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1922. Genre. Music hall, monologue. Label. His Master's Voice. Songwriter (s) Bert Lee and R. P. Weston. " My Word, You Do Look Queer " is a comic monologue written by Bert Lee and R. P. Weston. It was first performed and recorded in 1922 by English entertainer Ernest Hastings, [1] and revived by Stanley Holloway who recorded it in 1938 and ...
Make Happy is a stand-up comedy routine written and performed by Bo Burnham which he performed live in 2015 and 2016. It was directed by Burnham and Chris Storer and a recording of the show was released on Netflix on June 3, 2016. Similar to Burnham's previous special what., the show is a specifically choreographed performance that combines ...
Spalding Gray. Gray at the Performing Garage (1979–81). Photograph by Gary Schoichet. Spalding Gray (June 5, 1941 – c. January 11, 2004) was an American actor, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as ...
Willesden, Middlesex, England. Occupation. Music hall entertainer. Years active. c. 1899–1940. Ernest Walter Hastings (15 June 1879 – 2 September 1940) was an English singer, pianist, composer and performer of comic monologues. He was popular from the 1900s to the 1930s, when he was described as "England's Greatest Entertainer at the Piano ...
A Midsummer Nights Dream - 1954 (Audiobook) Champagne Charlie - 1954. My Fair Lady (Original Cast) - 1956. Stanley Holloway's Concert Party - 1957 [20] Nonsense Verse Of Carroll And Lear - 1957 [21] Gobbledegook Songs - 1957 [22] The Concert Party -1958 [23] ' Ere's 'Olloway - 1958. Alice In Wonderland - 1958.
Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo and musicians. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer. He collaborated with Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, in writing and performing comic songs. They first worked together in a school revue in 1939 and eventually wrote more than 100 comic songs together.
He originated and popularised many songs, sketches and monologues in his music hall acts and made both sound [2] and visual [3] recordings of some of his work shortly before he died. Although brief, Leno's recording period (1901–1903) produced around thirty recordings on one-sided shellac discs using the early acoustic recording process. [ 2 ]
Paul Anthony Michael McDermott (born 13 May 1962 [citation needed]) is an Australian entertainer, best known both for Good News Week and for his role as a member of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars. He has frequently appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and taken part in its two major televised productions ...