My Comedy World

Back when he was on “Saturday Night Live” I didn’t much watch the show. Frankly, I was too young to stay up that late, and I found the humour rather coarse. Then I heard that he and Dan Aykroyd were making a movie based on two of the characters they’d created on the series – [...]

The first time I heard of Jim Carrey was when he was on the TV show “In Living Colour”. He created a slew of very funny characters, and I could see that he was destined to make the leap to movies soon. However, I can’t say I was a fan of his early works. Films [...]

Here is a man who could truly be said to be famous for nothing. I remember watching his TV show when it first came on the air, and it was a fairly standard sitcom; funny, but not overly remarkable. Then, somewhere in those early seasons, they hit on the perfect format – episodes about nothing. [...]

Where to begin with this great comedian? His show “The Honeymooners” will probably run forever! The character of Ralph Kramden is, as it should be, enshrined in the Television Hall of Fame. Some of his lines are still remembered today; “To the moon, Alice!” being one of the best. Some people may not know it, [...]

For a lot of people, it’s kind of hard to separate Groucho from his brothers. It’s kind of like focusing on Larry, and ignoring Moe and Curly. But I always thought that Groucho did what few comedians in a group could do – emerge from the shadow of that group to stand alone. I first [...]

I never knew how far back George Burn’s career went until I started to really look into his life. The first time I saw him was in his Oscar winning role in the “Sunshine Boys”. The man was eighty when he did that! That’s usually a time when people are retiring and winding down their [...]

I had never even heard of this man until my daughter introduced me to him. She and her friends – we’re talking teenagers here – love him. My daughter and her best friend can stand up and do entire sections from some of his shows – from memory. So I decided to check out his [...]

Here’s a comedic actor who has truly gone from the top to the bottom and back up again. I remember seeing his movie with Nick Nolte, “48 Hours”, and hearing reviewers say that they were hard pressed to find a clip they could show without having to bleep every other word. They were so right [...]

Few actors are able to excel in a variety of mediums. There are those who do well in movies, and there are others who are great onstage or in television. Some are singers and dancers, and some are wonderful well-rounded performers. Dick Van Dyke falls into that final category. The man has been on Broadway, [...]

I’ve actually met Mr Aykroyd a couple of times on Martha’s Vineyard Island. I think he has a place there and is friends with several of the locals. When I worked summers in a restaurant he came in once to eat before the place open. The owner let him and his wife do that so [...]