Leary began working as a comedian in the Boston comedy scene of the 1980s at the underground club Play It Again Sam's.

Among the commercial successes for German films of the 1980s were the Otto film series beginning in 1985 starring comedian Otto Waalkes, Wolfgang Petersen's adaptation of The NeverEnding Story ( 1984 ), and the internationally successful Das Boot ( 1981 ), which still holds the record for most Academy Award nominations for a German film ( six ).

Parodies of Popeil's infomercials were done on the comedy show Saturday Night Live by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy and the " Veg-O-Matic " may have provided comedian Gallagher inspiration for the " Sledge-O-Matic " routine since the 1980s.

Sniglet is a neologism, popularized by comedian / actor Rich Hall during his tenure on the 1980s HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News.

The characters enjoyed a renewal of interest in the 1980s when American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Gumby in a skit on Saturday Night Live.

* Christian Finnegan, comedian, grew up in the Forest Glen neighborhood of West Acton in the 1980s

Popular seafoods of local origin include barramundi, flathead, and the balmain bug, while the popularity of Australian prawns led to a successful tourism campaign in the 1980s in which actor / comedian Paul Hogan invited Americans to come to Australia where he would " throw a shrimp on the barbie for ya ".

Set up in the middle 1980s by actor, show host, comedian and producer Rafo Muniz, who is the son of Puerto Rican acting, comedy and show host legend Tommy Muñiz, Promotores Latinos began producing television and concert shows almost immediately.

Born in Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire, he began his career as a stand-up comedian and impressionist, working as a voice artist throughout the 1980s on satirical puppet show Spitting Image.

In the 1970s and 1980s comedian Frank Carson was appointed as a Director and Vice President in order to raise the profile of the club.

Garret was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s.

He attended Moat Farm Infants School, St Hubert's Roman Catholic Junior School and Oldbury Technical School, and has been a TV comedian since the late 1980s.

Arnold Brown is a Scottish comedian, one of the main figures in the alternative comedy scene of the early 1980s.

At the end of the 1980s, Cedeño started working as a comedian at popular shows like Show del Mediodía ( The Midday Show ) and Kiosko Budweiser ( The Budweiser Small Market ).

Jim Lange hosted the aforementioned week of specials in 1984 and comedian Paul Rodriguez took over for Eubanks on the 1980s series, which was simply retitled The Newlywed Game Starring Paul Rodriguez upon his takeover, and remained with the show until its cancellation in September 1989.

In the late 1980s, Tyler also guested on albums by comedian Sam Kinison, Alice Cooper ( a fellow 70s rocker also launching a successful comeback ) and popular contemporaries Mötley Crüe.

Richard Anthony " Cheech " Marin ( born July 13, 1946 ) is an American comedian, actor and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp.

In the later 1980s and 1990s Renaud's work was distinguished by " softer " subjects such as his wife ( later ex-wife ) Dominique, his daughter Lolita and his friends, as well as the late comedian and singer Coluche for whom he wrote the tribute " Putain de camion " (" Bloody Lorry ") after Coluche's death in a road accident.

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.

In the late 1980s, Hammond worked briefly as a stand-up comedian on Premier Cruise Line ships.

The Famous " Dukla Pumpherston " football team was purely fictional, having been used by the comedian Tony Roper, sometime in the 1980s for the Naked Radio show, The name " Dukla Pumpherston " came from a play called " The Broons " held in Pumpherston Scout Hall circa 1982.

Al Lohman ( January 15, 1933, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa – October 14, 2002, Rancho Mirage, California ) was a personality and comedian with a long career in American radio from the 1950s through the 1980s and into the 1990s.

Davidson started his career as a stand-up comedian in the mid 1980s, performing in various comedy clubs throughout the Washington Metropolitan region, Baltimore and Philadelphia.

In the late 1980s, Delahunty — then the chief newsreader for the ABC in Victoria — was parodied by comedian Jean Kittson on the popular TV comedy series The Big Gig, where Kittson portrayed a snobbish, acid-tongued announcer called Veronica Glenhuntly ( whose surname was taken from that of the elite Melbourne suburb ).

She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as the wife of the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work.

Christian alternative music has its roots in the early 1980s, as the earliest efforts at Christian punk and new wave were recorded by artists like Andy McCarroll and Moral Support, Undercover, The 77s, Adam Again, Quickflight, Daniel Amos, Youth Choir ( later renamed The Choir ), Lifesavers Underground, Michael Knott, The Altar Boys, Breakfast with Amy, Steve Taylor, 4-4-1, David Edwards and Vector.

During the early 1980s the FujiGen guitar factory also produced most of the Roland guitar synthesizers, including the Stratocaster-style Roland G-505, the twin-humbucker Roland G-202 ( endorsed by Eric Clapton, Dean Brown, Jeff Baxter, Yannis Spathas, Steve Howe, Mike Rutherford, Andy Summers and Steve Hackett ) and the Ibanez X-ING IMG-2010.

Iceman has been featured in two self-titled limited comic book miniseries, one in the 1980s by J. M. DeMatteis and another in the 2000s by Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett, art by Karl Kerschl.

He fronted Club Homeboy, an international BMX club, with Mark " Lew " Lewman and Andy Jenkins, both co-editors of Freestylin ' Magazine in the mid-to late 1980s, where Jonze worked as a photographer.

During the late 1980s the " Black Sun " was rekindled, this time written, illustrated and produced by Tim Pollard ( with occasional contributions from other GW authors such as Andy Chambers ).

* Paris, early 1980s British band featuring Andy Hill

Around this time, the lineup consisted of Gane and Sadier plus vocalist Mary Hansen, drummer Andy Ramsay, bassist Duncan Brown, keyboardist Katharine Gifford, and guitarist Sean O ' Hagan of the 1980s famed Microdisney duo.

* Cornelia Guest, socialite, crowned " Deb of the Decade " by Andy Warhol ( 1980s ), author

" Andy Weller of the Necros recalls the band's transition from traditional punk rock in the late 1970s to hardcore in the early 1980s: " ou could hear it on the records.

In the early 1980s, Andy Kershaw, David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Richard Skinner also took turns as presenters.

Clark recorded new material regularly throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and in 1992 released " Oxygen ", a single produced by Andy Richards and written by Nik Kershaw.

A handful of non-comprehensive Woody Woodpecker VHS tapes were issued by Universal in the 1980s and 1990s, usually including Andy Panda and Chilly Willy cartoons as bonuses.

In 1977, Copeland founded The Police with singer-bassist Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani ( who was soon replaced by Andy Summers ), which became one of the top bands of the 1980s.

In the 1980s, Hong Kong TVB actors Felix Wong, Michael Miu, Kent Tong, Andy Lau and Tony Leung are called the " Five Tiger Generals ".

During the 1980s she became a fairly well known ( and highly visible ) socialite in New York City society, appearing, covered with jewels, at many high-profile cultural functions with several well-known men including Andy Warhol, with whom she sustained a friendship for many years until his death in 1987.

These include: A Pinch of Salt, a 1980s Christian anarchist magazine, revived in 2006 by Keith Hebden as a blog and bi-annual magazine ; Vine & Fig Tree founded by Kevin Craig in 1982 ; Jesus Radicals founded by Mennonites Nekeisha and Andy Alexis-Baker in 2000 ; Lost Religion of Jesus created by Adam Clark in 2005 ; Christian Anarchists created by Jason Barr in 2006 ; The Mormon Worker, a blog and newspaper, founded in 2007 by William Van Wagenen to promote Mormonism, anarchism and pacifism ; Academics and Students Interested in Religious Anarchism ( ASIRA ) founded by Alexandre Christoyannopoulos in 2008.

The Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor ( bass ) and Andy Taylor ( guitar ).

Working with SugarHill chief engineer Andy Bradley and Tierra Studios ' grammy-winning Randy Miller, he began the work of transferring analog tapes of his songs from the 1970s and 1980s to Pro Tools digital format.

The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling ( vocals, guitar ), Ranking Roger ( vocals ), Andy Cox ( guitar ), David Steele ( bass ), Everett Morton ( drums ), and Saxa ( saxophone ), released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop It ( 1980 ), Wha ' ppen?

Andy Hertzfeld ( born April 6, 1953 ) is an American computer scientist who was a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team during the 1980s.

Andy continued to record with a variety of producers in the first half of the 1980s.

Kare joined Apple Computer, Inc. after receiving a call from her high school friend, Andy Hertzfeld, in the early 1980s.

Gilyard is known for his roles as Ben Matlock's ( played by Andy Griffith ) second private investigator ( and right-hand man ) Conrad McMasters, on the 1980s legal drama series, Matlock: ( a role he played from 1989 to 1993 ); as Pastor Bruce Barnes in the Left Behind movie trilogy ; as Cordell Walker's ( played by Chuck Norris ) Texas Ranger partner, James " Jimmy " Trivette, on the 1990s crime drama, Walker, Texas Ranger, and as Lieutenant ( junior grade ) Marcus " Sundown " Williams in Top Gun.