicks 03 Her P*ssy Exploded 04 Hello Kitty 05 Can't Tell Asians Apart 06 Anna Nicole 07 Gay Men Are Worse 08 Fuck It Diet 09 Plastic Surgery 10I Live There |
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Edition #4: Old Time Radio Comedy - listen | listen with RealPlayer Sherrie Fell takes us back, back to the days when families gathered around the radio to listen to entertainers like Jack Benny, Fibber McGee and Molly, and Burns and Allen, whose apple-pie routines would seem to have little in common with the seething, expletive-driven comedians of today... Playlist 01 The Jack Benny Show - "The Chief of Police" 02 Fibber McGee and Molly - "Fixitis" 03 The Life of Riley - "Prom trouble" 04 Burns and Allen - "Frank Sinatra and MGM Movie Casting" |
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Edition #3: Phyllis Diller and Ellen Degeneres - listen | listen with RealPlayer Phyllis Diller and Ellen Degeneres are two funny women with unique styles who both had successful TV shows and wrote best selling books: Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints, Phyllis Diller's Marriage Manual, "The Complete Mother, " and most recently, The Joys of Aging and How To Avoid Them, (Diller); My Point is...and I Do Have One, The Funny Thing Is , (Degeneres). Sherrie Fell compares and contrasts with selections from Diller's "Live from San Francisco" album (2000) and Degeneres' "Taste This," recorded in Portland, Oregon (1996). Playlist 01 Getting Old - Phyllis Diller 02 Holding It All Together - Phyllis Diller 03 Children - Ellen Degeneres 04 Embarrassing Moments - Ellen Degeneres 05 Driving - Phyllis Diller 06 Phone Call to God - Ellen Degeneres 07 Stupid Things - Ellen 08 Airplanes - Ellen |
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Edition #2: George Carlin and Chris Rock - listen | listen with RealPlayer Playing George Carlin's classic 1972 "Class Clown" album with Chris Rock's 1997 "Roll with the New," host Sherrie Fell sets up a competition to decide how they measure up to each other, and to today's standards of comedy, and the punchlines fly fast and furious. Playlist 01 George Carlin: Class Clown 02 George Carlin: Muhammad Ali- America the Beautiful 03 Chris Rock: O.J., I Understand 04 Chris Rock: Tossed Salad 05 George Carlin: I Used To Be An Irish Catholic 06 Chris Rock: Niggas vs. Black People 07 George Carlin: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television 08 Chris Rock: My Favorite Joke |
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Edition #1 - listen | listen with RealPlayer On this, her first program for WPS1, Sherrie plays recorded and archival routines by four generations of comedians to find out what kind of material is funny forever and what will never stand the test of time. Listen for favorites from Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, Sandra Bernhard and Redd Fox - and be prepared to laugh. Playlist
01 Bob Newhart : Ledge Psychology
02 Redd Fox : I Love you
03 Richard Pryor : Black Preachers
04 Milton Berle : Rich Little roast
05 Foster Brooks : Politics and Health
06 La Wanda : The Whores in Church
07 Sherrie Fell : Tracy, Craig T Rocker, Mouse
08 Harvey Fierstein : Welcome, Celebrity Stories, My trip to Santa Fe, Fruit Flies, Court of Appeals
09 Sandra Bernhard : Telephones, Too many magazines, The beautiful women in Hollywood, Sandi's Taxi
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| Sherrie Fell has performed standup comedy at Caroline's, Boston Comedy Club and Gotham Comedy club in New York. As an actress she has appeared in the Wes Anderson film, The Royal Tennenbaums, and in several episodes of HBO's "Sex in the City." Hers is also the voice of Kyota in the Japanese animated cartoon, "Munto." Last year, Sherrie formed 7th Street Entertainment, to represent songwriters and record producers. |
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