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a funnyman who honed his shtick in vaudeville, Milton Berle was credited with popularizing the medium of television
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Yes, late-night funnyman Stephen Colbert and his wife Edie have just released a new cookbook.
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Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
The hourlong conversation at The Georgian Hotel moved beyond emotional truths, of course, as the funnymen and women got deadly serious about their deepest fears, their evolving bucket lists and their complicated impulses to make comedy out of tragedy.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
Pop superstar Lizzo, jazzy rap goddess Queen Latifah and Broadway’s Ben Platt will perform, and the three Democratic powerhouses will sit for a conversation moderated by late-night funnyman Stephen Colbert.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
Famous funnymen and legendary Hollywood personalities have listed their luxury homes for sale in hopes of cashing in on a luxury housing market that has continued on an upward trajectory first started at the end of last year, the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing reports.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
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Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
The hourlong conversation at The Georgian Hotel moved beyond emotional truths, of course, as the funnymen and women got deadly serious about their deepest fears, their evolving bucket lists and their complicated impulses to make comedy out of tragedy.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
Pop superstar Lizzo, jazzy rap goddess Queen Latifah and Broadway’s Ben Platt will perform, and the three Democratic powerhouses will sit for a conversation moderated by late-night funnyman Stephen Colbert.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
Famous funnymen and legendary Hollywood personalities have listed their luxury homes for sale in hopes of cashing in on a luxury housing market that has continued on an upward trajectory first started at the end of last year, the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing reports.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Funnyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funnyman. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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