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Uptown Comedy Club would in hindsight, provide a springboard for future Saturday Night Live cast members Jim Breuer and Tracy Morgan and future Mad TV cast members Aries Spears and Debra Wilson. Monteria Ivey [12] [13] served as the host for the first season, while the regular cast members rotated in that capacity for the second.
By 1993 he co-owned Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta's vibrant Buckhead entertainment district. While there he continued to hone his skills as the much sought after house host and featured some of the greatest minds in stand-up. Later he opened a club of his own, Earthquake's Comedy Corner II in Dallas, Tx. and Atlanta, Ga., resepectively
He has appeared on Showtime at the Apollo, HBO's Def Comedy Jam, HBO's Snaps, The Nashville Network, Uptown Comedy Club, and Comic Escape. His original comedy routines often feature the role-play of fictional characters such as "Bernice Jenkins" (also known as Granny Swims, Ms. Johnson or Mrs. Francis), "Lil' Daryl", "Rusty Dale", and "Beauford".
In 2012, Walker won the "Stand up its Miller Time" national comedy championship in Las Vegas, which came with a $10,000 prize. [ 6 ] [ 3 ] That same year, he toured nationally with the Shaquille O'Neal All Star Comedy Jam. [ 3 ] Reflecting on his career in 2013, Walker told the Chicago Sun-Times , "looking back on everything I've done to this ...
Tracy Jamal Morgan (born November 10, 1968) [1] is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003, and played Tracy Jordan in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock from 2006 to 2013, each of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
He adopted his hip-hop comedy rap in 1987 when he was featured on HBO's Uptown Comedy Express. Sobel was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , in the episode July 24, 1987. In his guest-starring appearance, he provided a comedy act while sitting at the desk next to Johnny on one side & actor Mark Harmon on the other.
The event was the first of its kind about being streamed by YouTube. Although it was marketed as the first annual Comedy Week event, there have been no announcements regarding a follow-up Comedy Week event. On August 4, 2013, YouTube launched "Geek Week", which was kicked off by Freddie Wong in the United States, and TomSka in the United Kingdom.
The Uptown Comedy Club: Various Main cast 1995 New York Undercover: Shanna Episode: "High on the Hog" 1995–2016 Mad TV: Various Main Cast: Season 1–8, Guest: Season 10, 13–15 1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Lisa Cusak Voice; episode: "The Sound of Her Voice" Whose Line Is It Anyway? Herself Episode: "Episode #10.9" 1998–1999