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Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and exaggerated, cackling laugh.
Berman was born in Chicago, the son of Irene (née Marks) and Nathan Berman.He was Jewish. [5] He had a younger brother, Ronald. [6]He served in the Navy during World War II, [7] after which he enrolled in Chicago's Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) as a drama student.
Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion.
A children's book based on the song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh", with illustrations by Syd Hoff, was published in 2004. On March 14, 2006, National Public Radio profiled Sherman on All Things Considered. [33] In 2010, eight of Allan Sherman's Warner Records albums were individually released on CD: My Son, the Folk Singer; My Son, the Celebrity
Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) [1] is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.
Johnny Brown (June 11, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American actor, comedian and singer. He was most famous for his role as building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s CBS sitcom, Good Times.
Ventriloquists used to appeal exclusively to general audiences and children until the late 1970s, when some ventriloquists started using blue comedy. Fred Russell , Arthur Prince , Keith Harris , The Great Lester , Edgar Bergen , Paul Winchell , Jimmy Nelson , Shari Lewis , Señor Wences , Willie Tyler , Nina Conti , Darci Lynne , Jeff Dunham
The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make the public laugh, while raising money to help people around the world and in the United Kingdom. [3] [4] A new CEO, Samir Patel, was announced in January 2021. [5] The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, an annual (previously biennial) telethon held in March.