Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Official Website: http://www.robinwilliams.com/ http://www.comedydirectory.com/robinwilliams R.I.P. Mr. Williams!
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Robin Williams
Patrice O’Neal – Patrice Lumumba Malcolm O’Neal (December 7, 1969 – November 29, 2011), usually credited as Patrice O’Neal, was an American stand-up comedian, radio personality, and actor. Official Website: http://www.patriceoneal.com/ | http://www.comedydirectory.com/patriceoneal R.I.P. Mr. O’Neal!
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Patrice O'Neal
Leslie William Nielsen (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 150 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters. Official Website: N/A | http://www.comedydirectory.com/leslienielsen R.I.P. Mr. Nielsen!
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Leslie Nielsen
Robert George “Bob” Schimmel (January 16, 1950 – September 3, 2010) was an American stand-up comedian whose material was often X-rated and controversial. Official Website: N/A | http://www.comedydirectory.com/robertschimmel R.I.P. Mr. Schimmel!
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Robert Schimmel
George Carlin – George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American comedian, writer, social critic, and actor who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. Official Website: http://www.georgecarlin.com/ | http://wwwcomedydirectory.com/georgecarlin R.I.P. Mr. Carlin!
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George Carlin
Richard Jeni (April 14, 1957 – March 10, 2007), was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Official Website: N/A | http://www.comedydirectory.com/richardjeni R.I.P. Mr. Jeni
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Richard Jeni
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC. Official Website: http://www.richardpryor.com/ | http://www.comedydirectory.com/richardpryor R.I.P. Mr. Pryor!
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Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Rodney Cohen, November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004) was an American comedian and actor, known for the catchphrase “I don’t get no respect!” and his monologues on that theme. Official Website: http://www.rodney.com/ | http://www.comedydirectory.com/rodneydangerfield R.I.P. Mr. Dangerfield!
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Rodney Dangerfield
William Melvin “Bill” Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician. His material, encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy, was controversial, and often steeped in dark comedy. Official Website: http://www.billhicks.com/ | http://www.comedydirectory.com/billhicks R.I.P. Mr. Hicks!
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Bill Hicks
Sam Kinison – Samuel Burl “Sam” Kinison (December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect humor. Official Website: http://www.samkinison.com | http://www.comedydirectory.com/samkinison R.I.P. Mr. Kinison!
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Sam Kinison
1922 – October 11, 1991), known professionally as Redd Foxx, was an American comedian and actor, best remembered for his explicit comedy records and his starring role on the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son. Official Website: http://www.reddfoxx.com | http://www.comedydirectory.com/reddfoxx R.I.P. Mr. Foxx!
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Redd Foxx
Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980), was a British film actor, comedian and singer. Official Website: http://petersellers.com/ | http://www.comedydirectory.com/petersellers R.I.P. Mr. Sellers!
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Comedian Anthony Jeselnik takes pride in joking about the topics you shouldn't joke about. Throughout his career, he's developed a snarky onstage persona delivering material about death and disease at comedy clubs, the roasts of Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen, and on his Comedy Central show, The Jeselnik Offensive.
Anthony Jeselnik's Rules For Roasting
1. Don't get too drunk.
2. Don't stay too sober.
3. It is better to break rule #1 than it is to break rule #2.
4. Never actually agree to take part in a roast. They're awful.
Jeselnik joined Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg to discuss his comic style. Before earning the moniker "the Dark Prince of Comedy," Jeselnik recalls trying to win over a crowd by mimicking his comedic idol, former Saturday Night Live writer Jack Handey. "As a comedian, you start, and you start trying things, and the audience tells you what your next step is going to be," Jeselnik said. "For me, the cockier I got, and the darker I got, and the meaner I got, the more the crowd followed that. So I thought, 'Okay, this is going to be a lot of fun.'"
When asked what topics he was interested in being quizzed on, Jeselnik mentioned sharks. So in an Ask Me Another Challenge called "Sharks With Snark," Jeselnik tackled questions about the underwater predators' appearances in popular culture, like the origin of the nickname Steven Spielberg gave the mechanical shark in Jaws.
People are very scared of me because they've seen the stage persona, and when they meet me, they're kind of taken off guard, and I like that. I want you to be scared so that I can be seem charming. People will be like, "Oh, you're so nice." I'm like, "I'm not that nice, you just think I'm gonna be really, really mean."
Why no topic is off limits?
If something made me uncomfortable, I would take it as a challenge to try and make a joke about that. That's my only goal: to find things that you shouldn't joke about, and find a way to make a joke.
Why his performance on Comedy Central's Roast of Donald Trump changed his life
If I do badly on [the roast], then everything my life has been leading up to has been for nothing. Because this was my opportunity, and if it goes well, then I know I've been on the right path and things will continue to go well. So when I did well, people thought, "Oh, you're going to get so cocky when the roast is over," because I was cocky before. But after the roast, I kind of calmed down, because I didn't have to be cocky — everyone knew.
In Memory of Robin Williams July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014
In Memory of Robin Williams July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor, stand-up comedian, film producer, and screenwriter. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, Williams received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Good Will Hunting. He also received two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammy Awards.
Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 1951. His mother, Laura McLaurin, was a former model from Jackson, Mississippi. His father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a senior executive at Ford Motor Company in charge of the Midwest region. His maternal great-great-grandfather was Mississippi senator and governor Anselm J. McLaurin. Williams had English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, German, and French ancestry.
He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he was a student at the Detroit Country Day School, and later moved to Woodacre, Marin County, California, where he attended the public Redwood High School in nearby Larkspur, California. Williams studied at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. Williams left Claremont and attained a full scholarship to the esteemed Juilliard School in New York City. In between Claremont and Juilliard, he attended the College of Marin for theatre.
Yesterday, Robin Williams was found unresponsive at his residence in Marin County, California, and was pronounced dead at the scene.