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...Larry Sanders Show (HBO) A sitcom about a talk show, starring a real-life talk-show host, who last starred in a sitcom as himself, a comedian with a sitcom. One's first impulse is to tell Garry Shandling to get a life. The second is to revel in this wicked expose of show-business narcissism -- TV's shrewdest media satire since Tanner...
Another route to work that pays is through local churches, synagogues, nonprofits and community and civic groups, which may be looking for some humor to liven up a function or a meeting. They are more likely to be open to a baby-boomer comedian--as long as expletives are deleted and mentions of sexual anatomy are kept to a minimum...
...lead to a breakthrough. Carter offers a weekly four-hour workshop that meets for eight sessions and costs $485. Commencement consists of a five-minute gig onstage at the Hollywood Improv in front of a real audience. Half of Carter's students are 50 and older. Jeff Justice, a comedian and teacher in Atlanta, charges $349 for a six-session course that meets three hours a week. His students graduate with a four-minute spot at the Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta...
...then there are those who get into performing without really intending to. Tom Richards, 67, is a retired newspaper reporter and columnist in Appleton, Wis. Five years ago, he was writing an article on what it's like to be a stand-up comedian, and the local Skyline Comedy Café allowed him a few minutes of stage time. "I got some laughs, to my amazement, despite my nerves," Richards says. "I became addicted." Sample gag: "I told my wife that I wanted to let my hair grow into a ponytail. She said, 'If you do that, I'll divorce...
Thank you for including in your list of Heroes Italian comedian Beppe Grillo, known for his barbed social and political commentary. We Italians have become used to political corruption and abuse of power in such a way that we neglect to praise the country's freely critical voices. Andrea Silvestri Dalmine, Italy...