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Comedian/actor/writer Nick Swardson began playing St Paul, MN’s comedy club circuit when he was only 18 His mix of trashy and silly caught on quick, and with only two years under his belt, he was off to New York City, landing gigs at the Comic Strip and Caroline’s
A comedy team that’s part Tenacious D and part Blue Collar Comedy Tour, but mostly odd and charming in a rebel/stoner/good ol’ boy way, the Naked Trucker & T-Bones are cult favorites who went big-time in 2007 when the Comedy Central network hired them for an eight-episode television series
A muttering, slovenly, and acerbic standup comedian, actor, and writer known for his high-profile firing from Saturday Night Live, Norm MacDonald is a love-him-or-hate-him character
Born Norman Mervyn Barrington Foote, Norman Foote had to develop a sense of humor at an early age That sense of humor has become a hallmark of his music Foote is known for his kid’s-eye view of the world, and his friendly but pointed jabs at anything from pollution to Mom’s style of cooking
Nancy Raven’s career as a folk artist for children has spanned four decades Raven was part of the folk movement for children in the ’60s, and her recordings in that period reflect a deep appreciation of simple folk-oriented material for a preschool audience
Describing Nancy White, and trying to put a label on her is a very difficult task In a sentence, she is Canada’s social conscience, with a wry sense of humour She is a gifted singer/songwriter who performs satirical songs
The weirdest novelty record to hit the Top Forty — indeed, a strong candidate for the weirdest hit record of any kind, period — was Napoleon XIV’s “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” Against a clomp-clomp tambourine beat, Napoleon spoke-chanted his manic-depressive tale of failed romance, the vocals suddenly speeding up into an unsettlingly cheerful giddiness as sirens revved up in the background
The launching pad for comedians from John Belushi and Chevy Chase to Bill Murray and Richard Belzer, the National Lampoon performing troupe emerged from the pages of The National Lampoon magazine in 1972
Despite his appalling comic timing, muddled delivery, and cliched material, stand-up Neil Hamburger nevertheless emerged as one of the most acclaimed and name-checked comedians of his generation; like Lenny Bruce before him, he was a hipster icon whose trailblazing riffs defied conventions at every turn, transcending the confines of hilarity with kamikaze recklessness
A handsome trumpet soloist who presumably could have had a glamorous career in jazz, this artist opted to neglect the influence of Harry James and concentrate on musical comedy and the invention of bizarre instruments, particularly something known as the “skoocherphone,” which nobody has been able to duplicate since