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Kevin Rooney (November 12, 1950 – July 9, 2022) [1] was an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Career
Lew Dockstader Bert Williams, shown here in blackface, was the highest-paid African-American entertainer of his day.. This is a list of entertainers known to have performed in blackface makeup, whether in a minstrel show, as satire or historical depiction of such roles, or in a portrayal of a character using makeup as a racial disguise, for whatever reason.
A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. [1] Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, though it is possible for some persons to occupy both roles in the course of their careers.
Kevin Rooney, a stand-up comedian who won two Emmy awards for his work as a writer on “Dennis Miller Live,” died at his home on July 19 after a battle with diabetes and end-stage renal failure.
Kevin Rooney, an Emmy-winning comedy writer and performer, died July 19 in his home after a long battle with diabetes and end-stage renal failure. He was 71. Rooney wrote Jay Leno’s first comedy ...
"The Comedian" is a 1957 live television drama written by Rod Serling from a novella by Ernest Lehman, directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Mickey Rooney, Edmond O'Brien, Kim Hunter, Mel Tormé and Constance Ford. [1] Rooney's portrayal of a lecherous, vicious comedian who tears down everyone around him was widely praised. [2]
[4] [5] [6] Paul Beatty edited Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor (2006). [7] So Why We Laugh; Black Comedians in Black Comedy is a documentary film. [8] Dexter G. Gordon wrote about humor in African American discourse. [9]
The same team next collaborated with Rooney in the Navy in All Ashore made the following year. The three worked together again on Rooney's television series The Mickey Rooney Show/Hey, Mulligan in 1954–55. [2] Their final film in the Columbia contract was the black and white crime drama Drive a Crooked Road.