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How to Write a Hit Pop Song: Comedian Offers Funny, Sadly Accurate Formula [video]
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Comedian Louis CK Offers Music Industry 'How To'
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Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Lots of people are talking about whether electronic artists push one button or more than one button when they play live. Everyone else seems to be bickering about whether the kids today are immoral because they play videogames and stream music instead of dropping acid and seeing the Grateful Dead. You know who isn't talking? Ironically, because it's his job, Louis CK. He's too busy doing things like reinventing the media business, ...
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The Comedian as Politician, and Often Vice Versa
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Michael Ricci
Bob Hope Collection, Library of Congress Its great for a comedian to be honored in Washington, Bob Hope said when he was celebrated at the Kennedy Center in 1985. If there was ever a city that knew how to get laughs ... .
There are so many congressmen and senators here, he added. I don't know whether to tell a joke or pass a bill. Pause. As if there was a difference. Or on another occasion: The farmers ...
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Feinstein's Presents Veteran Cabaret/Jazz Singer and Comedian, Sue Matsuki, in Her Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald.
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Miller Wright & Associates
Feinstein's presents multi-award winning singer and the 1st Recipient of the Julie Wilson Award, SUE MATSUKI, in her highly acclaimed tribute show to the First Lady of Song herself...Ella Fitzgerald! This show celebrates Ella's Verve and Capital Record Series when Ella was asked to sing all the great contemporary tunes of the day composed by the likes of: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Sammy Cahn, James (Jimmy) Van Heusen, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Johnny Burke and more. Ira Gershwin ...
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TV-Show Comedian Was a Hit with Pies and Sidekick Puppets
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Michael Ricci
Soupy Sales, 83, a loose-limbed comedian whose goofy skits, slapstick antics and pie-tossing shenanigans made him one of the country's most popular television stars of the 1950s and '60s, died Oct. 22 at a hospice in the Bronx, N.Y. He had a variety of health problems, but the cause of death was not reported. Mr. Sales gained early fame in the 1950s as the host of a daytime children's TV show in Detroit and always had a strong following among ...
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Actor and Comedian Bernie Mac Dies at Age 50
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Michael Ricci
Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper “Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show," died Saturday at age 50.
“Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital," his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. She said no other details were available and asked that his family's privacy be respected. The comedian suffered ...
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Comedian Steve Allen Dies at Age 78
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All About Jazz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and musician Steve Allen, who was the first host of NBC's “Tonight Show,” has died, a spokesman said. He was 78.
Spokesman Kevin Sasaki said Allen died of a possible heart attack during a visit to his son's home to see his grandchildren.
Once called television's “man for all seasons,” Allen was celebrated for his quick wit, horn-rimmed glasses and for his song-writing skills. Among his 4,000 songs were “This Could Be the Start of ...
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