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Billy West

Billy West was born in 1952 in Detroit, Michigan. Best known for his work on Ren & Stimpy, West has a career in radio and television that began in the 1980's when he did comedic impersonations for Charles Laquidara's Big Mattress morning show on Boston's WBNC FM radio network. By the mid-90s, he had moved to doing impersonations of Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott on The Howard Stern Show, giving him greater exposure. From there, West became involved with the Nickelodeon…

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Bobby Costanzo

Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American film, television and voice actor. He has an acting career spanning over forty years and is often found playing surly New York City types such as crooks, low-level workers and policemen, and mixes both drama and comedy roles. He is also a prominent voice actor and often serves as a voice double for Danny DeVito.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of actor Carmine Constanzo and is Italian descent. He attended St. Franc…

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Bobby Slayton

The NY Daily News called Slayton “Armed and Dangerous”, and the Las Vegas Review Journal pointed out that “Slayton’s refusal to compromise his art has always made him worth a special trip.”

Bobby Slayton, often referred to as “The Pitbull of Comedy,” has been performing his own intense style of comedy for well over 30 years, becoming one of the best known, respected, and energetic comics working today.

Audiences around the country may recognize Bobby from his scene-stealing r…

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Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl- comprised of George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, stands as a musical duo renowned for their exceptional songwriting skills and contributions to the music industry. Their global hits, including their own chart-topper (a personal favorite) “Waiting For A Star To Fall” and Whitney Houston’s iconic tracks like “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” have solidified their place in the musical pantheon until the end of time.

The duo’s ability to encapsulate ra…

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Brendan Hunt

Brendan Hunt is an American actor, Writers Guild of America and Emmy winner and playwright based in Los Angeles.

Currently, Hunt can be seen in the Apple TV+ series, "Ted Lasso." He co-created the show with Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly. Hunt also appears in the show, alongside Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple, as Ted's trusty assistant Coach Beard. Among his many onscreen TV credits, Hunt recurred in the ABC comedy "Bless This Mess" …

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Brian Fallon

Brian Fallon’s rockstar days are firmly behind him. And no one is more accepting of that fact than Brian Fallon.

Having recently turned 40, the New Jersey legend has left more than his youth in his rearview. His former outfit, The Gaslight Anthem, reunited for a string of reunion shows in 2018 but now only exists in that murky grey area known as “indefinite hiatus.” He released two well-received solo albums in the past four years, 2016’s Painkillers and 2018’s Sleepwalkers, but even …

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Bronson Pinchot

As a versatile actor celebrated for his unforgettable roles in both television and film Bronson has captivated audiences with his comedic talent and charismatic presence. He is best known for his iconic portrayal of Balki Bartokomous on the hit sitcom "Perfect Strangers and as Serge in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. Beyond his work on "Perfect Strangers," he has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, showcasing his range and depth as an actor. Bronson is also an accomplis…

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Bruce Baum

hey say laughter is the best medicine, and Bruce Baum is a comedic doctor with a prescription for hilarity. This American comedian has carved a niche for himself with a distinctive act that combines prop comedy and traditional stand-up material. But it's not just his comedic prowess that sets him apart; Baum's larger-than-life mustache and flowing locks make him a dead ringer for the legendary musician David Crosby. Which may even explain his foray into the world of music as a tale…

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Bruce Vilanch

One of the most sought-after jokesmiths in the entertainment industry, Bruce Vilanch has become a recognizable face in his own right, thanks to the feature-length documentary “Get Bruce!” (1999) and his one-time stint as a regular on “Hollywood Squares” (1998 ), for which he also served as head writer.

Mr. Vilanch was born in New York on November 23, 1948, but was adopted by the Vilanch’s–his late father, Jonas, an optometrist and his mother, Henne, a former Broadway show girl–and th…

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Cal Dodd

Cathal J. Dodd is an Irish-born voice actor based in Canada. He is best known for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics character Wolverine in X-Men: The Animated Series, its revival X-Men '97, and the Marvel vs. Capcom series of video games. Cal is a highly regarded singer and voice actor who has been heard around the world. His talent, versatility and proficiency have built a career that encompasses television, theatre,
radio, stage, animation, video games, corporate narration and tal…

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Camila Grey

Camila Grey (born Camila Cristinna Gutierrez; January 6, 1983) is an American musician currently performing in the duo Uh Huh Her and also the supergroup Summer Moon composed of Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes), Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction), and Noah Harmon (Airborne Toxic Event). Grey was formerly the bassist and keyboardist for the band Mellowdrone. She has also worked with such artists as Dr. Dre, Busta Rhymes, Big Black Delta, Tricky, Linda Perry, Kanye West, Melissa Auf der Mau…

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Camilla Cleese

Camilla Cleese is the daughter of John Cleese, the comedic legend who is best known for his work of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, amongst many other movies and tv shows. Based in Los Angeles, Camilla has established herself as a highly successful comedian, writer and actor, who is dominating the stand-up comedy space and regularly performs at globally renowned comedy clubs including The Laugh Factory.

In recent years, Camilla has been working with her famous father, and together ha…

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Carl Gottlieb

Carl Gottlieb (born March 18, 1938) is an American screenwriter, actor, comedian, and executive. He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for Jaws (1975) and its first two sequels, as well as directing the 1981 film Caveman.

Gottlieb was born to a middle class Jewish family[1] in New York City, the son of Elizabeth, a medical administrative assistant, and Sergius M. Gottlieb, an engineer.[2]

After studying drama at Syracuse University, he was drafted into the Army, serv…

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Carol Decker

Carol Ann Decker is an English singer and musician. She is the lead vocalist for the band T'Pau, which had international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Decker was born in Huyton, Lancashire (now Merseyside) and educated in Wellington, Shropshire.

In addition to her musical achievements, Decker has also acted on both stage and screen, including the role of Steven Berkoff's wife in the 2002 film 9 Dead Gay Guys. TV appearances include Hit Me, Baby, One Mor…

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Carole Montgomery

Carole Montgomery has had a long and varied career. With over two dozen television credits to her name, Carole Montgomery is a respected veteran of the standup comedy scene nationwide.

In addition to her numerous television appearances, Carole Montgomery has headlined clubs and colleges across the USA and starred in two different Las Vegas production shows. In her ten years as a LAS VEGAS STAR, she was seen by over five million audience members.

Carole Montgomery created and …

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Cathy Ladman

The best way to get inside Cathy Ladman's head is to see her live. As one of the country's top comedians, Ladman's show is a self-probing vehicle which draws laughter from exposing personal neuroses. She has not only appeared on "The Tonight Show" nine times, but was also the only female comic to appear on the last two of Johnny Carson’s "Tonight Show Anniversary" shows. She’s made four appearances, thus far, on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,"…

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Charles Fleischer

Charles Fleischer has been working as an actor and comedian since 1974 when he first arrived in Los Angeles. He has done over 100 movies and television shows including the voice of Roger Rabbit in the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit ” Directed by Robert Zemeckis, David Fincher’s “Zodiac”, Wes Craven’s “Nightmare on Elm Street” and Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy”.

Charles was a regular on “Welcome Back Kotter” and “Laverne and Shirley”, and has appeared on the Tonight Show, David Letterm…

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Chris Caffery

Christopher Caffery is an American musician, best known for his work as a member of Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Recently, Chris has been pursuing a solo career, releasing four albums since 2004.

Raised in Mahwah, New Jersey, Chris began playing guitar at age 11, but some of his earliest memories include performing the Beatles song Help! for a show and tell in kindergarten. Chris' favorite bands growing up included the Beatles, Kiss, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest an…

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Chris Difford

Christopher Henry Difford is an English singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is a founding member and songwriter of the British group Squeeze.

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Chris Hadfield

A heavily decorated astronaut, engineer, and pilot, Colonel Hadfield’s many awards include the Order of Canada, the Meritorious Service Cross and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. He was named the Top Test Pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy and was inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. He has flown three space missions, building two space stations, performing two spacewalks (EVAs), crewing the Shuttle and Soyuz and commanding the International Space Station.

Col…

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Chris Smither

Born in Miami, during World War II, Chris Smither grew up in New Orleans where he first started playing music as a child. The son of a Tulane University professor, he was taught the rudiments of instrumentation by his uncle on his mother’s ukulele. “Uncle Howard,” Smither says, “showed me that if you knew three chords, you could play a lot of the songs you heard on the radio. And if you knew four chords, you could pretty much rule the world.” With that bit of knowledge under his belt, he was…

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Christian Finnegan

Christian Finnegan, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City.

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Christie Simpson

Christie Simpson's journey in the music industry began when she joined forces with friends and fellow musicians Josh Burgess, Charlie Ryder, and Sam Perry to form the band Yumi Zouma.
Captivating audiences around the globe and leaving an enduring impact on fans and critics, as a charismatic and talented singer, Christie has been instrumental in shaping the band's distinct sound. Her vocals possess a unique blend of sweetness and vulnerability, weaving their way through the band&…

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Chris Titus

Employing what he’s labeled “hard funny,” Christopher Titus has released seven ninety-minute albums in as many years. He has six one-hour comedy specials currently running on Comedy Central, and his seventh special, Born With a Defect, spent four weeks on the Billboard Top Ten Comedy Chart. After years of experimentation with dark and personal storytelling, he debuted his one-man show “Norman Rockwell is Bleeding” at the Hudson Theater in Los Angeles. It was from this performance that the …

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