DOG ASIDE: This piece of video is a flat-out hoot….it is hilarious…..especially the part about dunking donuts…..and pathological liars part….but the Dr. Ruth dancers is gut-wrenching…..dang this is funny stuff…..well worth the watch.
DOG ASIDE: Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director….who is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. His career began in 1946….with an act together with Dean Martin….forming the team of Martin and Lewis….which performed in live nightclubs, television programs, radio…
DOG ASIDE: Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951) is an American actor and former professional boxer. He is best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who’s the Boss?….for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People’s Choice Award for…
DOG ASIDE: Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955)….better known by her stage name Whoopi Goldberg…. is an American actress, comedian, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television….and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Oscar, and a…
DOG ASIDE: Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama….as comic relief often takes the form of a bumbling, wisecracking sidekick of the hero or villain in a work of fiction. A sidekick used for comic…
DOG ASIDE: When it comes to Chevy Chase and his abundant humor and comedy……uniquely delivered in his own way…..with a combination of Buster Keaton’s deadpan look with his Dick Van Dyke physical comedy….but what tickles this lil ole Chiweenie’s funny bone the most….is Chevy’s wonderful talent of physical comedy…..as this video provides evidence to my…
DOG ASIDE: Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, actor, and writer….born into a prominent New York family….Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before he moved into comedy and began acting with National Lampoon. He quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live….where his recurring…
DOG ASIDE: This HBO’s Young Comedians Show features the comedy of Joe Nipote…who grew up in Detroit, MI…..as a person determined from an early age to make a living as a performer. He earned an acting scholarship to Central Michigan University….but quit one semester shy of graduation to try out his talents in Hollywood. After…
DOG ASIDE: In the first Keaton pictures with sound….he and his fellow actors would shoot each scene three times….one in English….one in Spanish….and one in either French or German. The actors would phonetically memorize the foreign-language scripts a few lines at a time…..and shoot immediately after. This is discussed in the TCM documentary Buster Keaton:…