Podcast appearances and mentions of Rita Rudner

Legendary comedian Rita Rudner joins Lisa Dent to chat and share a couple jokes before she stops by the Northshore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie. Rudner shares her beginning in comedy after being a dancer on Broadway, then details how she got the chance to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Comedian and Las Vegas legend Rita Rudner joins John Landecker on the show to talk about her illustrious comedy career. Listen in while Rita gives listeners an inside look into what fans can expect if they come out to the North Shore Center in Skokie on March 8th to see her show.

Phyllis Diller was one of America's first female stand up comedians,rising to fame with iconic TV performances in the 1960s. In this 2005 interview Diller looks back on her career, and how she came up with her most memorable character: long-suffering husband “Fang.” Get your copy of Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse by Phyllis Diller As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases.You may also enjoy my interviews with Rita Rudner and Tracey Ullman For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. and now on YouTube Photo by Allan warren #comedians #standupcomedy #hunor #Fang

National apple dumplings day. International Country music day. Entertainment from 1984. Bacteria 1st discovered, 1st fatal airplane crash, Dead guy wins Democratic primary. Todays birthdays - Hank Williams, Roddy McDowall, Anne Bancroft, John Ritter, Rita Rudner, Kyle Chandler, Anastacia. Red Skelton died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http:   //defleppard.com/Apple dumpling gang - Saul BassWhiskey Talkin - Donnie LeeDo you wanna go out - Emily LocketThank you for cheatin on me - Dianna CorcoranRunning from a smile - Paul VinkWhats love got to do with it - Tina TurnerLets chase each other around the room - Merle HaggardBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent     http://50cent.com/Hey good lookin' - Hank WilliamsThree's company TV theme songI'm out of love - AnastaciaExit - It's not love - Dokken http    ://dokken.net/

Carol Ziske is an accomplished theatre director, choreographer, and actor with over five decades of professional experience in the industry. They have numerous acting credits on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre and national tours. She has starred alongside the likes of John Lithgow, Jerry Zaks, Bob Gunton, Beth Fowler, Robert Morse, Rudy Valee, Rita Rudner, Chip Zien, Ron Holgate, and F. Murray Abraham. Additionally, I have worked with notable directors including Jerome Robbins, Joseph Hardy, Patricia Birch, and John Bowab. Carol is a recipient of the Colgate Palmolive Achievement Award and the New Jersey Drama Critics Award. They are directing a production of One Touch of Ava this summer at Ivoryton Playhouse as well as a series of workshops for the musical, Hurricane Jimmy later in 2023. William Linster is a Connecticut native and New York-based pianist, composer, music director, and arranger. Having been playing since the age of two and performing professionally since the age of seven, William has an extensive background in classical training, as well as in jazz and other contemporary styles. A graduate of the world-renowned New School For Jazz And Contemporary Music, William has studied and worked with some of the greatest musicians in the world, including Grammy® nominees Bobby Sanabria, Dave Douglas, Charles Tolliver, Cecil Bridgewater, and Andy Mckee, as well as Grammy® winners Bill Kirchner, Robert Sadin, and Hank Schocklee (Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee, Public Enemy). As an accompanist and session musician, he has worked with artists such as Katie Stevens (American Idol, The Bold Type), Coyle Girelli (Your Vegas, The Chevin), Ron McClure (Blood, Sweat & Tears), R&B hitmaker James "D-Train" Williams, and numerous other Broadway stars and opera singers. Upon first working with William, the late acclaimed librettist Roger O. Hirson (Tony Award®-nominee, Pippin) simply said, "He's a genius." He made his Carnegie Hall debut at age 16, and was featured on NBC Nightly News at 17 while at the Havana International Jazz Festival in Cuba. William is also a trained vocalist, in addition to having received training on violin, trumpet, clarinet, mallet percussion, concert percussion, drums and handbells. He recently served as the Music Director for the Off-Broadway production of Fringe Deaths (2019). William is currently in the process of developing four full-length musicals he wrote with late Hollywood screenwriter, Lawrence Alexander (Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, Barnaby Jones). He was recently named a 2022 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist by American Theatre Wing. The musical centers around Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, who embarks on a forbidden romance with Flora Payne Whitney, a wealthy heiress from a different social sphere. The Roosevelts, renowned for their political activism and their role in trust-busting (which significantly impacted the Whitney family's wealth), stand in stark contrast to the reserved Whitneys, who are determined to avoid scandal of any kind. The story follows Quentin as he navigates the pressures of familial expectations, personal ambition, and the looming shadow of war. Through a mix of historical events and artistic interpretation, the musical delves into themes of heroism, love, and the impact of war on individuals and their families. Quentin weaves together dramatic scenes, emotional soliloquies, and powerful musical numbers to create a moving portrait of a young man caught between personal desire and duty, love and loss, and the enduring question of how to make one's mark in the shadow of a powerful legacy.

Comedian, host of Just Sayin', and excuse us HOMECOMING KING Justin Martindale joins us on the official first day of Kamala Is Brat Summer to talk about The Boys, Hollywood Squares, the ‘90s magic of A&F, EW, and TGIF, life as a high school social floater, being the last person picked to be a paid regular at the Comedy Store by Mitzi Shore herself, the hazards of being Bebe Rexha and/or Rita Rudner, the significance of Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and Joan Rivers, and meeting a life partner in real life. Catch Just Sayin' on the Comedy Store's YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts!

Today, I'm thrilled to announce the release of my episode with legendary comedian and Broadway performer Rita Rudner. Tune in to hear her talk about all the facets of her career, including learning wings for Gower Champion, the show she calls “the first feel-bad musical,” the advantages of working with her husband, the difficult transition from musical theater into comedy, why she doesn't do topical material, the ins and outs of making jokes about your family, why Bob Fosse would never hire her, how she almost did a musical with Gary Beach, running into Robert Morse at Starbucks, adapting her novel into a play, the ageism she's faced in the comedy business, why she was never in A Chorus Line, the word she's removed from her act, forming a close friendship during Follies, the skills she learned in The Magic Show, opening a new theater with So Long, 174th Street, and so much more.

An all new episode of Hey Hey It's The Podcast is here! Join Criss Fresh, Mitch and Jonesy as they recap episodes of Australian TV institution Hey Hey It's Saturday. This episode looks at the 28th Hey Hey of 1997. It features Julian McMahon, Rita Rudner, Leonardos Bride and more.   Please subscribe to us on iTunes and you can find us at: Twitter: @heyheypodcast Instagram @heyheypodcast

Comedian Rita Rudner joins Mase & Sue on the CULTURE POP PODCAST to discuss her path to becoming a stand-up, why she ditched her Broadway dance career, Woody Allen and Jack Benny's impact on her joke writing, the dynamic of penning scripts with producer husband, Martin Bergman, how he influenced her elegant style of dress on stage and an encounter with former NY Knick, Spencer Hayward. Plus, a ukulele event involving Grace Slick and how quarterback Patrick Mahome's lucky underwear launched into a conversation about an obsession with odd numbers. 

Grab a seat as we navigate the tennis journey of the remarkable Coach Marty Hennessey. Our latest episode features this inspiring figure, who sprang from a humble beginning, armed with just a bucket of balls and an unquenchable thirst for tennis. Through sheer resilience, Marty fought against the odds, securing college scholarships, and eventually metamorphosing into an esteemed coach. His stirring story doesn't stop there as he continues to use his gained knowledge and experience to impact the lives of underprivileged children desiring to play tennis. We dive into a conversation on the power of resilience and motivation within the sports realm, drawing parallels from Marty's journey. As we converse on hot topics, we venture into the realm of challenges faced by athletes like Serena Williams and Andy Murray when they square off against biological women. Marty offers his unique insights on this and the fascinating rise of pickleball. We explore the crucial place of competition levels and their impacts on a player's performance and propose fair solutions for transgender athletes in sports. In the concluding part of our discussion, we shine a light on Marty's significant work with the Tennis Foundation. His dedication to creating opportunities for young players is truly admirable. His unparalleled ability to rally support for his cause is also an eye-opener, with the likes of Tony Bennett and Rita Rudner lending their star power to his fundraisers. Don't miss out on this episode brimming with inspiring anecdotes of perseverance, enlightening discussions on sportsmanship, and a deep dive into the evolving tennis landscape. --------- EPISODE CHAPTERS --------- (0:00:00) - The Journey of Coach Marty Hennessey (0:08:30) - Resilience and Motivation in Tennis (0:19:52) - Resilience and Athleticism in Overcoming Challenges (0:30:17) - Competing Across Gender Divisions in Tennis (0:34:43) - Inclusive Sports and Tennis Training (0:41:07) - Charity Tennis Program and Fundraisers (0:53:16) - Gio Challenges and Thanks Coach Marty Follow Fitness Junkeez on IG!! https://www.instagram.com/fitnessjunkeez/ Follow Fitness Junkeez on TikTok!! https://www.tiktok.com/@fitnessjunkeez Follow Gio Elmore on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gioslogic/ This is a Podcast Junkeez production recorded out of Sticky Paws Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada. https://stickypawsstudios.com

Grab a seat as we navigate the tennis journey of the remarkable Coach Marty Hennessey. Our latest episode features this inspiring figure, who sprang from a humble beginning, armed with just a bucket of balls and an unquenchable thirst for tennis. Through sheer resilience, Marty fought against the odds, securing college scholarships, and eventually metamorphosing into an esteemed coach. His stirring story doesn't stop there as he continues to use his gained knowledge and experience to impact the lives of underprivileged children desiring to play tennis. We dive into a conversation on the power of resilience and motivation within the sports realm, drawing parallels from Marty's journey. As we converse on hot topics, we venture into the realm of challenges faced by athletes like Serena Williams and Andy Murray when they square off against biological women. Marty offers his unique insights on this and the fascinating rise of pickleball. We explore the crucial place of competition levels and their impacts on a player's performance and propose fair solutions for transgender athletes in sports. In the concluding part of our discussion, we shine a light on Marty's significant work with the Tennis Foundation. His dedication to creating opportunities for young players is truly admirable. His unparalleled ability to rally support for his cause is also an eye-opener, with the likes of Tony Bennett and Rita Rudner lending their star power to his fundraisers. Don't miss out on this episode brimming with inspiring anecdotes of perseverance, enlightening discussions on sportsmanship, and a deep dive into the evolving tennis landscape. --------- EPISODE CHAPTERS --------- (0:00:00) - The Journey of Coach Marty Hennessey (0:08:30) - Resilience and Motivation in Tennis (0:19:52) - Resilience and Athleticism in Overcoming Challenges (0:30:17) - Competing Across Gender Divisions in Tennis (0:34:43) - Inclusive Sports and Tennis Training (0:41:07) - Charity Tennis Program and Fundraisers (0:53:16) - Gio Challenges and Thanks Coach Marty Follow Fitness Junkeez on IG!! https://www.instagram.com/fitnessjunkeez/ Follow Fitness Junkeez on TikTok!! https://www.tiktok.com/@fitnessjunkeez Follow Gio Elmore on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gioslogic/ This is a Podcast Junkeez production recorded out of Sticky Paws Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada. https://stickypawsstudios.com

The stage is set, the mic is on, and the cue is yours. In this episode, stand-up comic and voice actor Tom Sawyer shares his golden nuggets for aspiring voice talents hoping to benefit from the power of comedy. From the importance of having fun in the booth to taking a well-deserved break, and the power of belief in oneself, Tom is a reservoir of invaluable insights. We talk about standing out in a sea of talents, catching the ears of the right casting person, and the art of continuous learning. But remember, feedback is the breakfast of champions, and as Tom says, it's all about enhancing your performance. Get ready, it's showtime! About Tom   Tom Sawyer ran lengendary San Francisco comedy club, Cobb's for over 30 years. After stepping away from the comedy business, Tom was encouraged to explore voice acting by after famed comedian and voice actor Carlos Alazraqui (Rocco's Modern World, the Taco Bell Chihuahua) who knew Tom was an excellent celebrity impersonator. Tom signed with JE Talent in San Francisco and Aperture Talent in Los Angeles in 2017, and the rest is history. https://kitcaster.com/tom-sawyer/ 0:00:01 - Announcer It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss, a V-O boss. Now let's welcome your host, Ann Gangusa.  0:00:20 - Anne Hey everyone, welcome to the V-O Boss podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza and today I am super excited to be here with very special guest actor, comedian, entrepreneur oh my God, the list goes on Tom Sawyer. Tom ran the legendary San Francisco Comedy Club Cubs for over 30 years booking legendary greats, and this list just goes on and on, but I'll give you just a few of them Jerry Seinfeld, dana Carvey, Bob Saget, Jim Carrey, Rita Rudner, Joe Rogan, Sarah Silverman and the list just goes on. He stayed on as a booker until 2012 and then ultimately stepped away from the comedy business. After that, he was encouraged to explore voice acting by famed comedian and voice actor Carlos Ellsrocki, a good friend of his. He signed on with JE Talent in San Francisco and Aperture Talent in LA in 2017, and the rest, they say, is history.  But boy, we've got a lot of history I'd like to talk to you about, tom. Thank you so much for joining us and welcome. Thank you for having me. Oh, it's my pleasure. So, gosh, there's so many things I want to start with. I mean the first tell. You have such a large history of comedy, so, of course, I'm sure a very common question you get asked is were you a funny kid, or have you always loved comedy? What is it that drew you to comedy?  0:01:44 - Tom Well, yeah, I was the kid in the back of the class making all the other kids laugh, so that was where I started and I always did impressions. So when I was a kid I was doing Don Adams from Get Smart and Ed Sullivan and Richard Nixon and you know, it's probably a little weird seeing an eight-year-old doing Richard Nixon but that's what I was doing. When I was very young I realized I could do voices and never stopped and that's what kind of led me to voiceover when I got out of the comedy club business.  0:02:15 - Anne But boy, there was a long history of being in the comedy business. I label you as entrepreneur 20 times over because I think just following that passion of yours and then ultimately opening up a club that literally was just famed and just housing some of the comedy greats. Tell me a little bit about that history. I mean, that is just so, so fun and impressive.  0:02:36 - Tom Yeah, actually, I went to San Francisco to become a stand-up comic and there were all these clubs, the Punchline and the Holy City Zoo and the other cafe. They were very packed all the time and getting stage time there was next to impossible. Or you'd get on at one o'clock in the morning in front of a very tired, very small, very drunk audience. And then there was this little.  0:02:55 - Anne Sometimes that helps, I'm not sure Mostly doesn't, oh okay.  0:03:00 - Tom But there was this little club in the Marina District in San Francisco called Cobb's Pub and they were trying to do comedy there and there was no audience, but there was stage time. You could get on stage there. In fact, sometimes you couldn't get off stage because there was no one there to take over, so you had to stretch, stretch and that was terrifying sometimes. Especially if you're the third or fourth comic going, hey, where are you from? And the audience goes we all know where we're from, so stop asking.  0:03:29 - Anne That's so funny. I just wanted to say that a lot of my actor friends I feel like being on that comedy stage is like a rite of passage almost, and it's probably I would think one of the toughest things to do is to stand on stage like that and try to make people laugh. I mean, that's just to me it's comedy without a net. Yeah, exactly.  0:03:48 - Tom And the thing is it's like you're stuck there, literally. You have an allotted time that you have to perform and they give you 10 minutes. You have to do 10 minutes, doesn't matter if it's horrible right from the word jump, you're on stage for those 10 minutes. That's the time you have to do and that's one of the things you learn right away is like if you get on stage early.  you're not going to get back on stage. So you have to go through the rite of passage of bombing, and I've seen comics bomb from Paula Poundstone, kevin Meany, kevin Nealon, the list goes on and on. Every comic has bombed. But even later on you get in front of an audience that just doesn't dig you.  0:04:27 - Anne And again, nowhere to go. You can't run off the stage.  0:04:31 - Tom You're mean, I get that.  0:04:38 - Anne And it's funny because I literally I just went to a comedy club a couple of weeks ago and I was thinking about that, like what do you do? I mean, they are there until the next comedian is called on stage. And it feels interesting as being a part of the audience, because a lot of times I think, as the audience, you are part of maybe not part of the act, but it's very interactive, it's very back and forth and engaging because, of course, you're trying to make us laugh.  0:05:02 - Tom Yeah, you have to communicate to the audience without really engaging the audience, because you're the boss on stage, you're kind of like the crowd master and you're crowd control and entertainment at the same time. And because comedy, some people feel like, oh, I'm going to be as funny as the comic.  0:05:22 - Anne And that's when things get really sideways.  0:05:24 - Tom You're there to be entertained. Sit back, relax and leave the talking or the driving to the person with the microphone.  So you got some stage time on Cobbs and and then I realized that I just kept seeing these shows that weren't very good. The guy who was booking the club at the time wasn't doing a great job, and I was a big fan of stand up as well. So I started thinking about what I would do instead, and then I started telling the owner at the time first owner of Cobbs. I was telling him you know, here's what I would do differently, and then I could tell him at the beginning of the show how the show was going to fail. And then he was started realizing that everything I was saying was happening and he went what do I get to lose? We're doing horrible business. And so he gave me the job of booking and from there I started getting the people I really, really like to perform and it started going great and we went from being like about 20% capacity to 90% capacity in about a year.  0:06:23 - Anne So let me ask you a question that, to me, is very interesting how do you get, at the time, the talents that you booked? I mean, they were big names. Were they big names then? And how did you get them to book? I mean, that's a skill, right? It's something that we do in our businesses every day, right? We've got to try to get clients to like us and to work with us. So how did you do that? Did you have a secret?  0:06:42 - Tom Yeah, my secret was I paid really well.  0:06:45 - Anne Okay, okay, that's a good piece.  0:06:48 - Tom My biggest competition, which was twice the size of our club. We were out paying that Because we decided that the most important thing was getting butts in the chairs and the only way to do that was having acts that actually brought an audience. So the only way to do that was to offer these guys more of an opportunity to make more money. So we would give them a percentage of the door and say, hey, the more people come to see you, the more you're gonna make. And because of that we had people that would call up and go, hey, I'm gonna be on the Tonight Show in six weeks with Johnny Carson, do you have anything open? And I would move stuff around and get them in there and then I would get a Tonight Show plug or a Letterman plug or Arsenio Hall. At the time and that was kind of my thing was I'm gonna pay everybody. Really well, so everybody could. Percentage of the door.  In the early days before all the big agencies came in, sure, and remember this was at a time where there were just like a couple agencies doing personal appearances for comedians. Comedians were pretty much on their own. They were doing their business themselves. So if I wanted Bob Sagan, I'd call Bob Sagan, so I get his number from another comic and everybody was kind of looking for each other and I would bring one comic in. They'd go, hey, you should book these guys. And I go, okay, great, and call them up. And they'd go, right, when can you give them me a date? And I'd give them a date. Plus, we flew people up and we put them up in the hotels. So we didn't personally make a ton of money. That wasn't my thing. My thing was having the best shows I could possibly have and making a name right.  And making a name for the club?  0:08:24 - Anne Absolutely, and that's interesting because, again, I like to talk about the entrepreneurial business side of what we do as creatives and freelancers, and there's a lot of thinking outside the box and also recognizing the value of the talent, that if you wanna put out great work, then you wanna hire a talent that's amazing and great and pay them fairly and absolutely. And so talk to me a little bit about the networking aspect. I mean, the cash is a good draw, but you also had to communicate effectively, I would say, to really book these talent.  0:08:58 - Tom Well, the thing that separated me from everybody else, besides being generous with the money that was brought in, was that I knew what they were going through, no matter what it was going on on stage. If they were dealing with a heckler, I'd gone through that as a comedian. If they were bombing, I knew that pain, so I could empathize with them, I could be their counselor, I could give them advice. I looked at it like I wasn't really a good comedian, and mainly that was because I wasn't true to who I am personally. So my mantra after that was be yourself.  0:09:32 - Anne I love that.  0:09:33 - Tom Yeah, that's who I wasn't. I was trying to fit in and have everybody like me and that really affected the quality of my stand up because I wasn't being true to me. So that was my mantra to everybody be yourself. Because nobody can take that away from you.  0:09:49 - Anne That's so interesting because I never ventured into comedy myself. However, I find that people find me the most funny when I am being my dorky self and I'm making mistakes and I'm just being oops, sorry, and I think in voiceover as well. I wanna talk more about that. I think it's all about being authentic and being yourself and that's really, I think, what connects you to people and engages you to people and endears you to people.  0:10:14 - Tom Yeah, I think it's really important when you get a job, and especially if it's somebody you want to get more bookings from play around, have fun. I mean, I booked a video game and the first thing we did we went through several of the lines I had to do and then we went through all those and I just did just the lines, basically no acting or anything like that and they went. Yep, that's about it. I went great, thank you.  0:10:33 - Anne Love it, love it, bye, bye.  0:10:35 - Tom So everybody started laughing. It loosens everybody up and that's really it's just. Don't be a pain on the ass. Realize that you're always learning. They're always learning. Everybody's a professional too, and so be courteous and nice and smart and be entertaining. You are the talent, so show some talent as a professional as well.  0:10:53 - Anne Show some talent. I love that. So talk about in the transition while booking talent. So you did that for a very long time, I mean 30 years, and so, wow, I mean, was there a point? I mean, were you just so busy for 30 years Did you think about voiceover? Was that a thought in your head or something that you would do, or you just were completely. You loved running the club and booking talent.  0:11:18 - Tom Prior to moving to San Francisco, I lived in Florida, lived in Sarasota, Florida, and I did a lot of theater there.  That's why, I fell in love with theater and acting. You know, I always thought like, oh, stand up might be a good gateway to getting into acting, but then I got into the business end of it. So I didn't really think about it until I got out and I didn't know what I was gonna do. And I was talking to Carlos and he said dude, you do so many voices and stuff. You'd be great at voice acting.  Cause I've always done impressions, never stopped doing impressions. In fact I would teach other people like Kevin Pollack or something, if they had an oppression and they couldn't figure it quite out. They were doing it but they weren't quite right. We'd kind of jam and help them get there, or they would help me get there and we'd all do our really weird outside the box impersonations. You'd have to spend five minutes explaining who that guy is Right right right.  0:12:07 - Anne So you can't do that one.  0:12:09 - Tom But for comics, we love doing those, especially impersonators, impressionists, we love doing those for other impersonators. It was kind of like our jazz moment, you know, where you get to jam behind the scenes with another musician.  0:12:20 - Anne Absolutely.  0:12:21 - Tom So Frank Calliendo, I had the club, and Dana Carvey, of course, was the master of the not perfect impression, but getting the perfect funny it didn't matter, that's what his genius is. Bye, you know, is finding the perfect funny to any voice. And then Tom Kenny played. The club started at Cobbs as well Again, the guy who did so many crazy voices. It was another inspiration for me to move there, and every once in a while I talked to him, cause I'll get a audition for something that I know is directing or in, so I go heads up and he's going dude.  I have nothing to do with casting, you know sometimes they cast people and I'm scratching my head. So yeah, but I'll put in a good word for you.  0:12:58 - Anne So Well, hey again, networking totally helps. Now comedy skill. I think comedy is a skill and art form. What are your thoughts on that?  0:13:07 - Tom I mean cause, oh, absolutely.  0:13:08 - Anne Yeah, it's not something that I can go on a stage and execute.  0:13:11 - Tom Yeah, it's like anything else I personally believe.  my philosophy is we all have a gift somewhere along the line. We might not be in a position ever to know what that gift is, but we all have a gift and sometimes there are people out there have more than a couple fair, but there's also people who just don't ever find theirs. And I think that the idea is you know to try to discover who you are and your strengths, weaknesses. Stay away from those weaknesses and hurdle towards your strengths, you know, and don't get locked up into one thing to always be on the road to discovery.  0:13:42 - Anne I guess I want to ask you first of all about once you got into voice acting and then was it like you were always wanting to book a certain genre because you've had lots of characters inside of you that wanted to come out? Or did you find any of the genres outside of character Interesting, because I'm a believer that you're a character in just about everything you do, even if you're doing e-learning.  0:14:05 - Tom Yeah, I always try to find a person, even when it's just one of those hey, you're a dad, or hey, you're a regular guy. Or I just had an audition yesterday where you're just a regular father, you know it's regular. But the line said something else, you know. So I gave one as what they were saying and then one. That's what I felt the lines were doing. It was a subtle difference, but it was a difference that maybe whoever put this together wants to see. If somebody figured it out, or they didn't know that's where they were going and they don't know. Sometimes they don't even know until they hear it.  So give them what you think they want, and then give them what they say they want.  0:14:39 - Anne So interesting. I guess I would talk to you then about writing right, especially now that you've transitioned in voice acting and you're given a script right, or you're given an audition and finding the humor. Sometimes there's subtleties in that humor, sometimes it's obvious. Are there telltale signs to look out for? And then, once you do see it, is there a specific way that you feel it should be performed? Should it be performed in the obvious way? Or maybe, if you wanna capture the ear of the casting director, you do something different?  0:15:08 - Tom Well, I think you know what you do with a couple takes is you do the one that's on the page and then you do the one that where you think they go or where you can go with it to show what you can bring to the party. I always like to find the humor in something, especially if it says it's humorous, you know, and then play around with it and add a little bit, do a little improv with it, find a little spontaneity into there, or sometimes I'll even rewrite a line, cause I think it's kind of like flat, so I'll make it a little funnier. A punchier.  0:15:36 - Anne Okay, now that gives me a segue into a question In terms of with the script, in terms of improv right For an audition, are you improving in the audition and or improving the line, and at what point do you feel that people may go too far if you're completely rewriting, or do you think that's offensive maybe?  0:15:54 - Tom I think you have to be pretty subtle in rewriting. I think you do run the risk of people going why do I bother sending you a script? Cause you're adding all this stuff to it. So you pick and choose your moments. You know I've done that before, I've added jokes. But I'll listen to it again and go okay, that's a little too much. Plus, I want to have them. I don't want the person thinking after the third one, is he gonna go back to the script or what you know. So I wanna pick and choose my moments and make sure that I think of the funniest, the ones that have the most oomph. You want them to land, and so era on the side of too few than too many.  0:16:33 - Anne Let's talk about character development for you, especially because you're an impressionist. So how can you take, let's say, and you don't necessarily wanna have a character that's just after a particular person, but you wanna develop it into your own character. Is there a formula or a process for that, in terms of developing new characters?  0:16:51 - Tom Well, I have a book of all the impersonations I do, well, a book with the impersonations I do. And then I have like one that's like the ones I do pretty right on, and the ones I do that are just kind of soft. I don't really have it down, but that's great because it's a character.  0:17:07 - Anne Do you have a number for that? Somebody wants to have how many characters in their arsenal, how many to build off of.  0:17:13 - Tom Every day that I can figure out how to do a different celebrity or something like that. I write it down in the book Cause it comes to you sometimes. I mean, when I figured out how to do Robin Williams, it just was an accident. It's one of those things where you find a word and all of a sudden. Then you find a place in your throat and you're doing it and you can't stop.  0:17:32 - Anne It's crazy so it just never stops. I love it, I love it.  0:17:37 - Tom So one day I did Robin for Robin and that didn't go so well, apparently I didn't know he doesn't like his voice, apparently being impersonated. You didn't like that. No, it's really a very awkward Cause. I thought it'd be a lot of fun.  0:17:50 - Anne Yeah, and that's interesting because I'm curious about that. You know, celebrities like their voices impersonated, or now we've got a whole another, a whole another digital thing to be thinking about, when voices might be impersonated or turned into right With synthetic voices. But that might be another podcast.  0:18:10 - Tom That's a little scary.  0:18:11 - Anne That's a scary one, absolutely.  0:18:13 - Tom The thing about it is is like the flaws, like, let's say, go back to Dana Carvey, cause again there aren't many that he does right on, he'll leave me be the first to admit it. He's not like somebody like Frank Caliendo, who's just like amazing. He's verbatim, you can hear the voice. He's somebody who can do a sound alike. Dana could never do a sound alike, but he gets people's caricature down. That's the thing is it's like, and that's kind of what makes it funny is the imperfections is going up, finding those words.  I just, you know, I used to do Bruce Stern and a lot of people kind of forgot who he was, and then one day I just was doing it for somebody to just start laughing Cause they didn't even remember who that Bruce Stern was. But it's just his voice is funny, you know, cause he has a kind of voice like that and it's very inquisitive either. Everything goes up at the end Doesn't make a darn gosh darn bit of difference, and not sometimes he gets crazy. But and so you find those little imperfections actually make a character and make it really funny. That's what I like to do. You know, I did a animation pilot and it was like a hippie character and I was going through a bunch of voices with a writer cause they booked me and they didn't feel like they wanted to do something different with it. They said what can you do? And I was going through my book and I started doing Nick Nolte and they loved it and then you ended up going with that over what they originally had, with me doing it.  0:19:37 - Anne So I love how you have a book with everything written down. Now, do you also have audio files that go along with that, so that you can help yourself get into words?  0:19:45 - Tom Yeah, I have one where it's all my impressions, so that way I can go back. And how do I do that? One Cause I don't practice them all the time. Cause.  0:19:54 - Anne I have life.  0:19:55 - Tom So, and I don't want to be walking around talking to myself, of course, of course. Man, it's got so many voices.  0:20:00 - Anne So are you writing down then the name and then you write down the qualities of the characteristics or how you get into it. Is it a kick phrase? Maybe that gets you into the character.  0:20:10 - Tom Well, there's certain words, for example, you know, I came up with for Christopher Walk and I came up with the word pantaloon being the perfect Christopher Walken word. I'm thinking cowbell but that's yeah, cause. Well, that's, this is before cowbell yeah, before cowbell.  0:20:26 - Anne But pantaloon automatically gets me there. I love it. I love it Cause I say it.  0:20:33 - Tom I can't help but do more. Christopher Walken, who doesn't like a nice pair of pantaloons?  0:20:43 - Anne I love it. I love it.  0:20:44 - Tom Cause you want your calves exposed. So yeah, and then with Kurt Douglas, it was horse, oh Horse, okay, I'm going to read my horse. If I say horse, I go into Kurt Douglas Well.  0:21:01 - Anne I think there's something always so obviously so entertaining, but something that just draws people to comedy. What are your thoughts about this crazy, chaotic world that we live in today, and where does comedy sit now, I mean, in terms of how important is it?  0:21:17 - Tom I think comedy is as important as it ever was. And it's in a weird place right now, cause I think a lot of people are reacting to people saying words and there's a lot of people getting offended easily and comedy is not for those folks that have thin skin, both sides of it.  I find it funny that I think a lot of comics right now have thin skin as far as getting some criticism back, cause it's also about growth. What was funny in 1970, if you listened to comedy in 1970 or the 80s, it's not as funny now. In some of it's just not funny at all. We grow, we expand, we move on, and to me, that's what's great about comedy is it's about adapting. You're always adapting. You're always growing, as you should be as a person. So to me, if you're moving the ball forward constantly in your life, you're gonna be a better person than you were 10 years ago. So why not take that to comedy? Absolutely, the things that were funny like 15, 20 years ago are real cringy right now, and it's not because they weren't funny back then. They were. It's the same reason I get upset with people who go back like 20 years and go. I can't believe you said that back then.  0:22:28 - Anne Well, back then that wasn't offensive.  0:22:30 - Tom Exactly, we didn't find that offensive back then. Now we've all grown up and we've all moved on a bit and we understand that's not the same. But don't punish me for something that was okay Back then. Mark Twain, who wrote a famous book about a guy named Tom Sawyer, had a lot of cringy stuff in his books. There's still masterworks of literature, but those were the times. We have to accept. That's where those books came and there were a reflection of those times. Same way we would stand up. So to me it's just about. Everybody just needs to grow up. Everybody needs to understand where everybody was back then and where they are now and be better for them.  0:23:06 - Anne Yeah, yeah. Do you find that you miss owning a comedy club or booking talent or having that in your life?  0:23:12 - Tom I miss working with young comics. That's the thing I miss the most and it was actually when I started. The last version of Cubs when it exists now, because it's a 400-seat room has really amazing acts, but they're much bigger acts and they generally bring their own acts with them, and comedians who can bring their own acts generally don't bring really really great acts because they don't want to have to work as hard. I would make comics work hard because I would have really good acts going on before them.  Sure, so they have to try to continually stand tall, so they had to keep their game. My thing was like Interesting strategy. I like that yeah yeah, absolutely Nobody could coast. And then later on it was comics they would bring in.  I didn't think they were as talented as some of the people I could book with these guys, and so I wasn't really working with the comics anymore as much as I used to, and so that's one of the things about smaller room is you can get to work with younger comics and you get to tell them the dos and the don'ts and hopefully guide them to a path where they can be their best selves on stage. Sure, that part I miss.  0:24:14 - Anne And actually, speaking of that, what sort of advice would you give to voice talent out there that want to continually up their game and stay on top of the voiceover game, because, boy, it's competitive out there, super competitive.  0:24:27 - Tom It's crazy, it's crazy.  0:24:29 - Anne Like just as I'm sure it was in comedy and being in the club. It's such a mental game a lot of the times too.  0:24:34 - Tom Yeah, the nice thing about voiceover having been a stage actor very early in my life is you don't see the person who you're auditioning for, so you don't see that look, as soon as you hit the stage, that you've already lost your audition. You're not the person they're looking for, and that's so disheartening sometimes so at least you go into every audition with this could?  0:24:56 - Anne be the one.  0:24:57 - Tom And I love auditioning, so I love going into another character or finding something I haven't found before, or even sometimes there's a couple of characters I do that I think, oh man, this one is definitely gonna find a home someplace. It's just a matter of getting in front of the right casting person hearing it. So I'll bring out those guys every now and then, when it's the right opportunity for those characters, cause they're like they're my buddies. I want them to succeed. Yeah, I think just have fun in the booth is the main thing, and if you need to take a break, tell your agent I need to take a break. I mean, I talked to other voice actors and it gets a little depressing. Everybody came in this business thinking that everybody always said I should be in voice acting and everybody always said this is what I should be doing and I did it and nothing's happening.  0:25:43 - Anne Yeah, what's your advice for that? Because that becomes like a mind game. It becomes like oh my God, I've done all this work, what else can I do? I mean, what would you suggest in terms of getting work? It seems like the question I get most often as a coach is like so all right, I've got this great demo now and had this great coaching, and so now, where's the work? How do I get the work? Or how do I stand out?  0:26:04 - Tom I think the thing about it is acting as a lottery. You're buying a lottery ticket is what you're doing. I mean, carlos Alice Rocky was a comic Lucky, had a job, state entertainment state creative, but it was getting the Taco Bell, chihuahua and all those people you auditioned from and he hit it, hit the lottery, you know so, and from there he's done so many other things. But when I say who Carlos Alice Rocky is, when I bring him up, I always go the Taco Bell, chihuahua guy and they go oh, I love that. So it's the same thing where you just go, my lottery ticket is gonna come and you're gonna believe in yourself.  When you believe in your talent and talk to other people in the business too. Just do classes I think it's still a good idea to do, just as even a workout session. Plus, you get some inspiration from other people who have a different style, maybe that you see something in yourself or you bring out something in yourself you didn't know was there. So I would say, take a class every now and then network with other people who just to have support, just so, hey, I'm here for you when you're down on yourself, in the same way that if I need somebody to talk to and say, hey, I'm really kind of wondering what the hell I'm doing here.  And they can talk you down from being sad or lift your spirits up and let you know you're really a talented person. That's why you got into this whole thing in the first place.  0:27:16 - Anne Yeah, I think that self-sabotage can happen to the best of us even.  0:27:20 - Tom And then sometimes you'll hear it in the reads. I mean, again, I'll go into a class and you can tell the person who's been beat down on pretty bad by themselves, mostly Cause do you have an agent? Yeah, do you have a demo? Yeah, well, you're doing all the right things and I think it's good to have an agent or two that are giving you good feedback or giving you feedback.  0:27:40 - Anne I was with an agency that way too many people.  0:27:43 - Tom The poop sticks agency you have 400 people that they represent and you just go. That's too many. I don't feel special when you're just going okay.  You got a demo, you're in. So I think, being with a smaller agency, that's a little more hands-on. Both my agents give me feedback every time, even if it's just a nice job. Yeah, and because of that I feel like I'm better for it, because I already know if I see a script, I know exactly what kind of read in the ballpark I need to be, so that's what I'm gonna get back. I'm at the point now where I really get back oh, you need to do this, this is too much, and something like that. So it's always I recognize what I'm working with right away. I do it, get it out, get the feedback, forget about it.  0:28:26 - Anne That's what you gotta do. I think a lot of people really crave feedback in this industry because we are just in our studios, kind of just talking into our little four padded walls, and so a lot of times it's hard when you don't get feedback and it's interesting.  0:28:40 - Tom Yeah, especially if you don't have a partner in a relationship, you know where you can at least go hey, honey, what do you think of this?  0:28:47 - Anne Yeah, you can bounce it off.  0:28:48 - Tom I don't bother my wife with everything, but every once in a while, you know, I go. You know, what do you think of this? Or she'll hear me and she'll go. I need to hear the whole thing. She'll hear me in my booth screaming, you know. And then now she has to hear all the stuff I did in that character.  0:29:04 - Anne I love what you said about well, at least when you're in front of a stage, I can, you can get that reaction from the audience. You know that, if you've bombed or not already, and the fact that when you're in your studio you actually use the fact that you're not in front of an audience as a creative kind of positive outlook, that you can be creative and not have to face that which is so interesting from, let's say, somebody that doesn't necessarily or hasn't started from being on stage. They might've worked a corporate job and now all of a sudden they're getting into character acting, and so they don't have that perspective. So I really like that perspective of taking the challenge and I think the creativity has to be in your brain, your imagination. You have to imagine that character in that scene, which is so difficult for some people. Do you have any tips on how to really create a scene realistically while you're sitting here in your studio?  0:29:53 - Tom Yeah, I think the most important thing, especially when you get those video games where it's like one line, one line, one line, one line, five, one lines and they're like hey, don't touch that rock and you're going. How are these people going to book somebody based on five lines that are no more than 10 words for the longest one?  and you're going, how am I gonna stand out in front of anybody? So you gotta kind of create a scene around those and those. I generally will write a bigger scene for the line and then because I'll have the line in there and I'll make sure that it doesn't bleed into the other words that I'm saying, but that gives me a little bit more emotional pop for that line.  0:30:35 - Anne Are you developing the characters that you're interacting with as well?  0:30:38 - Tom I know who I'm talking to. Yeah, so I might not have the character fully developed, but I know who I'm talking to.  0:30:44 - Anne Right, and what's happening in that scene? And what's happening, yeah, and you actually write that down.  0:30:48 - Tom I'll go on Word, I'll cut and paste the lines and then I'll put words around the line and highlight the line that is actually in it. So I have all the other words and a highlighted line to make sure I hit that one. But I know what's going on and I try to create more around it.  0:31:05 - Anne So how long would you say do you spend, let's say, analyzing and doing all that work? How long would you say you take for an audition to kind of do that creating the scene and writing that down before you go in and record?  0:31:17 - Tom It depends on my schedule and what I have to do and also how much I think something is really in my wheelhouse. I mean there's things you get where it's like I knock it out in 10 minutes because I really have a solid idea of what I'm gonna do with it and I go and do it and I listen to. It sounds good. With characters, though, with video games and animation, I really like to do as much as I possibly can. I remember I did this video game audition where the character was cockney. I called my dialect coach and we went through the whole thing together.  It was like a class for me. I thought this was a good opportunity to have a little class on doing a cockney accent and I said can I book our session with you? And we just worked on the script I was auditioning for because I really I loved it and I really wanted to nail it and, regardless, I got a class out of it. So it did two things for me helped me learn, and I put that learning to immediate use.  0:32:11 - Anne Absolutely absolutely.  0:32:13 - Tom And again, that's a really good thing to do is have a network of people, find a good dialect coach, find people that are teachers or coaches that you can work with, that you can go to and use them when you need, when you're stuck or when you just need something. Had a Pixar audition that I did and the character was obviously somebody from Eastern Europe and I had a friend who's from Ukraine and we went through the script and she helped me with some of the pronunciations and I didn't book it but I really felt confident sending it in.  0:32:45 - Anne I really felt like I nailed it Exactly. I love that because you've gotten the worth out of it, whether you booked it or not. So that's the other thing. So when you really are excited about something and you do all that work and you feel like you nailed the audition, but then you didn't book it, thoughts on how to stop that from getting you all upset and, oh my God, that's it.  0:33:03 - Tom Well, it's sort of like you still have to go. This is out of my control. I have no idea what the other person at the other end is going through what they've got in front of them. If they end up going with somebody that they've already booked for something and they can give them another character because union rules and it's like you did a really good job, maybe even better than that person but they're already booked and they don't have to pay another person to do that voice. They can do up to three voices and not get a penny more. So they go. Let's just give them that, so you don't know all the little things that transpire for somebody to get that part over you.  0:33:35 - Anne Yeah, and I think it's important for people to understand that it doesn't necessarily reflect on a poor performance or a poor audition.  0:33:42 - Tom No, my agent is a very funny woman and my auditions who I'm getting in front of have escalated. I'm doing more Disney Pixar auditions and stuff like that and she just goes. You're feeling upwardly.  0:33:53 - Anne There you go. I love that.  0:33:56 - Tom Which I thought was hilarious, because we always think we're failing. We're not. We're all doing the best we can and we're all doing great auditions. But because I'm doing so well in my auditions, other casting people are getting interested, so I am getting in front of people that I didn't get in front of, like four or five years ago.  0:34:12 - Anne Awesome, that's awesome. So even if you don't book the job, you could be making an impression on someone that can get you maybe the next job or the job after that.  0:34:21 - Tom That's the idea. They go well.  I really like that because you don't know, when I was booking COBS I would get DVDs and before that VHSs of comedians from around the country. We were very well known so I would get them from New York, boston, other parts of the country and they'd just pile up on my desk because it was excruciating for me at some times. So then at one point, when they were ready to fall over, I would just start watching them. In the beginning I would watch two or three minutes of somebody. Then it came down to just 30 seconds to a minute, because you know right away and that's how I'm sure it is for casting people.  0:34:56 - Anne You know right away if there's talent or if they were gonna be bookable absolutely or if they're right or wrong.  0:35:01 - Tom You might like them and you might wanna listen to the whole thing and you would go ah, they're just not quite right. I need a little bit of a younger voice. This is obviously somebody who's an older voice and I think it's really. I mean, I try to do what I can and have as much fun as I can, because there's gonna be probably 10 years down the road where this voice isn't gonna sound the same and I'll be doing grandpas and wizards.  0:35:22 - Anne So yeah, our voices do change as they age. I have experienced that myself. I certainly sound a whole lot different than I did 10 years ago. Well, well, this has been an amazing discussion, Tom. I so appreciate you taking the time and just dropping all these wonderful tips and tricks and words of wisdom for the boss listeners out there.  0:35:45 - Tom Yeah, yeah, have fun kids. That's the message.  0:35:47 - Anne There you go. I love that. So, bosses, I want you to take a moment and imagine a world full of passionate and powered, diverse individuals giving collectively and intentionally to create the world that they wanna see. You can make a difference. Find out more at 100voiceshoocareorg. And a big shout out to our sponsor, ipdtl. You, too, can network and connect with amazing people like Tom. Find out more at IPDTLcom. You guys have an amazing week and we'll see you next week. Bye.  0:36:18 - Outro Join us next week for another edition of VO Boss with your host, Ann Gangusa, and take your business to the next level. 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Comedy Legend Bob Nelson joins Scott and Ace in the Acement. Bob was once in a comedy group with Rob Bartlett and Eddie Murphy called "The Identical Triplets". In 1985, Rodney Dangerfield's 9th Annual Young Comedians Special introduced major comic like Rita Rudner, Yakov Smirnoff, Sam Kinison, Bob Saget, and Louie Anderson. One standout was Bob Nelson, a hilarious comic with characters like Jiffy Jeff, Eppy Epperman, and the hilarious College All Star Football Team. Many late-night TV appearances, comedy specials and major tours followed (including 8 years opening for Rodney)! Check out Bob at http://www.bobnelson.com/ Go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindthefQ to buy us a coffee or a bourbon.  Get your BTF gear at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/scott-higgins  Check out our friends at The Mix Tape Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mix-tape/id1506341641

Okay, so you already believe in the resurrection. You believe that man will be raised from the dead. That raises the most interesting question of all: What for? When man has finished out his miserable existence here on earth, why not just leave him dead? He has no pain any longer. He may be sleeping sounder than at any time in his life. Why wake him up? To go to heaven? I’m sorry, but some of the most boring sermons I have ever heard in my life have been descriptions of what life in heaven will be like.Now, I don’t know how much self-analysis you do, but you probably already know that there is nothing you do in life that would not become boring if you had to do it all the time. I think it was Rita Rudner who observed that someone she knew had been in labor in childbirth for 24 hours. Rita said she didn’t want to do something that felt good for 24 hours—and I thought that put it things in perspective.So, walking around on streets of gold, dining on milk and honey, singing praises with the angels, looking up into the master’s face…I don’t mean to be irreverent, but don’t you think all that could get a little tedious after a hundred million years or so? I will admit that it sounds a lot better than burning in hell for a hundred million years or so.But there is something wrong with this picture. If God is going to pass by and wake us up from our eternal sleep, he must have something in mind. And it has to be rather more than milk and honey, don’t you think? And that brings me back to Paul’s letter to the Corinthians again.

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Episode 228: RITA RUDNER Keith Reza and Alan Lee interview comic legend Rita Rudner!  Beginning her career as a Broadway dancer, RITA RUDNER has flourished for over three decades selling millions of tickets all over the world. She rose to fame due to a variety of HBO Specials and coutless late night appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. Rita was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for best screenplay for "Peter's Friends" which she co-wrote with her longtime writing partner and husband, Martin Bergman, she has also written two Academy Awards with Steve Martin. Rita Rudner recenetly performed for former President Obamba and recordered her latest special, "Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas". Rudner has also written six books with the most recent "Rita Rudner: My Life in Dog Years". You can catch Rita at www.ritarudner.com Please support the show on patreon.com/rezarifts  Anything and everything helps. Don't forget to tell a friend subscribe rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Reza Rifts on all social platforms @rezarifts. Follow Keith on all social media @keithreza also book Keith on cameo at www.cameo.com/keithreza www.keithreza.com  www.twitter.com/keithreza www.facebook.com/realkeithreza www.instagram.com/keithreza www.tiktok.com/keithreza    

Charming, hilarious, sassy, beautiful and creative, Rita Rudner describes her years as a dancer on Broadway, a comedian, author, mother, wife and irrepressible wit in all media.

Rita Rudner is a comedy legend!  Before becoming the top female comedian in Las Vegas, Rita became a star in the 80's as a regular guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She also acted in several Broadway plays and TV Shows…including telling us the great story about the time she made a cameo... The post Episode 156: Rita Rudner appeared first on Kevin + Steph.

Rita Rudner is a house-filling favorite in Las Vegas since she opened as one of the hottest tickets in town in June 2000. Over the course of a multi-year run she sold almost two million tickets, grossed over a hundred million dollars and become the longest-running solo female comedy show in the history of Las Vegas. She was named Las Vegas's Comedian of The Year nine years in a row and in 2006 received The Nevada Ballet's Woman of the Year Award. In October 2017 she was given the Casino Entertainment Legend Award. Her first solo HBO special, Rita Rudner's One Night Stand, was nominated for several awards, as was her eponymous English BBC television show that later appeared in the USA on A&E. Her two one-hour specials for HBO, Born to Be Mild and Married Without Children, were ratings standouts and she performed all over the country, filling Carnegie Hall in New York three times. In 2008 Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas was PBS's first ever stand-up comedy special. She has written five books; her bestselling non-fiction titles, Naked Beneath My Clothes, Rita Rudner's Guide to Men and I Still Have It…I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It, plus the novels Tickled Pink and Turning the Tables. and recently completed her autobiography, My Life in Dog Years.

After leaving home at 15yo for New York City and finding success on Broadway, Rita Rudner turned her sites to comedy and became one of the most successful and hilarious comedians of all time. My guest, Rita Rudner and I discuss: Rita's memoir, "My Life in Dog Years" Touring with Dennis Miller (including a stop in my hometown at Pine Knob Music Theater) Performing with Tony Bennett at a state fair Leaving home at 15yo for New York City Touring with and upsetting Chita Rivera Performing in Industrial shows Making the decision to leave Broadway and become a stand-up comedian Auditioning for the David Letterman Show Standing firm on not changing her comedy style Jack Benny's influence on Rita and the origins of Rita's unique style of comedy Rita's difficulting getting booked on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson Rodney Dangerfield and the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special Her many collaborations with her husband, Martin Vegas: becoming the Queen of Las Vegas and changing her life so she could have a family and still perform comedy Danny Gans HBO's Comic Relief Debby Reynolds and Liza Minnelli The Ask Rita Show Writing for the Oscars with Carrie Fisher and Steve Martin Being the first woman on the dais at the Friar's club and a million more stories! You're going to love my conversation with Rita Rudner Our Guest, Rita Rudner Website Twitter Rita's Memoir Hashtag Fun: Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured in this episode is #BroadwayForDogs from Sneaky Varmit. Tweets featured on the show are retweeted at @JeffDwoskinShow Follow Hashtag Roundup to tweet along with fun hashtags daily! Follow @HashtagRoundup on Twitter! Download the Hashtag Roundup app Follow Jeff Dwoskin: Jeff Dwoskin on Twitter The Jeff Dwoskin Show podcast on Twitter Podcast website Podcast on Instagram Yes, the show used to be called Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A house-filling favorite in Las Vegas since she opened as one of the hottest tickets in town in June 2000, Rita Rudner is known for her epigrammatic one-liners. Over the course of a multi-year run she sold almost two million tickets, grossed over a hundred million dollars and become the longest-running solo female comedy show in the history of Las Vegas. She was named Las Vegas's Comedian of The Year nine years in a row and in 2006 received The Nevada Ballet's Woman Of The Year Award. In October 2017 she was given the Casino Entertainment Legend Award. Rita's first solo HBO special, “Rita Rudner's One Night Stand”, was nominated for several awards, as was her eponymous English BBC television show that later appeared in the USA on A&E. Rudner's two one-hour specials for HBO, “Born to Be Mild” and “Married Without Children,” were ratings standouts and she performed all over the country, filling Carnegie Hall in New York three times. In 2008 Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas was PBS's first ever stand-up comedy special. Rita Rudner has written five books; her bestselling non-fiction titles, “Naked Beneath My Clothes,” “Rita Rudner's Guide to Men,” and “I Still Have It…I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It,” plus the novels “Tickled Pink” and “Turning the Tables.” The audio version of “Naked Beneath My Clothes” received a Grammy nomination. She just released her autobiography, “My Life in Dog Years.” Rudner is a frequent collaborator with her writer/producer husband of thirty years, Martin Bergman. The couple's first produced film script was “Peter's Friends.” The film, starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh, Imelda Staunton, Stephen Fry, and Rita, won the Evening Standard Peter Sellers Award for Best British Film and was nominated for the Goya Award for Best European Film of 1994. The script was nominated for a WGA Best Screenplay Award and Rita won Best Supporting Actress at the American Comedy Awards. Rita Rudner moved to New York at the age of fifteen to become a dancer on Broadway. She appeared in several shows, including the original productions of “Follies” and “Mack and Mabel.” It was while in “Annie” on Broadway that she began exploring the comedy clubs of Manhattan. In the early ‘80s, Rudner took a full-time leap from chorus lines to punch lines and was soon a regular guest on both Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show. In June 2016 Rita was invited and honored to speak about her career and technique in comedy at Cambridge University, England. In 2017 she was invited by Oprah Winfrey to appear on a cruise to Alaska that Oprah did in partnership with Holland America. In 2018, Rita's tenth TV special was released: “A Tale Of Two Dresses.” The special also featured Rita and Martin's singer/songwriter daughter Molly Bergman. JONES.SHOW is a weekly podcast featuring host Randall Kenneth Jones (author, speaker & creative communications consultant) and Susan C. Bennett (the original voice of Siri). JONES.SHOW is produced and edited by Kevin Randall Jones. Rita Rudner Online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realritarudner Twitter: https://twitter.com/ritarudner Web: www.RitaRudner.com JONES.SHOW Online: Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook. Twitter (Randy): https://twitter.com/randallkjones Instagram (Randy): https://www.instagram.com/randallkennethjones/ Facebook (Randy): https://www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ Web: RandallKennethJones.com Follow Randy on Clubhouse Twitter (Susan): https://twitter.com/SiriouslySusan Instagram (Susan): https://www.instagram.com/siriouslysusan/ Facebook (Susan): https://www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ Web: SusanCBennett.com Follow Susan on Clubhouse LinkedIn (Kevin): https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-randall-jones/ Web: KevinRandallJones.com www.Jones.Show

We are honored to bring you comedy greatness this week as we welcome the elegant, eloquent, enchanting and always entertaining Rita Rudner!Rita has been a staple in the comedy scene since the early 80s, gracing the stages of clubs, TV talk shows, and theaters including Carnegie Hall! She's had 10 of her own comedy specials, and has the distinction of having the longest running solo comedy show in Las Vegas history. A woman of many talents, Rita had early success as a Broadway dancer at the young age of sixteen. Years later she seamlessly transitioned into a hugely successful stand-up career, and has added writer to her list of many accomplishments. Rita has written three comedic books, two novels, and co-written three screenplays with her husband Martin Bergman. Her sixth book, a memoir, My Life In Dog Years is available now on her website and Amazon. Find out more about Rita, see where she's performing, and check out her new book all on her website: ritarudner.comAnd follow her on social media:on Facebookon Twitter: @ritarudner

As if it would come as as some sort of surprise, we had an absolute blast with Rita Rudner on Dystopia Tonight! Hilarious, charming, and chock full of amazing stories which she shares from her new book that can be found here https://www.ritarudner.com/   We discuss her beginnings on Broadway, her road to comedy, family life, meeting her husband, how Rodney Dangerfield helped her career and became a friend, working with Paul Reiser, Bill Maher passing her at Catch A Rising Star, how comedy has changed for better or worse over the years, her positive outlook on life, her new book, love of dogs, and more! Enjoy!

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features Jason's personal pick, Kenneth Branagh's Peter's Friends. Directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman and starring Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton, Peter's Friends was Branagh's third film as a director. The post Peter's Friends (1992 Jason's Pick) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

Randall Kenneth Jones is an author, podcaster, actor, and public speaker. Over the years he has interviewed more than 100 people of note, both for the Naples Daily News and for his podcast JONES.SHOW, which he produces with Susan C. Bennett (the original voice of Siri), including Erin Brockovich, Pat Benatar, Brian Boitano, Rita Rudner, Shirley Jones, Suze Orman, Vanessa Williams and many more. His book, “Show Me: Celebrities, Business Tycoons, Rock Stars, Journalists, Humanitarians, Attack Bunnies & More!” was published in late 2016, and this fall, his first fiction book, “Ruby,” will be published by Mark Victor Hansen of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” fame.

Beginning her career as a Broadway dancer, comedian RITA RUDNER has flourished for over three decades selling millions of tickets all over the world. She rose to fame due to a variety of HBO Specials and countless late night appearances on shows like Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, which established Rudner as one of the premiere female comics to emerge from the comedy boom of the 1980s. Rudner has filled Carnegie Hall times, and holds the Las Vegas Record for the longest running solo act, where she performed over 2,000 shows over the course of 12 years. Rudner was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for best screenplay for "Peter's Friends" which she co-wrote with her longtime writing partner and husband, Martin Bergman, and has also written for two Academy Awards with host Steve Martin. Rudner recently performed for former President Obama, and recorded her latest special, "Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas" for PBS as well as BBC Radio. Rudner has also written five books, including two fiction novels, "Tickled Pink", and "Turning the Tables." In 2018 she released a new special, “A Tale of Two Dresses.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/industry-standard-w-barry-katz/support

Beginning her career as a Broadway dancer, comedian RITA RUDNER has flourished for over three decades selling millions of tickets all over the world. She rose to fame due to a variety of HBO Specials and countless late night appearances on shows like Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, which established Rudner as one of the premiere female comics to emerge from the comedy boom of the 1980s. Rudner has filled Carnegie Hall times, and holds the Las Vegas Record for the longest running solo act, where she performed over 2,000 shows over the course of 12 years. Rudner was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for best screenplay for "Peter's Friends" which she co-wrote with her longtime writing partner and husband, Martin Bergman, and has also written for two Academy Awards with host Steve Martin. Rudner recently performed for former President Obama, and recorded her latest special, "Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas" for PBS as well as BBC Radio. Rudner has also written five books, including two fiction novels, "Tickled Pink", and "Turning the Tables." In 2018 she release a new special, “A Tale of Two Dresses.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/industry-standard-w-barry-katz/support

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Famed Vegas headliner, Rita Rudner, is back for her latest special “A Tales Of Two Dresses”. As witty, insightful and cutting as ever, she explores life as a sixty-something in today's America, her thirty years of marriage and what it's like to raise a singer/songwriter teenager. Follow Comedy Dynamics on social media! YouTube: https://bit.ly/3ymp1to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ComedyDynamics Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ComedyDynamics TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J1wucyQ/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ComedyDynamics http://www.comedydynamics.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1987, HBO had a comedy special called Women of the Night. It featured four women who were known regionally and at certain comedy clubs, but had yet to really reach a national audience. They were Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone, Rita Rudner, and today's guest Judy Tenuta. In fact, for the next four years each one of these women would be named Best Female Stand-up Comic at the American Comedy Awards (with Tenuta being the first in 1988). So throughout the 1980s and 90s Judy was a part of a big boom for women in comedy. She branded herself as The Love Goddess and starred in national commercials, published her first book, and received Grammy nominations for her comedy albums. And if you've seen the movie Waiting for Guffman, one of my all-time favorite films, you'll notice a certain Judy Tenuta T-shirt worn by Corky St. Clair. However, her introduction to the stage was actually as an actress, and in college she majored in theater. In this interview we'll talk about her transition from plays and musicals to stand-up comedy as well as her long-standing connection with the LGBTQ community. But first she shares with us the cancer diagnosis she received during the height of the Covid pandemic. As the Aphrodite of the Accordion, though, she hasn't let that stop her, and this past New Year's Eve she released a music video called “Kicking Cancer's Ass.” It's in perfect keeping with her campy and offbeat persona that has made Judy Tenuta one of the most unique comedians and performers of her generation. Podcast hosted by Off-Broadway actor and singer Patrick Oliver Jones. Find a transcription of this episode on the WINMI Blog. Follow Judy - YouTube / Instagram / Twitter  Support WINMI and get access to Members-Only Episodes on Supercast. Check out Artist Resources and follow WINMI on Instagram or Twitter. ---------- Why I'll Never Make It is a Top 25 Theater Podcast on Feedspot, and is also a part of Helium Radio Network and a member of the Broadway Makers Alliance.  Background music in the episode by John Hartman and Blue Dot Sessions is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

A house-filling favorite in Las Vegas since she opened as one of the hottest tickets in town in June 2000, Rita Rudner is known for her epigrammatic one-liners. Over the course of a multi-year run she sold almost two million tickets, grossed over a hundred million dollars and become the longest-running solo female comedy show in the history of Las Vegas. She was named Las Vegas's Comedian of The Year nine years in a row and in 2006 received The Nevada Ballet's Woman Of The Year Award. In October 2017 she was given the Casino Entertainment Legend Award. Rita's first solo HBO special, “Rita Rudner's One Night Stand”, was nominated for several awards, as was her eponymous English BBC television show that later appeared in the USA on A&E. Rudner's two one-hour specials for HBO, “Born to Be Mild” and “Married Without Children,” were ratings standouts and she performed all over the country, filling Carnegie Hall in New York three times. In 2008 Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas was PBS's first ever stand-up comedy special. Rita Rudner has written five books; her bestselling non-fiction titles, Naked Beneath My Clothes Rita Rudner's Guide to Men  and I Still Have It…I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It, plus the novels Tickled Pink and Turning the Tables.  The audio version of Naked Beneath My Clothes received a Grammy nomination. She is currently working on her autobiography, My Life in Dog Years. Rudner is a frequent collaborator with her writer/producer husband of thirty years, Martin Bergman. The couple's first produced film script was “Peter's Friends.” The film, starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh, Imelda Staunton, Stephen Fry, and Rita, won the Evening Standard Peter Sellers Award for Best British Film and was nominated for the Goya Award for Best European Film of 1994. The script was nominated for a WGA Best Screenplay Award and Rita won Best Supporting Actress at the American Comedy Awards. Rita Rudner moved to New York at the age of fifteen to become a dancer on Broadway. She appeared in several shows, including the original productions of “Follies” and “Mack and Mabel.” It was while in “Annie” on Broadway that she began exploring the comedy clubs of Manhattan. In the early ‘80s, Rudner took a full-time leap from chorus lines to punch lines and was soon a regular guest on both Late Night With David Letterman and The Tonight Show.  In June 2016 Rita was invited and honored to speak about her career and technique in comedy at Cambridge University, England. In 2017 she was invited by Oprah Winfrey to appear on a cruise to Alaska that Oprah did in partnership with Holland America. In 2018, Rita's tenth TV special was released – A Tale Of Two Dresses. The special also featured Rita and Martin's singer/songwriter daughter Molly Bergman. In September 2018, Rita appeared at the Laguna Playhouse in the new musical comedy “Two's A Crowd.”The show was staged off-Broadway in New York in 2019, and plans were in the works to transfer it to a larger New York theater in 2020 when the Covid pandemic forced those plans to be abandoned. JONES.SHOW is a weekly podcast featuring host Randall Kenneth Jones (author, speaker & creative communications consultant) and Susan C. Bennett (the original voice of Siri). JONES.SHOW is produced and edited by Kevin Randall Jones. Rita Runder Online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ritarudner Web: www.RitaRudner.com   JONES.SHOW Online:    Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook. Twitter (Randy): https://twitter.com/randallkjones  Instagram (Randy): https://www.instagram.com/randallkennethjones/ Facebook (Randy): https://www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ Web:  RandallKennethJones.com Follow Randy on Clubhouse Twitter (Susan): https://twitter.com/SiriouslySusan Instagram (Susan): https://www.instagram.com/siriouslysusan/ Facebook (Susan): https://www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ Web: SusanCBennett.com Follow Susan on Clubhouse LinkedIn (Kevin): https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-randall-jones/ Web: KevinRandallJones.com  www.Jones.Show

John joins me to talk about his book Stand Up Guys and making it like the book the Last Laugh; how comedians "learned" their craft; Elaine Boosler; his mentor comedy mentors; Ronnie Shakes; Larry David; Richard Lewis; auditioning for the Improv; Bill Maher; crowd work; dealing with hecklers; Rita Rudner; Gilbert Gottfried; Andy Kaufman; not watching Man in the Moon; Richard Belzer; his Strat 'O' Magic Srand Up League; Bob Costas; Drew Carey; Max Alexander; Dennis Wolfberg; having strangers give Gilbert Gottfried a dollar; Saturday Night Live - Joe Piscopo, Gilbert Gottfried, Eddie Murphy & Hal Wilner; writing Weekend Update; The SNL/Fridays rivalry tries to hurt John and Larry David's friendship; Billy Crystal Comedy Hour; Into the Night starring Rick Dees; DC Follies; John Roarke; Steve Barker; The Good Life with John Mendoza; writing a dark take on The Flintstones for Billy that was nixed by censors; Make Me Laugh; comedy today; Jackie Martling; his travel schedule; Joe Piscopo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Savvy, fiesty and amazing is what I would call my guest this week.Her name is Karen Salmansohn and she has a masterful ability to take real life situations, and bring them forth through her books, posts, video courses that is straight to the point and makes you say “hells yes to that!” and “I want some of what she's got.”For over 25 years, Karen Salmansohn has been a multi bestselling author with 2 million books sold globally. Plus she's the founder of a popular (high traffic and high domain authority) personal development website called NotSalmon.com. She has over 1.5 million social media followers and 90K newsletter subscribers. Karen began her career working in NY top advertising agencies (Young and Rubicam, J. Walter Thompson, McCann Erickson, etc). She won CLIOs her first year in the business and became a Senior Creative Director in her 20's. She quit because she was passionate about using her skills as a writer and designer to author books and screenplays.Her first book was a funny novel she sold to St. Martin's Press (which received rave reviews from the comedians Jon Stewart and Rita Rudner – as well as Publisher Weekly, Marie Claire, LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, Chicago Tribune etc). Her novel was also optioned by Miramax to be a movie starring Marisa Tomei. She then also received TV development deals from Miramax, Brillstein Gray, NBC, Nickelodeon and MTV. Soon after Karen began writing a range of psychological non-fiction books she called “self help for people who wouldn't be caught dead doing self help” – because they merge psychology with stylish graphics and feisty humor.Her first book of this kind was called “How To Be Happy Dammit” and became an instant bestseller, selling 350,000 copies. It's been highly recommended on Oprah and Psychology Today (who each invited her to become an online columnist), featured in the PBS documentary, “This Emotional Life” and an Eminem music video!After this wildly successful book she continued to author a variety of bestselling psychological books, published by top publishing houses including Random House, Rizzoli, Chronicle, Workman, Simon and Schuster  – and recommended by Deepak Chopra, Madonna, Tony Robbins, Goldie Hawn, Peter Guber, Arianna Huffington, Tim Feriss, Tony Hsieh and then some.In the last few years Karen began creating video courses for personal development, which quickly became a very profitable venture. As a result, Karen is now mainly focusing on producing more of her successful video courses. She also has a half finished second novel she is working on completing.Insights to add to your spiritual toolbox from this episode:1.  Instant Calm, How To Be Happy Dammit, and other self-help books2. Ways to increase your energy3. Stress reducing tools4. Zigzagging through life5. 20% on the problem, 80% on the solution6. Wisdom from Aristotle7. Negative/positive evidence collectors8. Dynamic On-line coursesCheck out Karen Salmansohn's website for her ebooks, on-line courses and much, much more! Visit her Instagram for daily doses of inspiration through her unique lens on life. Thank you for listening to another spiritual mini morsel.Subscribe on PODCAST ADDICT, APPLE, like us on FACEBOOKand follow us on INSTAGRAM

Married With Comedy Episode 29 Season 2Mud Helmet, Squeaks, Mob Football, Idiocracy, Rea's Cafe, Reacting, Louis CK, Jeff Ross, Mike Ward, Ben Swartz, Molly Shannon, Rita Rudner, Jason Sadakis, Religious What, Fancy Like

Like a reunion of old chums, we've joined forces with Julia Raeside again to have a cosy chat about everyone's favourite gang of relatable middle-class gang of  insubordinates.  Yes, it's 1992's PETER'S FRIENDS.

“I love to sleep. Do you? Isn't it great? It really is the best of both worlds. You get to be alive and unconscious.” — Rita Rudner, American Comedian --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven and Tony for our slightly delayed New Year episode, recorded way back at the beginning of December last year. Join us we take a look at the nineties comedy/drama, Peter’s Friends, starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton, Tony Slattery, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Rita Rudner and Phyllida Law Seven friends in an acting troupe graduate from Cambridge University in 1982 and go their separate ways. Ten years later, Peter Morton (Stephen Fry) inherits a large estate from his father, and invites the rest of the gang to spend New Year's holiday with him. Many changes have taken place in the lives of all the friends assembled, but Peter has a secret that will shock them all. “Oh, how can I put this delicately? It's just that I'm not really in the vagina business.” You can find this and all of our previous episodes at: Apple Podcasts Libsyn Player FM Podtail Owltail ListenNotes Follow us on Twitter @rbritanniapod Join us over at our Facebook Group ….we’d love to chat with you email: reelbritannia@gmail.com Thanks for listening Scott, Steven and Tony

Rita Rudner brings laughter to the microphones of Jailhouse Radio. Not only her voice but her humor are centerstage.The Jamaican sound of music is presented by the one and only Harry Belafonte. Where it comes from is only a guess, but Grady L. brings his style of comedy also to centerstage.Enjoy!

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I first saw Rita Rudner perform her comedy on an HBO special in the mid-1980s. And I immediately fell in love with her, and her comedy. Her routine is so low-key, so dignified, yet so hilarious. So I was delighted to have the chance to interview her, in 1992, when she had written a book of essays called "Naked Beneath My Clothes."

A cast of British acting and comedy greats (Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton and more) plus comedienne Rita Rudner (who co-wrote the script) come together in an English manor to celebrate the New Year, air their dirty laundry and disclose closely held secrets in “Peter’s Friends.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-the-movie-man9/message

American standup comedian Rita Rudner has the longest-running solo comedy show in Las Vegas, selling around 2 million tickets. She's performed on Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and has performed for President Barack Obama. She's also been on guest on the enormous podcast WTF with Mark Maron and now she is guest number 29 on My Time Capsule. She chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Rita Rudner on Twitter: @ritarudnerFollow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevensProduced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's the thirty-fourth episode of Chronicles from the Crypt, a twice a month look back at HBO's horror anthology Tales from the Crypt. Casualty Chris and Father Malone continue season six of Tales from the Crypt with a look at the third and fourth episodes: "Whirlpool" and "Operation Friendship". The first one features Rita Rudner as a comic book artist who seems to be stuck in a loop, while the other features two men who are connected in more ways than one. Follow Casualty Chris @Casualty_Chris, Father Malone @FatherMalone73, and the podcast @ChroniclesFTC.Catch Chronicles on all Podcatchers and at chroniclesfromthecrypt.com!

A house-filling favorite in Las Vegas since she opened as one of the hottest tickets in town in June 2000, Rudner is known for her epigrammatic one-liners. Over the course of a multi-year run she sold almost two million tickets and became the longest-running solo comedy show in the history of Las Vegas. She was named Las Vegas’s Comedian Of The Year nine years in a row, received The Nevada Ballet’s Woman Of The Year Award and was given the 2017 Casino Entertainment Legend Award. Rita’s first solo HBO special, “Rita Rudner’s One Night Stand,” was nominated for several awards, as was her eponymous English BBC television show that later appeared in the USA on A&E. Rudner’s two one-hour specials for HBO, “Born to Be Mild” and “Married Without Children,” were ratings standouts and she performed all over the country, filling Carnegie Hall in New York three times. In 2008 “Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas” was PBS’s first ever stand-up comedy special. Rita Rudner has written five books and is a frequent collaborator with her writer/producer husband of thirty years, Martin Bergman. She moved to New York at the age of fifteen to become a dancer on Broadway. She appeared in several shows, including the original productions of “Follies” and “Mack and Mabel.” It was while in “Annie” on Broadway that she began exploring the comedy clubs of Manhattan. In the early ‘80s, Rudner took a full-time leap from chorus lines to punch lines and was soon a regular guest on both “Late Night with David Letterman” and “The Tonight Show.” In June 2016, Rita was invited and honored to speak about her career and technique in comedy at Cambridge University, England. In 2017 she was invited by Oprah Winfrey to appear on a cruise to Alaska that Oprah arranged in partnership with Holland America. In 2018, Rita’s tenth TV special was released – “A Tale of Two Dresses.” She will begin an exclusive contract with Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, hopefully in the not-too-distant future. #TweakYourDreams Rita Rudner Web: http://www.ritarudner.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ritarudner Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wwp Jones.Show Online: Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook Twitter (Randy): https://twitter.com/randallkjones Instagram (Randy): https://www.instagram.com/randallkennethjones/ Facebook (Randy): https://www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ LinkedIn (Randy): https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallkennethjones/ Web: RandallKennethJones.com Twitter (Susan): https://twitter.com/SiriouslySusan Instagram (Susan): https://www.instagram.com/siriouslysusan/ Facebook (Susan): https://www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ LinkedIn (Susan): https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-bennett-8607312/ Web: SusanCBennett.com www.Jones.Show

Rita Rudner discusses her numerous Carson appearances, Letterman, & Sam Kinison.

Stand Up Comedian

This episode features Stand-Up Comics Rita Rudner and Louis Anderson as well as the Cincinnati PD LGBTQ+ Community Resource Officer Lisa Johnson

Keith’s girlfriend (and a comic who has performed worldwide for over a decade, including multiple military tours) discusses early stand-up influences including Rita Rudner and the blatant sexism that has carried over from then to now. Guest Kyle Ocasio talks about her first performances as a new mom in a miserable relationship with newly deceased parents. She talks about Keith’s yearly stand-up show, having Vinny from Jersey Shore as an MC, and receiving lightbulbs as a gift from Keith. She discusses working on Fox News’s Red Eye, working with staunch conservatives, performing stand-up about her 3 kids in front of them, and upsetting family with jokes.

Five-time Grammy nominee Michael Feinstein returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand-new show I Happen to Like New York.  Rita Rudner returns to the NYC stage in the NYC premiere of the new musical comedy Two's A Crowd. Rita and Michael join Joan Hamburg at 'Cesca Restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 

Joan Hamburg takes her show on the road to 'Cesca Restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Comedian and actress Rita Rudner and legendary pianist and singer Michael Feinstein join the show.

Rita Rudner returns to the NYC stage in the NYC premiere of the new musical comedy Two's A Crowd. Rita joins Joan Hamburg at 'Cesca Restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 

The comic, now starring in musical "Two's a Crowd," started out in some legendary Broadway shows.

Up for Burns Night; The joy of a long train journey; I bless the rains; 50 years after the moon landings - or not; This time it's personal; The Joy of phone-ins; Do one thing really well; An interview with Rita Rudner; Music from Jim Boggia

Rita Rudner is very likely the only person to start a comedy career because of an article in the New York Times business section on soft soap. It was quite the turn of events for Rita, who was dancing professionally on Broadway since she her teenage years. Rita tells Marc how she utilized the performing arts culture of New York City to create a comedy curriculum for herself, how she rose up through the city clubs and took her act on the road to become a major headliner, and why she decided to start working regularly in Las Vegas. This episode is sponsored by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, YouTube Music, Stamps.com, and ZipRecruiter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast.

I was honored to interview Comedian, Actress, Playwright, Author and Legend Rita Rudner. As a young teenager performing on Broadway and exploring the Comedy Club world in NYC, Rita became one of the funniest women of our time. Appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "Late Night with David Letterman", as well as numerous HBO specials, five books, screenplays, plays and  a residency in Las Vegas at her own theatre. Her latest special "A Tale of Two Dresses" is a must watch. Inspirational and a real comics comic, you will enjoy this interview as pure entertainment. For more on Rita go to: www.ritarudner.com

We were Live with The Goddess of Love. The Petite Flower, The Aphrodite of the Accordion, The Fashion-Plate Saint, The Princess of Panty Shields, The Empress of Elvis Impersonators, The Judy of Judyism, Judy Tenuta... and she was HYSTERICAL! Judy talked about Ladies of the Night which she did with Paula Poundstone, Rita Rudner and Ellen Degeneres, who back then said, "I want to do TV." Now that's manifesting! She talked Emo Philips, Jay Leno, Steven Wright, Sam Kinison, and Arsenio, who were there in the early days. And Tom Dreesen who walked her through it. George Carlin who took her out on the road to open for him, Diet Dr. Pepper, oh the money! Winning the first American Comedy Award, thank you George Schlatter; Joan Rivers whom she adored, Dr. Ruth, Cher, Donnie and Marie, Olivia Newton John, Susan Lucci, Katherine Hepburn, James Stewart, Walter Cronkite, and Mohammed Ali... he's who made her starstruck. Coming up a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Fame, November 7th, on her scorpio birthday; and independent feature, and, working towards a show of her own, Judy's Love Goddess Boat? What a gas! In the good way. More energy than Richard Simmons on speed, more slogans than the 12 Steps on steroids. Crazy, crazy, fun. It did happen! Follow her on Twitter @JudyTenuta and on Instagram @JudyTenuta and get your daily dose of Judy. Judy Tenuta on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson Wed, 9/26/18, 7pm PT/ 10pm ET With Jason Reid DP Christinna Guzman Live on the Facebook Full show replay here https://bit.ly/2xSv5fY All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj This week's BROADcast is brought to you by Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing, the best people people-ing. quikimpressions.com And, Nicole Venables of Ruby Begonia Hair Studio Beauty and Products for tresses like the stars she coifs, and peoples, like me. I love my hair, and I loves Nicole. http://www.rubybegoniahairstudio.com/ Her fabulous Ruby Begonia Products can be purchased and shipped from http://www.frendsbeauty.com/

We start off the show with Frank remembering the show he did on 9/11, and how everyone felt as the attacks unfolded. Then switching gears we talk with the legendary comedian Rita Rudner about her new comedy special! Speaking of that interview, Ray the Garbage man disliked it.  Support the show: https://podcave.app/subscribe/the-world-famous-frank-show-4eehjczc See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actress, comedian, singer, dancer and playwright Rita Rudner tells tales of her and Martin Bergman's play that premiers at Laguna Playhouse Sept 7-16. In honor of Hawaii winning the Little League World Series, Hawaiian and Ethnic Polynesian music hulas for entire show. McKenna Cars.com sponsored the Mark Freeman Surf Report. Wave art by Andrew Semark.

Hopping on the time machine for great moments / Jessica Holmes impresses / Dave Borins, an early musical feature / Chris Kyle, American Sniper / Trevor Boris and Rita Rudner, very funny people / Old friends throughout like Wixson and Kelly.

Brent, Eliot and H. Alan ask if it's okay to be gay and eat at Chik-fil-A, the fast food chain known for donating millions to an anti-gay political organization...and also THEIR DELICIOUS CHICKEN! Then, comedian and writer Gabe Liedman joins the guys to discuss why they love the women they do, from old standards (Liza, Barbra, Madonna) to sleeper hits (Debbie Gibson, Rita Rudner, Countess LuAnn) to Black lesbian (!) Republican (!!) coke-head (!!!) Nell Carter, the star of Dreamgirls and Gimme A Break!whose clitoris is the stuff of LEGEND. Good luck finding ANOTHER podcast where four adult men fan out over Supreme Court Judge Elena Kagan, 9/11 truther Christine Ebersole, and Anne "You ARE The Weakest Link, goodbye!" Robinson. And finally, the guys talk about -- cue "Valley Girl voice" -- THE MALL, which H. Alan passionately argues is "the best place to masturbate," a revelation that baffles his co-hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rita Rudner

One of the country’s top comedians and a New York Times bestselling author, Rita Rudner is also an award-winning television personality, screenwriter, playwright, and actress. Over the course of a 14-year run and 2,000 plus shows, she has sold one and a half million tickets and become the longest-running solo comedy show in the history of Las Vegas. She has been named Las Vegas’s “Comedian Of The Year” nine years in a row and in 2006 received The Nevada Ballet’s “Woman Of The Year” Award.

Beginning her career as a Broadway dancer, comedian RITA RUDNER has flourished for over three decades selling millions of tickets all over the world. She rose to fame due to a variety of HBO Specials and countless late night appearances on shows like Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, which established Rudner as one of the premiere female comics to emerge from the comedy boom of the 1980s. Rudner has filled Carnegie Hall times, and holds the Las Vegas Record for the longest running solo act, where she performed over 2,000 shows over the course of 12 years. Rudner was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for best screenplay for "Peter's Friends" which she co-wrote with her longtime writing partner and husband, Martin Bergman, and has also written for two Academy Awards with host Steve Martin. Rudner recently performed for former President Obama, and recorded her latest special, "Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas" for PBS as well as BBC Radio. Rudner has also written five books, including two fiction novels, "Tickled Pink", and "Turning the Tables."

Matt & Bob sit down with Greg to discuss this weeks offering of DICE on Showtime. Episode 3 entitled "Prestige" featuring Criss Angel, Rita Rudner, and Wayne Newton. Later the boys highlight a movie in theaters (Everybody Wants Some!!) and one new to streaming (End of the Tour) worth seeing

Exclusive interviews with Rita Rudner & Charles Shaughness and the creatives of ACT 3 now playing @ The Laguna Playhouse

Comedian Rita Rudner talk dancing, end-of-summer sales in Westhampton Beach, her love of dresses, men, Botox in Las Vegas, and how an in-flight meeting with Ben Stein lead her to adopt a child- all while delivering one zinger after another. If you need a good laugh, (or twenty), listen to this episode. You won't be disappointed. *Rita will be performing at 54 Below this weekend! For tickets, visit http://54below.com*

Football on the brain; Cape Town Convention; Baxters' Monster; Dundee by name; Are you really there?; Dealing with tricky interview questions; Reasons to be blogging (Part 1); An interview with Rita Rudner; Music from Paul Carrack

BILL GRUNDFEST is an award-winning writer and producer, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in New York City, where he founded the world famous Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village in 1982, showcasing then unknown comeidans like Jon Steward, Bill Maher, Rita Rudner, Dave Attell, and Ray Romano. He also performed on WNBC-AM66 hosting his own series and was the permanent substitute for Don Imus. At the height of his and the comedy club's popularity, he decided to relocate to Los Angeles and quickly started booking prestegious writing jobs like the Emmy, People's Choice, and Academy Awards telecasts. He is best known for being a well-respected writer and producer for hte smash Golden Globe comedy series "Mad About You" starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt - who won 4 straight Emmy Awards for her performances on the show.  Bill then executive produced the CBS hour-long drama series "That's Life", the Richard Pryor inspired show "Pryor Offenses," the dramedy series "Exes and Ohs," and the comedy series "Campus Ladies" fot the Oxygen Network. Additionally, he also directed the critically acclaimed documentary "Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet."

Rita Rudner is a classic, one of a kind funny comedian. She and Louie hang out in frozen Niagara Falls and talk about her influences.

From the Best of State of the Arts (originally broadcast February 28, 2011) - Sterling and Stroili exchange quips with actor Jim J. Bullock as their sole guest for the hour. Best known for his unique sense of comedy and his co-starring role on the 80???s iconic hit TV series Too Close for Comfort ... a regular celebrity player on Hollywood Squares ... and his former syndicated talk show Jim J. and Tammy Faye (Tammy Faye (Baker) Messner) in 1996 , Bullock discusses his career in television and film, as well as the musical side of his life on Broadway and throughout the country. The Live Arts Calendar features An Evening with Rita Rudner at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego, CA; the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards in Palm Springs, CA; and The Insomnia Play at the Lyric Hyperian Theatre in Silverlake, CA. Sterling reviews The Blank Theatre Co.???s The Cradle Will Rock at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood and Betty Buckley and Marvin Hamlisch in concert at the new Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, CA. Bullock shares his worst moment during a performance. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

From the Best of State of the Arts (originally broadcast February 28, 2011) - Sterling and Stroili exchange quips with actor Jim J. Bullock as their sole guest for the hour. Best known for his unique sense of comedy and his co-starring role on the 80???s iconic hit TV series Too Close for Comfort ... a regular celebrity player on Hollywood Squares ... and his former syndicated talk show Jim J. and Tammy Faye (Tammy Faye (Baker) Messner) in 1996 , Bullock discusses his career in television and film, as well as the musical side of his life on Broadway and throughout the country. The Live Arts Calendar features An Evening with Rita Rudner at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego, CA; the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards in Palm Springs, CA; and The Insomnia Play at the Lyric Hyperian Theatre in Silverlake, CA. Sterling reviews The Blank Theatre Co.???s The Cradle Will Rock at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood and Betty Buckley and Marvin Hamlisch in concert at the new Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, CA. Bullock shares his worst moment during a performance. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

Happy New Year; An invitation; A reporter faints; A man can't type; Time to drop the Sex Pistols; You versus a journalist; And which one is you?; An interview with Rita Rudner; Music from Geoff Gibbons

  Rita Rudner isn't known as the queen of one-liners for nothing. Tune in to hear Rita talk dancing, end-of-summer sales in Westhampton Beach, her love of dresses, men, Botox in Las Vegas, , and how an in-flight meeting with Ben Stein lead her to adopt a child- all while delivering one zinger after another and cracking me the hell up. If you need a good laugh, (or twenty), listen to this episode. You won't be disappointed.

Hints and tips for media appearances, speaking and social media. This week; A very Happy Christmas; A noble spokesman in a crisis; Mike Tyson doesn't change sex; Give a gift; Show you care; Throw a party; An interview with Rita Rudner (part 2); Music from Mick Terry.

Hints and tips for media appearances, speaking and social media. This week; ‘tis the time of year; Google+ Communities; Sir Patrick Moore; Jesus at the darts; Refresh your speech; Live on Skype; What to post, where to post it; An interview with Rita Rudner (part 1); Music from Mick Wilson

Hints and tips for media appearances, speaking and social media. This week; End of the News of the World; Emma Blair; Johann Hari; Speaking to large audiences; Come out with your hands up; How to provide value online; An interview with Rita Rudner; Music from Simon Kirke

Hints and tips for media appearances, speaking and social media. This week: Rita Rudner; Tell us your view; Two places left; Grunts and squeals; Instructions for a new daughter in law; What a laugh; Doorstepped; Keeping people happy; An interview with Neil Mullarkey; Music from Mick Wilson.

Sterling and Stroili exchange quips with actor Jim J. Bullock as their sole guest for the hour. Best known for his unique sense of comedy and his co-starring role on the 80???s iconic hit TV series Too Close for Comfort ... a regular celebrity player on Hollywood Squares ... and his former syndicated talk show Jim J. and Tammy Faye (Tammy Faye (Baker) Messner) in 1996 , Bullock discusses his career in television and film, as well as the musical side of his life on Broadway and throughout the country. The Live Arts Calendar features An Evening with Rita Rudner at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego, CA; the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards in Palm Springs, CA; and The Insomnia Play at the Lyric Hyperian Theatre in Silverlake, CA. Sterling reviews The Blank Theatre Co.???s The Cradle Will Rock at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood and Betty Buckley and Marvin Hamlisch in concert at the new Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, CA. Bullock shares his worst moment during a performance. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

What famous photographer shot the classic portrait of Siegfried & Roy that appeared on the Mirage marquee for more than a decade? E-mail TheStripPodcast [at] aol.com or call 702-997-3300 by Nov. 5. If we draw your correct answer, you pick from the prize list at TheStripPodcast.Com.THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED LIVE OCT. 30, 2010 AT THE FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS AT THE VEGAS PODCAST-A-PALOOZA!This week on THE STRIP: She's danced on Broadway, told jokes in Carnegie Hall and, of course, headlined in Vegas for nearly a decade. And now, Rita Rudner is about to reach her career apex, appearing with us at the Go Pool at the Flamingo Las Vegas. That's right, we're LIVE at the third annual Vegas Podcast-a-Palooza to chat up the Harrah's Las Vegas comedienne and her husband about their careers, their politics, living next to the carcass of the F'Blew and much more. Also, when will Rita be at Harrah's? Answer: Probably sooner than later.In Banter: Lion King is leaving, Lotus of Siam is exported, Las Vegans are out of their minds, Venetian-Palazzo checks into a new alliance and more.Twitter: @TheStripPodcastBlog: VegasHappensHere.ComVoicemail: 702-997-3300