# Comedian Steve Martin is technically a one hit wonder for his novelty song King Tut, but was previously and subsequently far better known for his work as a comedy writer / stand-up comedian / actor.

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 and ex-Disneyland cast member Steve Martin opened the Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years exhibition and film, in which he features with Donald Duck.

Comedian Eddie Lawrence, on his 1956 novelty record " King Arthur's Mines ," played a great white hunter named Moe Gambo.

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy once claimed, in his TV show, to have been a member of the Junior Woodchucks in his childhood.

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 Steven Wright once quipped, " A friend of mine has a trophy wife.

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

Comedian Brian Regan once poked fun at Dora the Explorer in his stand-up, repetitively singing " I'm the Map!

* Comedian George Carlin once joked about " Boss Radio " in his " Son of Wino " skit on his album FM & AM ; " Hi gang.

* Comedian Patton Oswalt once referred to the song when discussing his old apartment building full of weirdos.

Comedian Jackie Mason, who had once been an ordained rabbi, provided the voice of Rabbi Krustofski.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld once described the appeal of the catfight as " men think if women are grabbing and clawing at each other, there's a chance they might somehow, you know ...

Shakti Kapoor, since the start of his career in 1976 has often been nominated for the Filmfare Award in the Best Comedian category and won once, for his performance in David Dhawan's film, Raja Babu.

Comedian Jerry Lewis once visited.

* 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, commentator, and Senator Al Franken briefly lived in Albert Lea where he attended Hawthorne Elementary.

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 and nightclub owner Rodney Dangerfield was born and raised in Deer Park.

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

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.

* Richard Herring, Comedian and podcaster, living in Harpenden while London home is renovated.

* Comedian Dan Aykroyd moonlighted as Citytv's announcer from 1972 until 1975 while working at Toronto's Second City before he moved to New York City to join Saturday Night Live.

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.

Steve Rhodes of the Online Film Critics Society praised " Bitter Jester is much funnier and more insightful than a similar documentary, Comedian " while MetroActiv described it as " Intense, disturbing, and voyeuristic, the documentary about standup that's not afraid to jump right into the muck.

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

* Comedian Jeff Foxworthy was raised here and graduated from Hapeville High School.

* Shane Bourne – Comedian, attended Boronia High School.

*( Scott Glynn ) ( After Dinner Speaker, Comedian, Actor. President of Ross High Rugby Club )

* Comedian John Candy – Neil McNeil Catholic Secondary School

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

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 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.

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

* 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 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.