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Paul Provenza

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Paul Provenza (born July 31, 1957) is a television presenter, actor, actor on stage, radio panelist, stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and skeptic based in Los Angeles. [1]

71 relations: ABC Comedy, Al Hirschfeld, Beggars and Choosers (TV series), Bill Maher, Billy Connolly, Bronx High School of Science, Caricature, Dan Dion, Diana Ross, Drama Desk Award, Drew Carey, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Empty Nest, Frank Skinner, George Carlin, Getting Doug with High, Green room, Just for Laughs, Ken Reid (comedian), Kids' Court, London, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Marc Maron, Mask and Wig, Master of ceremonies, Matt Stone, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Montreal, New York (state), New York City, Nickelodeon, Northern Exposure, NPR, Odd Jobs, Off-Broadway, Pelham Parkway (neighborhood), Bronx, Penn Jillette, Pennsylvania Punch Bowl, Pursuit of Happiness (TV series), Reason Rally, Robin Williams, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Showtime (TV network), Skepticism, Sky Atlantic, South Park, Stand-up comedy, ..., Stephen Colbert, Teri Polo, The Aristocrats (film), The Bronx, The Facts of Life (TV series), The Green Room with Paul Provenza, The Improv, The Kids in the Hall, The Rubin Report, The Todd and Tyler Radio Empire, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The West Wing, Theatre, Theatre World Award, Trey Parker, Underbelly (events promoter), University of Pennsylvania, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Washington, D.C., WonderCon, WTF with Marc Maron. Expand index (21 more) »

ABC Comedy

ABC Comedy (stylised as ABC COMEDY) is a national public digital television multichannel in Australia.

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Al Hirschfeld

Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.

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Beggars and Choosers (TV series)

Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime.

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Bill Maher

William Maher (born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host.

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Billy Connolly

Sir William Connolly, (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor from Glasgow.

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Bronx High School of Science

The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science or Science, and formerly Science High) is an elite public high school in New York City.

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Caricature

A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or through other artistic drawings.

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Dan Dion

Daniel James Dion (born December 11, 1970) is an American photographer and comedy producer.

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Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.

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Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

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Drew Carey

Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, sports executive, and game show host.

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Eddie Izzard

Edward John Izzard (born 7 February 1962) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer and political activist.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398 shows in 300 venues.

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Empty Nest

Empty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from October 8, 1988, to April 29, 1995.

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Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner (born Christopher Graham Collins; 28 January 1957) is an English writer, comedian, TV and radio presenter, and actor.

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George Carlin

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic.

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Getting Doug with High

Getting Doug With High is a video and audio podcast show hosted by American stand-up comedian and actor Doug Benson.

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Green room

In show business, the green room is the space in a theatre or similar venue that functions as a waiting room and lounge for performers before and after a performance, and during the show when they are not engaged on stage.

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Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs (Juste pour rire) is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Ken Reid (comedian)

Kenneth William "Ken" Reid (born 1980 in Winchester, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian based in Boston.

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Kids' Court

Kids' Court is a children's television/nontraditional court show aired by Nickelodeon.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Marc Maron

Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer and actor.

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Mask and Wig

The Mask and Wig Club, a private club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1889, is the oldest all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe in the United States.

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Master of ceremonies

A master of ceremonies, abbreviated M.C. or emcee, also called compère and announcer, is the official host of a ceremony, a staged event or similar performance.

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Matt Stone

Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, writer, director, producer, singer, and songwriter.

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on December 1, 1977 as the first cable channel for children.

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Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure is an American comedy-drama Northern television series that ran on CBS from 1990 to 1995, with a total of 110 episodes.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Odd Jobs

Odd Jobs (also known as Summer Jobs in the United States) is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Mark Story.

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Off-Broadway

An Off-Broadway theatre is any professional venue in Manhattan in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.

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Pelham Parkway (neighborhood), Bronx

Pelham Parkway is a working- and middle-class residential neighborhood geographically located in the center of the Bronx, a borough of New York City in the United States.

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Penn Jillette

Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, filmmaker, television personality and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller.

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Pennsylvania Punch Bowl

The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl is a humor magazine published by students at the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1899.

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Pursuit of Happiness (TV series)

Pursuit of Happiness is an American sitcom that aired from October 30, 1987 until January 22, 1988.

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Reason Rally

The first Reason Rally was a public gathering for secularism and religious skepticism held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2012.

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Robin Williams

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian.

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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) is a drama school in London, England that provides training for film, television and theatre.

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman.

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Showtime (TV network)

Showtime is an American premium cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship service of the Showtime Networks subsidiary of CBS Corporation, which also owns sister services The Movie Channel and Flix.

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Skepticism

Skepticism (American English) or scepticism (British English, Australian English) is generally any questioning attitude or doubt towards one or more items of putative knowledge or belief.

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Sky Atlantic

Sky Atlantic is a television channel owned and operated by Sky plc.

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South Park

South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network.

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Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them.

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Stephen Colbert

Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host.

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Teri Polo

Theresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo (born June 1, 1969) is an American actress.

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The Aristocrats (film)

The Aristocrats is a 2005 American documentary comedy film about the famous dirty joke of the same name.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Facts of Life (TV series)

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom and a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s.

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The Green Room with Paul Provenza

The Green Room with Paul Provenza is a talk show on Showtime, hosted by Paul Provenza.

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The Improv

The Improv is a comedy club franchise.

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The Kids in the Hall

The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson.

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The Rubin Report

The Rubin Report is a political news talk show currently airing on YouTube, hosted by Dave Rubin.

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The Todd and Tyler Radio Empire

The Todd-n-Tyler Radio Empire is a morning radio talk show based out of Omaha, Nebraska.

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the Tonight Show franchise from October 1, 1962 through May 22, 1992.

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The West Wing

The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Theatre World Award

The Theatre World Award is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.

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Trey Parker

Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, writer, director, producer, singer, and songwriter.

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Underbelly (events promoter)

Underbelly is a live events producer and venue operator, known as one of the "Big Four" venue operators at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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WonderCon

WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and film convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area (1987–2011), then - under the name WonderCon Anaheim - in Anaheim, California (2012–2015, 2017–), and WonderCon Los Angeles in 2016.

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WTF with Marc Maron

WTF with Marc Maron is a weekly podcast and radio show hosted by stand-up comedian Marc Maron.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Provenza

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