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  Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album was awarded from 1994 until 2003.
Prior to 1994, the award was given for spoken word or musical comedy performances as the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
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 GRAMMY.com - 48th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
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 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album was awarded from yearly 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day.
In 1960 and 1961 two separate awards were presented for the best spoken and for the best musical comedy performance.
In 1994 the award was restricted to spoken word comedy albums and moved into the "spoken" field.
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 Robin Williams - Search View - MSN Encarta
He starred in the title role in his feature motion-picture debut, Popeye (1980), and in The World According to Garp (1982), the film version of a popular novel by John Irving.
In 1998 Williams won an Academy Award as best supporting actor for his portrayal of a therapist who helps a troubled genius in Good Will Hunting (1997).
In 2003 Williams won a Grammy Award for best spoken-word comedy album for Live 2002.
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 2001 Grammy Award winners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Eminem - the target of 100 protesters outside the awards show - was honored for best solo rap performance, best rap album and best rap performance by a duo or group for his collaboration with his mentor and producer, Dr. Dre.
Eminem's nomination for album of the year was controversial, because it was the first time a rapper was nominated for the show's top award.
Jennifer Lopez, who provided the Grammys' most memorable moment last year with her navel-plunging Versace dress, was not present, but the spirit of her dress was there with Toni Braxton's eye-popping silver Richard Tyler frock.
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 Mediajonez.com: MUSIC - Chris Rock Releases "Never Scared", His First New Comedy Album Since 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Culled from his HBO comedy concert special of the same name, the new CD features Rock at his most hilarious, salacious and scandalous.
The new album is was released February 15.
From this came a 2000 Grammy Award for Best Spoken or Comedy Album.
www.mediajonez.com /music/chris_rock0205.html   (507 words)

  
 CW34: "Everybody Hates Chris"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tichina Arnold won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her first season starring in the critically acclaimed comedy “Everybody Hates Chris,” a series inspired by the childhood experiences of comedian Chris Rock.
Lauded by critics and honored with numerous awards, Chris Rock is one of the strongest comedic voices of his generation.
The series won the NAACP Image Award for Best Comedy and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, People’s Choice Award and Writers Guild Award in its first season.
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 George Carlin: Book George Carlin For Concerts and Events Worldwide - Entertainment Booking Agency.
In 1972, a recording contract led to the release of FM and AM, an album which won a Grammy Award after going gold.
It was the first of four successive gold albums that George Carlin recorded during the first half of the 1970s.
In 2001, George Carlin was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Annual American Comedy Awards.
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 George Carlin - Book George Carlin for Corporate Events, Fund Raisers
It was the first of four successive gold albums that Carlin recorded during the first half of the 1970s.
Carlin won Cable Ace Awards for Doin' It Again in 1990, and in 1992 for Jammin' in New York.
In 1996, Carlin once again took to the stage of the famed Paramount Theater in New York City for the taping of an HBO Comedy Concert, Back in Town, which was nominated for a Cable Ace Award.
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 Chris Rock @ Filmbug
In the dark comedy, Nurse Betty, directed by Neil LaBute, Rock starred along with Morgan Freeman as a pair of hit men who try to kill a woman after she witnesses a hit they've committed.
Recently, he also starred in and served as a producer for MTV Studios' Pootietang, was the voice of the title character in the animated/live action comedy Osmosis Jones, played a voice in Steven Spielberg's AI: Artificial Intelligence.
The Brooklyn-raised comedian has garnered three Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, been featured on covers of many national publications and saw his eponymous HBO talk show become one of the network's highest-rated and most talked-about programs.
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 45th Annual Grammy Awards Show Report
The award for Best Pop Vocal Album was won by; you guessed it, Nora Jones.
Faith also gave an outstanding live performance during the 2001 Grammy Awards with her song "Breathe" (album reviewed here).
Next up on stage to receive an award was sixteen year old John Mayer who won the Best Male Pop Vocal Grammy for "Your Body Is A Wonderland".
www.enjoythemusic.com /grammy2003/page2.htm   (401 words)

  
 UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hinojosa has garnered numerous awards and honors, including the 2002 Latino Heritage Award from Columbia University and the Ruben Salazar Award from the National Council of La Raza, which recognizes a journalist's outstanding body of work.
Her portrayal of Nikki Parker earned her the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a comedy series for the past two years.
Her list of awards includes the FIPA d'Or for Best Actress at the 1994 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels at Cannes, France, two Genie Awards (the Canadian Oscar), a Cable Ace Award and a Theatre World Award.
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 Jimmy Fallon @ Filmbug
Jimmy Fallon is best known to television fans for his work on NBC's seminal late night series Saturday Night Live.
Fallon, who started out as a stand-up comedian, was nominated for a 2003 Grammy award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for his record The Bathroom Wall.
He has also enjoyed successful stints as the host of the 2001 MTV Movie Awards and the 2002 Video Music Awards.
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 DreamWorks Animation SKG Fansite-Madagascar
Stiller was most recently seen in Jay Roach's comedy hit "Meet the Fockers," the sequel to the earlier smash "Meet the Parents."  Also starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand, "Meet the Fockers" has become the highest-grossing live-action comedy ever, bringing in more than $500 million worldwide.
In 1989, Stiller directed the MTV comedy special "Back to Brooklyn," and then created the series "The Ben Stiller Show" for Fox.  A critical success, the series brought Stiller an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing.
The HBO show earned two 2003 Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program and Outstanding Writing in a Non-Fiction Program.  The show also received many accolades in the U.K. prior to its stateside debut, including two BAFTA Awards for Best Comedy Program and Best Comedy Performance for Baron Cohen.
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 Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music - Gr (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra
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 DreamWorks SKG Fansite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
CHRIS ROCK (Mays Gilliam/Director/Producer/Co-Screenwriter), widely recognized as one of America’s most influential comedians, is also one of its most honored, having been recognized with numerous awards, including three Emmys, two Grammys, and an American Comedy Award.
He was a founding member of the "Kings of Comedy" tour, which showcased Mac’s trademark rapid-fire delivery and incisive wit that helped make the show such a monumental hit.
Baker was previously honored with an IFP Gotham Award and earned an IFP West Independent Spirit Award nomination for his performance as Bill Maplewood in Todd Solondz’s critically acclaimed film "Happiness," which took the Critics Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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 Chris Rock Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
Chris Rock, who is widely recognized as one of America's most influential comedians, is also one of its most honored, having been recognized with numerous awards, including three Emmys, two Grammys, and an American Comedy Award.
He was recently seen by millions of people worldwide as the host of the 77th annual Academy Awards, and also wrote and starred in his fourth HBO special, Chris Rock: Never Scared.
In addition, he received three more shared Emmy Award nominations for writing, two nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, and two individual nominations for his work as the series host.
www.ropeofsilicon.com /profile.php?id=265   (495 words)

  
 South African Standup Comedy Online Shop
George Carlin - You Are all Diseased Carlin is the king of stadium-sized Rock and Roll Confrontational Comedy.
Chris Rock - Roll With the New - winner of the 1999 Grammy Award® for "Best Spoken Comedy Album".
Dennis Miller - Black and White - The man with a smirk and a hatred of hack.
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 Biography for Robin Williams (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He is a fan of the comedy series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969).
After having won the academy award for Good Will Hunting (1997), he sent Peer Augustinski (who is his standard German dubbing voice) a little Oscar replica with a note: "Thank you for making me famous in Germany".
When 'Blame Canada', a song from South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999), was nominated for a Best Song Academy Award, it was Williams who performed the song at the ceremony, because the actress who sang the song in the film, Mary Kay Bergman, had committed suicide a few months prior to the awards show.
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 Mo'Nique - CinemaReview.com....Cast/Crew
Her bold and sarcastic stand-up routine landed her a starring role in the hit stand-up comedy film, THE QUEENS OF COMEDY, which also toured the country as a live comedy concert and was released as an album which went on to earn a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
Mo’Nique’s starring role as Nikki Parker on the hit television series “The Parkers” earned her numerous awards, including four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series and nominations for all five years of the show’s run.
She first gained visibility and immense popularity with performances on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam,” “Apollo Comedy Hour,” HBO’s “Snaps” and BET’s “Comic View.” As the host of the nationally syndicated televised program, “Showtime at the Apollo’” she made history as the first female comedienne to serve in that capacity.
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 Playbill News: Stoltz, Rees, Plimpton Form Shaw's Misalliance to L.A. Theatre Works Jan. 29-Feb. 2
Eric Simonson directs the comedy about a millionaire and his family, whose pleasant family gathering with their future son-in-law and his dad is disrupted by a Polish aviatrix and handsome young aristocrat who literally fall from the sky.
In the past 14 years, productions have won several awards including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Gold and Silver Awards, three Sony Awards, the Writer's Guild of America's Best Comedy Award and the 1999 Audie Award for Best Dramatic Production from the Audio Publishers Association.
Their recording of The Prisoner of Second Avenue, featuring Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason, was recently nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
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 Chris Rock Booking Agent for Corporate, Private and Special Events - Booking Agency Headline Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chris Rock, widely recognized as one of America’s most influential comedians, is also one of its most honored, having been recognized with numerous awards, including three Emmys, two Grammys, and an American Comedy Award.
In 1994, Rock emerged as a comedy star in his own right with the award-winning HBO special "Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes." In 1996, he scored even greater success with another HBO special, "Bring the Pain," which brought Rock two 1997 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special and Outstanding Writing.
Rock’s most recent HBO special, "Bigger and Blacker," accorded the comedian a more personal triumph, as the one-hour stand-up comedy show was taped on the stage of Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theatre.
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 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959.
From 1967 to 1968 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album   (579 words)

  
 Biography for Jimmy Fallon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He has already been called the best SNL player since Phil Hartman, and is popular amongst SNL fans.
He is writing a children's book called "Snowball" which is based on his song from his comedy album, "The Bathroom Wall".
His "Best of Jimmy Fallon" DVD will be coming out in January 2005.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0266422/bio   (682 words)

  
 The list for the Grammy for Best Hawaiian Music Album   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Best Hawaiian Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental) Congrats to all who share their music with us.
The only musician in this year's crop of best Hawaiian music album Grammy nominees with an all-vocal recording, Helm is also the only female artist up for the award.
Ki ho'alu master Ledward Ka'apana, 58, has a solo release and is part of a compilation album, both in the running for a Grammy award.
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 BookWeb: Literary Award Winners: Grammy Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Grammy Awards are given by the Recording Academy's voting membership to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences.
They are awarded by and to artists and technical professionals for artistic or technical achievement.
Best Spoken Word Album for Children: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, performed by Tom Chapin (Live Oak Media)
www.bookweb.org /news/awards/1296.html   (413 words)

  
 Stan & Judy's Kid by Adam Sandler CD
STAN AND JUDY'S KID was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
On his fourth comedy album, 1999's STAN AND JUDY'S KID, Adam Sandler offers another helping of bits, skits, and goofy songs.
The skits are somewhat humurous, and although it is better than his last cd, it's still not on the same level as "What The Hell Happened To ME" his best one in my opinion.
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 Mo'Nique Movies & News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The overwhelming response and standing ovation she received gave her the courage to pursue a comedy career professionally.
During the show’s five-year run, during which she starred as a single mom who attends college with her daughter, Mo’Nique earned numerous awards and nominations, including four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.
Mo’Nique’s bold and sarcastic stand-up routine also landed her a starring role in the hit stand-up comedy The Queens of Comedy, which toured the country as a live comedy concert, and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
www.moviesonline.ca /events/celeb-Mo'Nique.htm   (406 words)

  
 Robin Williams - Biography, pictures, photos, photo, images, latest news, horoscope, lyrics, photo gallery, links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Winner Of The Grammy Award for "Best Spoken Comedy Album" Empire Live 2002.
Growing up as the only child of parents Robert and Laurie resulted in Robin having to entertain himself, and even build a world all to himself, which subsequently launched his desire to perform.
He would often study Jonathan Winters comedy records and play with toy soldiers as a child, and would later use comedy to his advantage at school.
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