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'The Jerk'

Bravo's funniest films

The Bravo television network has ranked what they think are the 100 funniest movies of all time. "The Jerk" is number 20 — see which film is number one.
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Denis Leary while attending Emerson College (left); performing onstage

Alumni turned comics

Worcester-born Denis Leary is one of many Emerson College alums to go on to have a successful comedy career.
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Guide to ventriloquists

Who's the dummy?

Ventriloquists get no respect. But it wasn't always that way. Check out our roster of famous voice-throwers.

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'Soup' to nuts, Joel McHale has it covered

According to a Nielsen report released in May, average Americans watch more than 28 hours of television a week. Amateurs. (Boston Globe, 7/25/08)

Political satirists play both sides of the aisle

Political satirist Will Durst likes to refer to himself as a raging moderate. Musical comic Roy Zimmerman is suspicious of anyone who takes the label "equal-opportunity satirist," which would seem to put him at odds with Durst. But they have a lot more in common than their attitudes toward satire might suggest. (Boston Globe, 8/1/08)

Jeff Dunham's act has everyone talking

Jeff Dunham is one of Comedy Central's most popular comedians, with two of the network's higher-rated specials turned multiplatinum DVDs. He's selling out theaters around the country, including shows at the Cape Cod Melody Tent Wednesday and the South Shore Music Circus Thursday. And he's a ventriloquist. (Boston Globe, 8/8/08)

Chelsea Handler dishes, and people listen

As long as she can remember, Chelsea Handler has wanted just one thing - for people to listen to her. Preferably a lot of people. And preferably on television. (Boston Globe, 8/15/08)

Looking for laughs in China

China has been the butt of many a joke lately as the world monitored the Beijing smog and watched the government blast the sky to prevent rain during the Olympics. What few have probably considered is that China may be laughing along with us. (Boston Globe, 8/16/08)

For Caliendo, it's about favorable impressions

Don't know the name Frank Caliendo? That's OK. Even after seven years on "MADtv," countless appearances on Fox's football programs, and his own show, "Frank TV," on TBS, Caliendo knows people have a hard time placing him. That's probably because he's so good at his job, mainly, creating uncanny impressions of celebrities ranging from Robin Williams to Dr. Phil. (Boston Globe, 7/18/08)

George Carlin was as good as his words

It's 1972 in a bedroom somewhere in the endless flatness of suburbia. A phonograph needle drops on the last track of a much-played vinyl album, and a teenage boy cranes his ears once more, waiting for the voice to come through the crackle: (Boston Globe, 6/28/08)
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