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Mark Moshe Kasher [1] (born July 6, 1979) [2] [3] is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in the Los Angeles area. [2] [4] He is the author of the 2012 memoir Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16.
A musician at a Sausalito open mic in July 2008. An open mic or open mike (shortened from "open microphone") is a live show at a venue such as a coffeehouse, nightclub, comedy club, strip club, or pub, often taking place at night (an open mic night), in which audience members may perform on stage whether they are amateurs or professionals, often for the first time or to promote an upcoming ...
Jul. 31—As Friday night crowds assembled in Tollys Bar and Grill, open-mic comedy emcee Levi Elmore and his fellow comics figured most folks were there for the 9 o'clock karaoke music, after the ...
Bring the Funny is an American comedy competition series that aired on NBC from July 9 to September 17, 2019. [1]Hosted by comedian Amanda Seales, the series features various comedy acts performing in front of an audience for a chance to win $250,000.
During his time on Party of Five, he wrote and directed the comedy Oakland Underground (1997), starred in the cult favorite SLC Punk! (1998) with Matthew Lillard , and wrote and starred in The ...
Fairyland includes 10 acres (4.0 ha) of play sets, small rides, and animals. The park is also home to the Open Storybook Puppet Theater, the oldest continuously operating puppet theater in the United States. [2] Fairyland was built in 1950 by the Oakland Lake Merritt Breakfast Club, a local service club. [3]
The portion of the city that is now this district was originally owned by the Oakland County Agricultural Society, and used as a fairground, with the county fair held at this location starting in 1850. The fairgrounds was used to train and muster troops during the Civil War. In 1895, The Agricultural Society purchased another section of land ...
Foxx first told jokes at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989, after accepting a girlfriend's dare. When he found that female comedians were often called first to perform, he chose the stage name of Jamie Foxx, which he felt was ambiguous enough to disallow any biases, [10] [16] with his surname being a tribute to the black comedian Redd Foxx ...