Biography: Lenny & Squiggy, Lenny Bruce, Les Gilbert, Les Grandes Gueules, Lewis Black, Lewis Grizzard, Lily Tomlin, Linda Arnold, Lisa Lampanelli, Little Marcy Tigner,

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Lenny & Squiggy Biography, Photos, Pictures

If it weren’t for certain surprising and, in retrospect, wonderful connections to some of rock music’s funniest moments, the team of Lenny & Squiggy might have been written off as mere late-’70s pop culture

When once asked to describe jazz, trumpet legend Miles Davis sarcastically but saliently replied, “You can sweat it down to four words: Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker

Les Gilbert seems to have provided field recordings of birds with the same kind of promotional push that cute old ET did for a certain candy product His CD entitled Kakadu Billabong — featuring star residents of the Australian Nourlangie Creek Billabong including the “Masked Lapwing” and the “Shining Flycatcher” — seems to have been considered much groovier than the average wildlife disc

Les Grandes Gueules Biography, Photos, Pictures

Québecois comedy duo Les Grandes Gueules teamed José Gaudet and Mario Tessier, who began their collaboration in 1992 They quickly emerged as fixtures of Montreal radio, creating a series of original characters in addition to broad caricatures of local politicians and personalities, and in 1996 issued their first sketch comedy LP, Les Grandes Gueules, Vol

Satirist and standup comic Lewis Black rose to prominence in the late ’90s with regular appearances as a commentator on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Obsessed with human stupidity, Black became one of the show’s most distinctive contributors with his weekly “Back in Black” segment; his delivery was so full of frothing, barely articulate bile and rage that it could sometimes obscure the sharpness of his social and political observations

Lewis Grizzard Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most popular Southern humorists of the latter half of the 20th century, Lewis Grizzard was perhaps a little too down-home and opinionated to translate as universally as Mark Twain did, but his newspaper columns, numerous books, and live performances made him one of the region’s best-loved writers

She has been on the cover of Time, People, American Film, and The Advocate She’s been on the silver screen, the little screen, in comedy clubs, and onstage for over four decades

Linda Arnold Biography, Photos, Pictures

Often called “the Mary Poppins of children’s music,” Linda Arnold has combined her pure soprano voice with fantasy-based songs to the delight of preschoolers and their parents

Lisa Lampanelli Biography, Photos, Pictures

If Don Rickles were a woman with a slight weight problem and a well-documented fondness for having sex with African-American men, he’s sound an awful lot like comedienne Lisa Lampanelli

Little Marcy Tigner Biography, Photos, Pictures

There has never been a recording artist quite like Marcy Tigner Equal parts gospel singer, children’s entertainer, amateur ventriloquist, and cottage industry, during the 1960s and 1970s Tigner released some 40-odd LPs, books, toys, and souvenirs showcasing the devoutly Christian messages she transmitted via her impossibly high, childlike singing voice and her impossibly freaky ventriloquist dummy Little Marcy