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  2. Bob Ayres - Wikipedia

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    Bob Ayres is an American entertainment industry executive, known among other things, as the Founder of the renowned San Francisco comedy club The Other Café, and for his involvement in San Francisco Bay Area projects such as The Other Cafe Comedy Showcase, The TED conference, "The Next Twenty Years series", and Comedic Ventures.

  3. The Bitter End - Wikipedia

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    The Bitter End in March 2007. The Bitter End is a 230-person capacity nightclub, coffeehouse and folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village.It opened in 1961 at 147 Bleecker Street under the auspices of owner Fred Weintraub.

  4. List of comedy clubs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gotham Comedy Club: Manhattan: New York: The Groundlings: Los Angeles: California: Governor's Comedy Club: Levittown: New York: Sister clubs Brokerage Comedy Club & Vaudeville Cafe in Bellmore, New York and McGuire's in Bohemia, New York: Hyena's Comedy Club: Fort Worth + Dallas Texas Sister clubs in Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas. The Ice House ...

  5. Comic timing - Wikipedia

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    A pregnant pause (as in the classical definition, "many possibilities") is a technique of comic timing used to accentuate a comedy element, which uses comic pauses at the end of a phrase to build up suspense. It is often used at the end of a comically awkward statement or in the silence after a seemingly non-comic phrase to build up a comeback.

  6. Rhythm and Weep - Wikipedia

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    Rhythm and Weep is a 1946 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard).It is the 95th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

  7. Rhythm Inn - Wikipedia

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    But, in order for the group to fulfill their commitment at the "Rhythm Inn", the band's singer, Carol Denton, prevails upon Eddie Thompson, who works at the store and is an amateur songwriter, to smuggle the instruments to the band each night without his employer's knowledge.

  8. Comedy music - Wikipedia

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    Comedy music or musical comedy is a genre of music that is comical, comedic or humorous in nature. Its history can be traced back to the first century in ancient Greece and Rome, moving forward in time to the Medieval Period, Classical and Romantic eras, and the 20th century. Various forms of comedic musical theatre, including "musical play ...

  9. Some Like It Hot (1939 film) - Wikipedia

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    Some Like It Hot, reissued for television as Rhythm Romance, is a 1939 comedy film starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, and Gene Krupa.Directed by George Archainbaud, its screenplay was written by Wilkie C. Mahoney and Lewis R. Foster, based on the play The Great Magoo by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler, which performed briefly on Broadway in 1932. [1]