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* Comedy writer / performers who also wrote on the show include Alex Lowe, Robert Webb, Rhys Thomas, Tony Way, James Bachman, David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker.
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Other luminaries include Keith Johnstone, the British teacher and writer – author of Impro, who founded the Theatre Machine and whose teachings form the foundation of the popular shortform Theatresports format, Dick Chudnow, founder of ComedySportz which evolved its family-friendly show format from Johnstone's Theatersports, Stan Wells, creator of the " Clap-In " longform style and founder of The Empty Stage Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, and Bill Johnson, creator / director of The Magic Meathands, who pioneered the concept of " Commun-edy Outreach " by tailoring performances to non-traditional audiences, such as the homeless and foster children.
CBS cancelled the idea, but Williams premiered his own musical composition, " Classical Gas ", on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where he was head writer.
* The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, a 1994 graphic novel by writer Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean, explores a boy's memories triggered by a Punch and Judy show.
The narrator is met by the writer George MacDonald, whom he hails as his mentor, just as Dante did when encountering Virgil in the Divine Comedy ; and MacDonald becomes the narrator's guide in his journey, just as Virgil became Dante's.
Comedy writer Dick DeBartolo, who had participated in the 1960s Match Game, contributed broader and saucier questions.
Comedy writer and playwright Larry Gelbart has said that comedian Lenny Bruce ’ s attempt to be released from military service in World War II by dressing in a WAVES uniform was the original inspiration for the character of Klinger on the sitcom.
* David Nobbs, Comedy writer and the creator of the successful 1970s sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
In September 2008, during the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, Tommy Smothers, a lead writer of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, was belatedly awarded a 1968 Emmy for Outstanding Writing In A Comedic Series.
In 1968, when he was head writer of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the writing staff was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Writing In A Comedic Series.
Other former residents include Frank Lesser, a writer for the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, and Nate Beeler, the editorial cartoonist for The Washington Examiner whose cartoons also appear in The San Francisco Examiner ; USA Today ; and The Los Angeles Times.
Music became a writer and a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour during 1968 and 1969.
* Splendor ( Gregg Araki, 1999 ): Comedy / romance involving three central characters, Abel ( Johnathon Schaech ), a shy writer, Veronica ( Kathleen Robertson ), a headstrong actress, and Zed ( Matt Keeslar ), a drummer in an indie band, who form a romantic relationship following Veronica's inability / refusal to choose between the two male characters, and the male characters ' eventual acceptance of each other as equal romantic partners to Veronica.
Because Martín Fierro has been widely considered ( beginning with Leopoldo Lugones's El Payador, 1916 ) the fountainhead or pinnacle of Argentine literature, Argentina's Don Quixote or Divine Comedy, and because Borges was certainly Argentina's greatest twentieth-century writer, Borges's 1953 book of essays about the poem and its critical and popular reception-El " Martín Fierro " ( written with Margarita Guerrero )-gives insight into Borges's identity as an Argentine.
The subtitle appears to be a bow to James Branch Cabell's 1919 novel Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice — a writer and book that Heinlein claimed had influenced him.
* Anders Holm, American writer and one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show Workaholics
During this period, Woliner also frequently collaborated on short films with Frank Lesser, now a writer for Comedy Central's The Colbert Report.
Colin Edward Quinn ( born June 6, 1959 ) is an American stand-up comedian and writer best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, as the sidekick / announcer of MTV's late 1980s gameshow Remote Control and as host of Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn on Comedy Central from 2002 – 2004.
Radio historian Arthur Frank Wertheim recorded ( in Radio Comedy ) that, as a young newspaper reporter and columnist, Ace had written a witty gossip column that moved Benny himself to ask the young writer for some jokes for his stage act.
Writer Mark Evanier previously worked with Kroffts on The Krofft Superstar Hour and the pilot Bobby Vinton's Rock ' n ' Rollers, so he was brought aboard as head writer and seasoned variety show director Art Fisher ( The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ) was brought in to direct.
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The trio received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won 24 Emmy Awards, including the above-mentioned for Frasier, as well as an Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for Cheers, in 1989, which Angell, Casey, Lee and the series ' other producers shared, and Outstanding Writing / Comedy Emmy for Cheers, which Angell received in 1984.
* There's not a man I meet but doth salute me / As if I were their well-acquainted friend — Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act IV, Scene 3 ( 1594 )
The Ted Okuda / Edward Watz-penned book The Columbia Comedy Shorts puts the Stooges legacy in critical perspective:
A year later, he finally found four backers and formed the " Comedy Opera Company " to produce the future works of Gilbert and Sullivan, along with the works of other British author / composer teams.
Toy Story was nominated for two Golden Globes, one for " Best Motion Picture — Comedy / Musical ", and one for " Best Original Song — Motion Picture " for Randy Newman's " You've Got a Friend in Me ".
At the 1st Academy Awards ( 1927 / 1928 ), there were two directing awards — one for " Dramatic Direction " and one for " Comedy Direction ".
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