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

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

* 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.

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.

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 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 Mike Myers was to play the main role.

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 Comedian's Comedian, he was in the top 50 comedy acts voted for by comedians and comedy insiders.

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.

" 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.

* Comedian Patrice O ' Neal was named after Lumumba.

* Comedian and presenter Griff Rhys Jones appeared as himself in July 2004, when he was drafted into Lynda's campaign to restore the Cat and Fiddle pub.

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.

* Idle was voted the 21st favourite comedian out of 50 in The Comedian's Comedian 2005 poll by comedians and comedy insiders.

The blue plaques read " Peter Sellers, Actor and Comedian was born here "

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.

* Comedian Jimmy Carr was born in Hounslow

* 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.

Comedian Milton Jones was born and brought up in Kew.

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.

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

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

Comedian Donna Jean Young, whose career was built upon her material related to East McKeesport and " Woolmerding " ( as she pronounced and spelled Wilmerding in her act ), was a resident of Broadway Extension, Arlington Plan, North Versailles Township.

Comedian Phil Hartman ( who during his career as a graphic artist had designed several America album covers ) was featured as the voice of a televangelist preacher on " Playing God ".

Comedian Steve Allen, who was in the audience, remembered that Harpo – after announcing his retirement from the stage – kept talking for several minutes to the theater audience about his career and how he would miss it all, and he kept verbally cutting Sherman off when he tried to speak.

# 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.