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Matt Davis first took the stage at age 17 at the Comedy Club Stardome in Birmingham, Alabama where he later served as the club's house emcee for a year and a half before taking to the road full-time. Davis has since logged headlining dates in some of the most respected clubs in the country including The Punchline, Funny Bone(s), The Stardome ...
On January 29, 2023, Smiley announced his 32-year old-son, Brandon Smiley, had died after being found unconscious in his Birmingham apartment. [11] According to the autopsy report from the Jefferson County Medical Examiner's Office, Brandon's manner of death was ruled as accidental. [ 12 ]
George Schlatter (born December 31, 1929) is an American television producer and director, best known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, founder of the American Comedy Awards, and author of Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy (Unnamed Press 2023). For his work on television, Schlatter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7030 Hollywood Blvd. [1]
Kent Haines is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on Season 4 of Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and the public radio program The Sound of Young America. [1] [2] Haines began his stand-up career while attending college at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. After graduating in 2007 he relocated to Philadelphia and began performing ...
The first Glee Club was opened by Mark Tughan in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter in 1994, [1] the first dedicated comedy club to open in the United Kingdom outside London. [ 2 ] A second branch opened in Cardiff in 2001 with a third club opening in Oxford in April 2010 and a fourth, two room club debuted in Nottingham in September 2010.
Birmingham Comedy Festival is an annual arts festival in the city of Birmingham. The festival takes place throughout the city for 10 days during October. While primarily focused on stand-up comedy, it also includes films, theatre, cabaret, visual arts, spoken word, music, dance. [1]
Year Title Role Notes 2001–2002 Guiding Light: Mike Guest role 2004 What I Like About You: Greg Episode: "Lunar Eclipse of the Heart" 2004–2005
By 1935, the club had more than 7,000 members, making it the world's largest Mickey Mouse Club. Membership eventually peaked at more than 18,000 before the club closed nearly ten years after it had been formed. [5] The Alabama Theatre hosted the Miss Birmingham pageant from 1935 to 1948 and the Miss Alabama pageant from 1949 until 1966. [5]