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.

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

Comedian Bob Hope was also given the same treatment once he began referring to the censoring of Allen.

However, the new record now stands at 40 hours, and was set on 23 September 2010 by the American Comedian Bob Marley.

Comedian Bob Hope was portrayed by series regular cast member Dan Castellaneta, who plays Homer among many other characters in the series.

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Comedian Don Bowman is the original host, but by 1978, he would be replaced by Bob Kingsley.

He appeared extensively in television, including the 1957 live 90-minute broadcast on Playhouse 90 of The Comedian, a drama written by Rod Serling and directed by John Frankenheimer in which Mickey Rooney portrays a television comedian while O ' Brien plays a writer driven to the brink of insanity.

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

These " enthusiastic amateurs " became GoFasterStripe and, having set themselves up in order to film the show, have gone on to film the works of many other " non-mainstream " comedians, including sets from Tony Law ( Lee's support act on the 2009 If You Prefer A Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One tour ), Simon Munnery ( whose BBC television comedy series-Attention Scum-was directed by Lee ) and several by Lee's former partner Richard Herring.

This was filmed by a group of amateur enthusiasts who were disappointed that there was no distribution deal in place because of the commercial failure of the Standup Comedian DVD and the controversial nature of the new show's material.

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

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 Will Ferrell performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman on 2 August 2010

* Comedian Lily Tomlin frequently satirized the telephone industry ( and the country's then-dominant Bell System in particular ) with a skit playing the telephone operator Ernestine.

Comedian Jack Benny, who once worked at Warner Bros., quipped, " Jack Warner would rather tell a bad joke than make a good movie "; Warner frequently clashed with actors and supposedly banned them from the studio's executive dining room, with the explanation, " I don't need to look at actors when I eat.

Comedian Jerry Clower was a native of Liberty, Mississippi, who immortalized the fictitious Ledbetter Amite County family ( based on his memories of real people ) with his comedy sketches.

In 2004, he returned to stand-up comedy with the show Standup Comedian, which earned him a " Tap Water Award " in Edinburgh and was released on DVD in October 2005.

Lee caused controversy on his If You Prefer a Milder Comedian tour with a routine about Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond.

Comedian Jack_Benny # The_Maxwell | Jack Benny ( shown here shaking hands with Harry S. Truman from the seat of a c. 1908 Maxwell Roadster ) kept the Maxwell familiar in U. S. popular culture for half a century after the brand went out of business. The brand name of motor cars was started as the Maxwell-Briscoe Company of Tarrytown, New York.

In January 2005, Connolly came 8th in The Comedian's Comedian, a poll voted for by fellow comedians and comedy insider and embarked on a major UK tour with 15 sold-out nights in Glasgow.

* Comedian Lewis Black called Massena ' the ice pit ' of the north in a segment of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2008.

Comedian Steve Martin stars as the serious confidence man performing the Spanish Prisoner con in Mamet's film and, in contrast, also starred in the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as a comically unaccomplished con man who becomes associated with an expert Spanish Prisoner con artist ( played by Michael Caine ).

Comedian Stephen Colbert with Snyder, whose district became " Better Know a District | Better Known " on February 15, 2007

Rorschach presents his views on right and wrong as starkly black and white with no room for compromise, with the exception of his respect for the Comedian causing him to excuse the attempt of rape of the first Silk Spectre as a " moral lapse.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld visited City Island Diner on the island with Ricky Gervais in one of the webisodes of his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Comedian Paul Merton is one of the longest performing mainstream comics to still be associated with the venue from his debut performance in 1984..

Also in 1995 the band was given a shot at acting when they co-starred with Comedian / TV Host Joey De Leon of " Eat Bulaga " in a comedy film produced By GMA Network's Cinemax Studios ( now GMA Films ), " Run Barbi Run ".

Comedian Jeff Altman had a contract with NBC, and, on that basis, he was offered work hosting the show to compensate for the fact that the leads were un-versed in English.

* Before Watchmen: Comedian # 1-6 ( with Brian Azzarello, DC Comics, 2012 )

The film won four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in 1998 for Best Comedian, Best Female Playback Singer, Best Choreographer and Best Costume Designer with Senthil, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Raju Sundaram and Kasi picking up awards in their categories.

He also co-wrote and co-starred ( with Simon Hardeman ) in the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe shows On The Toilet With Shergar ( An Evening of Horseplay and Lavatory Humour ) in 1992, Simon and Spikes Laugh-In in 1993 and the critically acclaimed play looking at comedy Death Of A Comedian in 1994.

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

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.

In a 2005 poll to find " The Comedians ' Comedian " ( UK ), he was voted 21 in the top 50 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

He was voted as the 16th greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders in a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian.

* In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted as the fourth greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

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

* Voted by fellow comedians and comedy insiders as number 23 of the greatest comedy stars ever in a poll to select The Comedian's Comedian.

In a 2005 poll of fellow comedians and comedy insiders to find the Comedians ' Comedian, Monkhouse was voted among the best 50 comedy acts.

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

In 2005, a poll to find the Comedians ' Comedian saw him being voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, Silvers was voted # 42 on the list of the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

in 2012 he and fellow Comedian Hugh Dennis drove from Addis Ababa to Aksum, reportedly home of the Ark on the Covenant in Ethiopia as part of the BBC 2 TV series World's Most Dangerous Roads.

In a 2005 poll The Comedian's Comedian, the duo were voted the 9th greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, Reeves and Mortimer were voted the 9th greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, they were voted the 9th greatest comedy act of all time by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

McKenna is good friends with fellow Comedian and Second City alumni Colin Mochrie.