Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, ESPN SportsCenter anchors Steve Levy and Linda Cohn, and NBC's Today Show Weatherman Al Roker all attended SUNY Oswego.

Comedian Al Murray is the grandson of Sir Ralph Murray.

Comedian Al Murray, best known for his stand-up persona " The Pub Landlord ", was born in Stewkley.

Indianapolis 500 winners Parnelli Jones, Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Rodger Ward ; off-road champions Mickey Thompson, Ivan Stewart, Jack Flannery, Walker Evans ; international off road competitor, Rod Hall ; power boat champion Bill Muncey, movie-and television stars James Garner and Steve McQueen ; Comedian, Mort Sahl ; Astronaut, Gordon Cooper, are among the many racing and entertainment luminaries who competed in the Mint 400.

* Comedian Ralphie May stated in his album " Girth of a Nation " that he lived in Clarksville for while and worked at the local McDonald's.

Comedian George Formby, Jr. lived in the town.

Comedian Eric Morecambe, of the double act Morecambe and Wise, lived in Clayton while working in a mine as a ' Bevin Boy '.

Comedian Norman Wisdom, writer Simon Raven, Television presenter Karl Pilkington and actors William Hartnell, Charles Hawtrey all lived or live in Deal.

Comedian Eddie Izzard lived in the village for a short while in his childhood, as did actress Lorna Bennett.

Comedian Martin Lawrence once lived in Palmer Park while attending Eleanor Roosevelt High School in nearby Greenbelt.

One of Nikita Khrushchev's most enthusiastic eulogizers, the U.S.S.R.'s daily Izvestia, enterprisingly interviewed Red-prone Comedian Charlie Chaplin at his Swiss villa, where he has been in self-exile since 1952.

Comedian George Carlin grew up on 121st, and heavily drew upon his New York City roots on a number of his comedy albums, perhaps most memorably on Occupation: Foole, where he and his friends called their neighborhood " White Harlem ... because it sounded tough.

It is in what appears to be a trophy room of the Minutemen, noticeable during the infamous scene where The Comedian tries to rape the original Silk Specter.

After the first two series, a special, " Battle of the Best " show took place, where the two Adult Singer, Junior Singer, and Comedian Grand Champions ( Modeling was only the first season, and Dance had only been around for one season ) were brought back to face off for an additional $ 100, 000.

Comedian and talk-radio host Dennis Miller occasionally refers to a " Buford Pusser Stick " on his radio show, in reference to a fictional scene from the movie Walking Tall where Pusser uses a stick to beat up everyone in a roadhouse.

He also competed in the Network Ten's Australia's Brainiest Comedian in November 2005 where he came third.

Comedian Chris Rock performed a routine about women keeping platonic friends on his 1996 album Bring The Pain, where he talked about men being trapped in the friend zone.

* In 2005, Murray was named in The Comedian's Comedian, a poll where comedians chose their favourite or most influential comedian.

Comedian Pete Holmes attended Gordon College, where he was a member of the campus comedy group, The Sweaty-Toothed Madmen.

* Comedian Chris Rock on his series The Chris Rock Show in a segment titled " Taxi Driver Confessions " where Rock played a cab driver who said outrageous things to unsuspecting customers.

Comedian Max Linder saw her on stage and persuaded her to go to Hollywood, where she appeared in a number of his films.

Comedian Steven Wright and actress Gina Gershon also attended Emerson at the same time as Leary.

Among them are Leonard Bernstein ( in the 1950s ), Comedian Michael Ian Black, Daryl Hall ( of Hall & Oates ), Jascha Heifetz ( in the 1940s ), Charles Ives, Hope Lange, film director Barry Levinson ( a current resident ), rock singer Meat Loaf ( Marvin Lee Aday who was Joel Barlow High School softball coach while his daughters attended the school during the 1990s ), actress Jessica Tandy and her husband Hume Cronyn ( in the 1940s and 1950s ) and Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary.

* Comedian Eddie Izzard grew up in Bangor until age five, and attended Ballyholme Primary School

* Comedian Andy Dick attended but did not graduate

Also of note: Comedian Jay Leno attended Bentley for one semester but dropped out.

* Shane Bourne – Comedian, attended Boronia High School.

Comedian Soupy Sales released a song in 1966 called " Backwards Alphabet " which contained the reverse alphabet in lyrical style.

* Comedian Paul Shanklin parodied the song with " Ballad of the Black Beret ", referring to the Clinton sex scandal, on his 1999 album Simply Reprehensible.

* 1950 – Robert Schimmel, American Comedian ( d. 2010 )

Throughout the 1950s he directed over 140 episodes of shows like Playhouse 90, Climax !, and Danger, including The Comedian, written by Rod Serling and starring Mickey Rooney as a ragingly vicious television comedian.

Comedian Bill Cosby is usually associated with Jell-O and, more famously, Jell-O pudding as he has appeared in many commercials promoting both.

Comedian Mike Myers was to play the main role.

Comedian / actors Chester Conklin ; Jimmy Finlayson ; Ford Sterling and director Del Lord were also Keystone Cops.

* 1932 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedians ' Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

Comedian Alexei Sayle remarked humorously that he couldn't find his way around London unless he walked down the middle of the streets shouting the words.

In the graphic novel Watchmen, the character The Comedian / Edward Blake displays and is characterized as being a nihilist, both moral and political, to the extent of openly committing murder in order to demonstrate the lack of human concern or nerve ( stating that Dr. Manhattan could have stopped him at any moment, but chose not to ).

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was in the top 50 comedy acts voted for by comedians and comedy insiders.

Comedian George Carlin, in a routine from his 1990 HBO special Doin ' It Again, remarked: " I've noticed that most of these feminists are white, middle class women.

Comedian and television presenter Bob Saget, a board member of the SRF, directed the 1996 ABC TV movie For Hope, starring Dana Delany, which depicts a young woman fatally affected by scleroderma ; the film was based on the experiences of Saget's sister Gay.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedians ' Comedian, he was voted among the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

Comedian Bob Hope led a pregame ceremony honoring the Apollo astronauts, while Anita Bryant sang the national anthem.

** Comedian Lenny Bruce is sentenced to 4 months in prison, concluding a 6-month obscenity trial.

* June 10 – Les Dawson, English Comedian ( b. 1931 )

** Max Miller, British Music Hall Comedian and Actor ( b. 1894 )

** Comedian George Carlin is arrested by Milwaukee police for public obscenity, for reciting his " Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television " at Summerfest.

* May 2 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.

" Shit " was one of the original " Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV ", a comedy routine by American Comedian George Carlin.

Comedian Richard Lewis stated that Keaton was his prime inspiration, and spoke of having a close friendship with Keaton's widow Eleanor.