DescriptionMarquez the Greatest (known on Planet Comedy as King of the Underground) began as a seed planted in the fertile streets of Los Angeles. He began smoking stand-up comedy with one goal in mind - to make people laugh. But it has evolved into hilarious, philosophical blunts through which the pain of life generally, and his life specifically, is turned into the chronic high of laughter. With Marquez's potency now recognized, he remains firmly planted in the L.A. sun under the Hollywood stars and continues to crystallize. The influences of Muhammad Ali and Richard Pryor are detectable, but the Greatest's brand of humor is all his own.
DescriptionIt all started one night when he visited a comedy club in Los Angeles. A comedian tried picking on Gilbert who was seated in the front. Bad move! After receiving a taste of his own medicine, the comedian backed off, and Gilbert was invited on stage to tel…
DescriptionIn the last several decades three greats event have shaken the comedy world: The Comedy Store was born on the Sunset Strip, Johnny Carson moved the Tonight Show permanently to Burbank from New York, and Richard Pryor staged his "comeback" on the stage of The Original Room at The Comedy Store. As the comedians honed their craft on "The Store's" stages, the industry took notice. Many of today's superstar comedians attribute the meteoric rise of their show business careers to their time spent at The Comedy Store. And they're all here, and many others paying tribute to the club that started it all...the world famous Comedy Store.
DescriptionOne of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. The New Yorker magazine has met this challenge more often and more successfully than any other modern American journal. Starting with its light fantastic evocations of the gla…
DescriptionFresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, offers some of the most intelligent interviews, reviews, and commentary heard on radio. Terry Gross has been called by The Los Angeles Times, "One of the most thought-provoking interviewers working in the media today." In this special compilation, you'll hear exhilarating excerpts from classic interviews with 21 stars of comedy, including Tracey Ullman on her zany characters, Chris Rock on growing up small and black in a white neighborhood, Carol Leifer on the inspiration for her brand of cabaret comedy, and Henny Youngman on his famous line, "Take my wife, please." This collection also features interviews with Pieter Dirk-Uys, Richard Pryor, Drew Carey, Bob Newhart, Jackie Mason, Phyllis Diller, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Martin Short, and David Hyde Pierce.
