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He is the co-founder, along with Maysoon Zayid, of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. It is held annually in New York City and showcases Arab-American comedians from across the United States. The 20th annual Festival will be held in 2023. [5] He cocreated The Muslim Funny Fest in 2015, the United States' only Muslim stand-up comedy ...
The National Comedy Center is an American museum dedicated to comedy. Located in Lucille Ball’s hometown of Jamestown, New York, the museum opened in August 2018 and reported 66,000 visitors in its first year of operation. [1] The museum had been operating since 1996 as the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, which is now located a few blocks ...
He started doing stand-up in 1981 at Pips Comedy Club, which was located in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. [ 5 ] [ 10 ] In 1991, DiBitetto made his first television appearance on America's Funniest People with his son, Michael, and was the $10,000 Grand Prize Winner for their home video of a mock ventriloquist act.
Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring Weekend Update, the show's news parody segment.
This also includes his weekly podcast Stand-Up with Chris Distefano, launched in April 2019. [16] In February 2022, Distefano sold out his first performance at New York City's Beacon Theatre. [17] He would later go on to sell out his first two shows at the Gramercy Theatre that March, during which he recorded his second special, Speshy Weshy. [18]
In September 2008, he was featured in the multi-comedian DVD The Apostles of Comedy, which also features comedian/actors Ron Pearson, Jeff Allen and Anthony Griffith. The four comedians have been touring the country as The Apostles of Comedy since 2008 and are scheduled through May 2009.
Political experience: Elected to Orange County School Board in 2020; Orange County commissioners candidate, 2014 and 2016; former president, Orange County Voice; board member, United Voices of ...
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show is a stand-up comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central in the United States. Hosted by British-American comedian John Oliver, the show featured new material by both up-and-coming and established comedians.