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Timaliidae
laughing thrushes (Garrulax) See TIMALIIDAE.... Read more |
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Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle 1973— Actor, writer, comic From a very early age, Dave Chappelle could make people laugh. Chappelle realized the power of his natural talent and made some very serious goals for his art. As a teenager, he crafted his standup comedy act out of the realties of his life... Read more |
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Earthquake prediction
Earthquake Prediction Human sensitivity to earth tremors over vast distances at the time of seismic disturbance, or hearing the ominous rumbling days before, is an unclassified psychic phenomenon. Conversations with Goethe (1838) by Johann P. Eckermann, relates one such account concerning Goethe:... Read more |
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Milton Berle
Milton Berle 1908-2002, American entertainer, b. New York City as Milton Berlinger. Berle first performed in vaudeville and on (1939-48) radio. His great success, however, came as television's first real star, and his broadly appealing comedy routines contributed significantly to the young medium's... Read more |
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Bella Union
Bella Union (San Francisco). Opening on Portsmouth Square as a combination gambling house, saloon, and variety theatre in October 1849, its first attraction was a minstrel show. The tenor of the establishment was set on opening night when one of the performers was shot and killed in an altercation... Read more |
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Pecks Bad Boy
Peck's Bad Boy (1884), a play by Charles Pidgin. [Haverly's New York Comedy Theatre, 40 perf.] Young Henry Peck ( William Carroll) is the bane of his neighborhood, creating mayhem wherever he might be, whether that is his own home, the local grocery and drug stores, or out on a picnic.... Read more |
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Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker 1973(?)– Funny from the Start The Big Time An Amalgam of Influences Sources Comedian, actor Although comics like Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and Robin Harris helped break down some of the barriers for African American comedians, very few outlets exist whereupon young... Read more |
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Laughter
238. Laughter See also 213. HUMOR . Abderian relating to foolish or excessive laughter. [Allusion to Democritus, the laughing philosopher, born in Abdero.] cachinnation raucous laughter; loud whinnying. geloscopy, gelotoscopy a form of divination that determines a person |
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Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans 1961– Comedian, actor, writer, film director At a Glance… Selected works Sources In 1990 comedian Damon Wayans burst onto the television scene with In Living Color, an outrageously funny and often controversial comedy show broadcast on the Fox Network. Each week, the... Read more |
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Jove
Jove another name for Jupiter; the name comes from Latin Jov-, stem of Old Latin Jovis, replaced later by Jupiter. The dated English exclamation by Jove is recorded from the late 16th century.Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury proverbial saying, mid 16th century; the Greek poet Hesiod (c.700 bc)... Read more |
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Revue
...editions the musical-comedy star Marilyn Miller...Dancing Around (1914).Just before the First World War...went into musical comedy, and eventually became...own play A Star for a Night (1911).A new type of...and staged 34 musical comedies and ... |
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SIT-DOWN COMEDY // Laughs are as near as the living room
...lineup. It's not just comedy club owners who are hurting. Comedy consumers are feeling...minutes in a smoky laugh pit, you can turn...into your own private comedy haven. Call it sit...outline for a three-night trial run of ... |
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CONDUCTING COMEDY A LAUGH TRACK? T DRIVER BUCKS TRADITION TO GIVE COMMUTERS A...
...course. Gerrish's comedy routine is included...about a year ago I just had decided, and...announcements anyway, so I just spice 'em up a little...more smiles than laughs from a subdued afterwork...pleasant by putting his comedy-school ... |
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DVD REVIEW: First seasons of 'Mr. Show' full of sketch comedy laughs
...It's a sketch comedy show so quirky that...writer for "Saturday Night Live" and "The...absurdly quirky sketch comedy and their appearances in everything from "Just Shoot Me" to "The...routinely shown on HBO or Comedy Central. The first...and ... |
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When did it become comedy to laugh at kids like my son? Britain's BEST real...
...horrible to him, or just laugh. My son has Down...know when it became 'comedy' to mimic someone...him throughout the night when he's sleeping...people who don't know just don't appreciate...brother Jamie has just passed his ... |
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When did it become comedy to laugh at kids like my son?(Features)
...horrible to him, or just laugh. My son has Down...know when it became 'comedy' to mimic someone...him throughout the night when he's sleeping...people who don't know just don't appreciate...brother Jamie has just passed his ... |
 "The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)")
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Canning the laughs: Modern comedies choose silence over prerecorded chuckles.
...audience or a laugh track. The four Thursday comedies on NBC are laughter...winner for best comedy. And none of the five comedies that ABC introduced...middle sitcom just didn't seem...fan of the NBC comedies on ... |
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Killer comedy: Laugh it up
...a try. There were no comedy clubs there, he said...anything about how to do comedy. I performed in more...good at it and it was just a matter of learning...the world of stand-up comedy, lessons are learned...in Charleston Friday night is ... |
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NBC's newest comedy is short on laughs
...premiere of the NBC comedy starring Andy Richter...since leaving "Late Night" with Conan O...congeniality and laugh out-loud funny...accountant to total up the laughs in "Barker," which...latest NBC filmed comedy without a ... |
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FILM REVIEW: Cross-dressing comedy delivers laughs, fun
...worry, this is just the tagline for the new teen romantic comedy "She's the Man...wrote "Twelfth Night," one of his many comedies in the early 1600s...popular teen romantic comedy "10 Things I Hate...make viewers both laugh ... |
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COMEDY COMEDY | CLASSIC LAUGHS, CONTEMPORARY SCENE
...Skinny: Head here for laughs. This quaint little...Well what about the comedy? This nightspot...the middle of the comedy circuit. Big star...Warrenville Road, Lisle. Just enter through the...226-9700. Comedy Comedy also ... |
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