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On Location is a series from HBO.The series premiered on New Year's Eve 1975 with a one-hour performance by Robert Klein [1] and became a source for uncensored stand-up comedy performances [2] [3] from performers such as George Carlin, David Brenner, Redd Foxx, Rich Little, Robin Williams, Phyllis Diller, Buddy Hackett, Billy Crystal, Pat Cooper and others. [2]
In its original form, HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" was an alternative to the club circuit, providing opportunities to black stand-ups and has since grown into something larger. [27] [28] The stylistic origins of the Def Jam comedy genre directly borrow from the hip-hop scene and the rap "arena". [29] [30]
"The Last Tonight Show" 1996 Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television: Himself TV Special 1998 Behind the Music: Himself "Tony Orlando" 1998 E! True Hollywood Story: Himself Episode #2.28 "Freddie Prinze" 2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment: Himself TV Movie 2004 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time: Himself (#49) Miniseries 2007
The comedy team is a sacred show-business relationship. From the beginning of time, when Eve asked Adam if he wanted a bite to eat, having two or more characters deliver the jokes has always meant ...
Beginning in the early 1960s, he was a regular entertainer at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. [5] and did his first PBS show in 1975. He was a regular on the 1977 CBS variety show The Starland Vocal Band Show. [6] From 1979 to 1984, he was a correspondent on the NBC reality TV show Real People.
The first season of Saturday Night Live (then known as NBC's Saturday Night to avoid confusion with the similarly named variety show hosted by Howard Cosell), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975, to July 31, 1976. The show served as a vehicle that launched to stardom the careers ...
One Night Stand; Ninja Bachelor Party; Live at Zanies Nashville ’91 (previously unreleased) Live at Punch Line San Francisco ’91 (previously unreleased) Totally Bill Hicks (It's Just a Ride and Revelations) Live at the Laff Stop Austin, November ’91 (Clips, not a full show) Live at the Laff Stop Austin, December ’92 (Clips, not a full show)
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live sketches, organized by the season and date in which the sketch first appeared. For an alphabetical list, see Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed alphabetically). 1975–1976 Title Premiere date Main actor(s) Description Weekend Update October 11, 1975 Chevy Chase Jane Curtin Dan Aykroyd A satirical news segment ...