Funny Like A Clown

Using comedy as a platform to get your message across, make em laugh with your message and they will listen. Join us for a look at a comedian and political activist who would use humor to launch him to the forefront then use his popularity to get his message about civil rights across. An activist who would try to leave the world a better place than he entered it.

Don't sell out be who you are, if you work clean in comedy you always work but when you make the decision to work less and be you it saying I wont sell out to the industry. Join us for a look at a comic who has been called rude crude but endearing and his intense comedy style would make him a must see act and earn him the nick name the Pitbull of comedy.

Telling stories of growing up in an Italian household with 4 generations of family living on 3 floors the material was endless, getting a 6 minuet break on a major special leading to your own special and countless appearances on tv's top comedy shows and late night circuit join us for a look at a comic who would remain relevant for generations.

From sleeping in your car showering at truck stops to a multi million dollar tour and your own corporation. Join us for a look at a comic whose determination and drive would bring him to the top of the comedy game as Americas most believed host honoring GOD for his success and using the platform given him to give back.

Making life long friends is one of the best parts of the comedy business coming up together taking care of each other and sharing the love of the business. If one comic makes it he takes the rest with him and using those connections to get noticed and never look back a recipe for success.

From professional magician at 15 years old to top touring comic in the business. Join us for a look at a comedian who would be part of the legendary times at the world famous Comedy Store and use the opportunities there to become part of the next wave of legendary comics.

Working harder than your competitors doing what it takes to get ahead in your field and then having it ripped from you due to health issues. Sometimes they say the journey is most the fun not the destination. He would leave behind a legacy that would teach you to laugh at your pain.

Being influenced by comedy and using it to work your way up the ladder waiting for your big break never knowing when it will come then one day being recognized and never looking back using your popularity to make a difference becoming a humanitarian and above comedy leaving the world a better place.

Breaking ground accomplishing something your people are not known for and using the platform it gives you to give back to the people and community. Join us for a look at a comic who broke ground in a field that was ''old school'' on who they let in to the club and once there used the platform and made a difference.

Paving the way for female comedy being a pioneer of your art. Join us for a look at a comic who would pave new ground in the 1970s male dominant comedy era, not only showing she could hold her own as a female comic but could succeed with the biggest name male comics of the era.

From gowning up in rough neighborhoods to loosing an only parent at a young age join us for a look at a comic who would never use it as an excuse, a comic who put in the work tasted success and rolled with it turning in a legendary career and being activist for human rights.

When a small opportunity turns to a big one a big opportunity leads to a giant one. Join us for a look at a comic who would make the most of every chance given to him and become a nationally known comic act with success as an actor all the major shows of the time would come calling, leaving behind some of the best catch phrases of the time he would get everything except his own dinner.

from working in souvenir shops to being one of the 100 most influential people of his time no one starts at the top. Join us for a look at a comic whose pint of view on politics would gain him a political and comic following and launch a career in to a late night spot coveted by all, to be in a very select club, when opportunity knocked he answered.

Being inspired by comedy at a young age, having a lifelong dream of pursuing it and making that dream a reality. Join us for a look at a comic who would make his own way to making his dreams come true using his nice guy edge to out last the cut throat business he was in. Surviving the ups downs successes and failures of the business he would land in a legendary coveted spot and never look back.

The modern day comedy wars led by the now veteran of late night tv. Join us for a look at a comic whose inspiration of late night would launch him to a career in radio then cable tv and when everything he touched turned to gold he would get his shot on main stream tv as a coveted late night host.

To be the first to do anything a pioneer an original someone who sets the bar. Join us for a look at a comic who would take a platform available to everyone but be the first to have the vision to use it as a comedy platform and reach audiences that would draw the biggest names in the business.

Right place right time making a connection that would lead to a lifelong friendship, From small opportunities making the most of them leading to large opportunities. Join us for a look at a comic who would not be controlled by the industry using his own platform to reach podcast status others could only dream of from a home computer and personal web site.

When you reach the top at your dream you never work a day in your life when you work hard pay your dues and everything you touch starts to turn to gold its an amazing feeling, however when you reach the top there's only one way left to go and that's down as everyone behind you is trying to knock you off the peak so they can sit there.

It takes years to learn the craft of comedy and become a veteran comic hoping for that one big shot and hoping you don't blow it, others are in the right place right time gain instant success almost seemingly over night and never look back. Join us for a look at a comic who would catch that lightning not once but twice at the same time and leave behind a legacy.

The real life funny stuff is better than anything you could make up a rule of comedy be true to yourself talk about what you know. Join us for a look at a comic who would use his Italian heritage to gain an Italian audience that would launch him to legendary status.

If you wanted to write a text book way of becoming a comic this guy could write it, turning small breaks in to big ones staying relevant and in the game he would earn a cult following and the admiration of his peers being the comics comic, in the end he could say as Sinatra did '' I did my my way''

Creating a signature routine something your identified with join us for a look at a comic whose lack of an on stage partner would force him to be creative different and remembered in n industry where the fans are everything the next level of compliment is being respected by your peers and he would leave a legacy of just that

From watching tv with mom and dad gaining a love for acting to a college course then to the lights of Hollywood join us for a look at an actress whose Massachusetts roots would return her home to pursue her career having fun along the way and a renewed excitement to shoot for the next level.

From an unusual way of starting comedy to pounding the club circuit finding a role that would define him launch a 23 year career as the character break records and leave behind a legacy.

From a high school project inspiration to a college degree to starting his own local production company. Join us for a look at a Director writer actor producer whose passion for film would lead to a network of people with similar interests to a 10 year long film collection that would gain him recognition in the industry.

Blue comedy working dirty and telling dirty jokes, Black comedy shocking an audience touching taboo subjects that are supposed to be taken seriously and joking abut them Join us for a look at a comic whose dark humor and on stage persona would get him noticed and remembered land him an iconic role and give him one of the most distinctive voices in the business.

From making people laugh at a young age to finding your place in the business, developing who you are how to get remembered your catch phrase your signature routine in the business its known as finding your voice, join us for a look at a comic whose signature voice and style would keep him working in the game long after those that were ahead of him had faded.

To have a recognizable routine in comedy, what's your closer your signature routine everyone remember you for. To have one of the top ones and most recognizable of all time will gain you recognition from your peers, the oh I wish I thought if that one moment.

A quick climb to the top, having success in a short amount of time other comics work decades to achieve being at the top of your game but none of it being able to overcome the disease called mental illness. Anther great gone before his time and the world left with the question what would he have gone on to do?

What made you be a comedian? I was borne with it, its in my blood. Join us for a look at a comic who would survive the streets when young using street performing for pennies to launch a comedic career that would see him work with the legends of the game before it was all said and done.

A look at a comic whose street roots and family life would become a comedy routine and turn his life around being notice by BET television he would launch a successful comedy career from radio to tv to movies and enter political comedy working so hard at his career exhaustion would be the only thing to slow him from pursuing his craft

Creative freedom, what you want to do as opposed to what the industry wants you to do. When your a veteran comic you make the rules if your a up and coming comic your told the rules but sometimes breaking them can make you more popular than playing by them, will it launch you to stardom or end your career do you dare take the risk?

When you do what you love to do why take a vacation, when your so good at what you do your called a master. Join us for a look at a comic who would be labeled King of the one liners whose rapid fire one line joke telling would turn him in to a legend but like any legend would never forget where he came from and put the people who put him there first.

From being a fan to actively pursuing that passion join us for a look at a comedian fan whose passion would lead him to create a web site about the comic. Bringing fans together i an era before social media he would see to it the legend would live on after his passing through the fans stories and pictures.

From radio to comedy to author join us for a look at an almost 50 year career in show business, from sleeping in dives to headlining at top resorts in Atlantic City and Las Vegas and all the stories in between making a home in Boston he would be admired by generations of comics.

Paying your dues in comedy for every success story there is a price paid from sleeping in your car to couch surfing then eventually ending up in Beverly Hills hotels join us for a look at an original Texas Outlaw of comedy's journey to LA and the stories of working with the legends to working for a television network to sharing his stories through a character in an audio book series.

When you see something that strikes you as funny and instantly make a joke about it, observational humor, Join us for a look at a comic that would pioneer making it in to an art form. His Journey on the talk show circuit to becoming one of the top comedic performers of the time fulfilling his dream, and the one thing he would leave it all behind for that was more important to him FAMILY!

The highs and lows of comedy staying relevant never disappearing in a game few win, when you started in the 70's and are still going in 2021 you survived the sinking ship while gaining main stream notoriety he never hit the top but never left and stayed memorable.

A unique conversation on how minds are made up and minds are changed in a situation everyone thought was over, taken by surprise the highest court has overturned his conviction and he walks a free man. Only 2 people actually know the truth of that night Cosby and his accuser , weather you believe in his guilt or innocence weather your male or female if you put yourself in to bad situations bad things will happen, be careful.

From Boston to LA to New York in a time where comedy was only a big city thing and making it meant selling the tv couch and sleeping in your car join us for a look at a comic whose musical background would give him a window to pursue laughs and being in the right place at the right time theory would land him working with the greats come hear the stories.

From the Legendary days of Boston comedy at the Ding Ho Chinese restaurant to some of the most legendary stops in comedy HBO CNN MSNBC PBS THE TONIGHT SHOW LATE NIGHT 60 MINUETS among many others and coming full circle putting the band back together for the 40th reunion show of the Ding Ho and its replay listen to the stories of legend.

With over 40 years in the comedy business join us as we hear the wealth of comedy knowledge from one of the original Texas Outlaw comics, running with the likes of Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison and later a national television appearance on Americas Got Talent the stories are a plenty and we got them.

Breaking new ground beating the odds being the first to do something in your filed. Join us for a look at a comedian who would break new ground for the African American community on television and use the opportunity to do the same for others, with memorable characters and quotable catch phrases he would go down as the first superstar black entertainer.

Making something that was once only taken serious and making it funny breaking new ground with it having it become so wildly popular it then becomes a phenomena. Join us for a look at a comic who could be credited for making political humor a thing and inspiring other generation to make it an industry being so funny that you didn't need to get with the times but the times had to get with you!

The big 3 in comedy you don't touch race religion and disease making fun of any of these without you being or having one can easily get you booed off stage. However their is a demand for political humor again choose one side and you have alienated half your audience, but the masters the word smiths enter the field and gain an audience of love him or hate him I'll at least listen to him and then the doors open to become one of the greats.

Laughing at your own disability and using it as an art form, practicing your art until that one routing everyone loves becomes your signature routine. Join us for a look at a comic whose hard work would get him noticed by the businesses elite and become a legendary entertainer for adults and kids alike.

Getting your foot in the door, tasting success, being remembered the leading you to your next challenge. Join us for a look at a comic then late show guest then short film actor then main film actor to writer to director he would touch some of the biggest movies and work with legendary actors and directors leaving behind a body of work that would keep him relevant through out his career.

A wordsmith a skilled user of words join us for a look at a comic whose writing abilities would gain him recognition that would lead to chances making the most of them would lead to respect and an almost brush with death would inspire a career that would span a legendary talk show on the cable tv circuit being remembered as one of the greatest of all time.

From learning a musical instrument at a young age to goofing off with it, the vaudeville circuit to making your fellow sailors laugh in the Navy all this forming a ride to radio and tv that would land you at the top of the game never having a clear goal but just enjoying the ride and seeing where it took you next sometimes the journey is just as much fun as the destination.

Living to the ripe old age of 100 is milestone when most of it is spent in the entertainment industry its an accomplishment. Join us for a look at a comic whose entertainment skills would lead him from radio to television to movies becoming Americas loved host his USO tours would set records earning him a place in history as legend.

When fighting for what you believe in becomes your comedy routine, a movement when people all over weather they agree or disagree are talking about your cause, join us for a look in to comedians whose 70 hippy culture and recreational drug movement would lead to a now legalized product and how their comedy and fans would lead the fight