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  paul provenza, comedians, personal appearances, standup comedy, Paul Provenza
Paul Provenza graduated from Penn with the first B.A. degree in Theater Arts ever awarded by the University, while at the same time writing and performing original comedy revues and commuting to New York to perform his stand-up comedy at the Improv, Catch A Rising Star, and the Comic Strip.
Provenza also helped develop and starred in a special for TBS, called "Elvis USA," a critically acclaimed comedy/documentary hybrid that took Paul around the US in a '58 Cadillac convertible to talk to people whose lives are obsessed with the King.
Provenza continues to write and develop material and projects, and is presently developing a series which he will star in for the Fox network.
www.comediansusa.com /standup/provenza_paul.html   (863 words)

  
 Northern Exposure: Paul Provenza bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born and raised in New York City, Provenza graduated from the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in 1975.
Provenza did not just limit himself to standup -- he also made innumerable TV appearances before he joined the cast of Northern Exposure.
In 2005, Provenza directed a short film documentary, "The Aristrocrats." Produced by Penn Jillette (Penn and Teller), the film debuted at Sundance.
home.comcast.net /~mcnotes/provenza.html   (367 words)

  
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At the same time, Provenza acting career has flourished as well, he made his dramatic acting debut opposite Andy Griffiths and Keanu Reeves in the highly acclaimed CBS movie-of-the-week "Under The Influence" for which he received rave notices as the struggling son of an alcoholic father.
Paul Provenza's caustic, analytical (and extremely funny) look at what's wrong in the home of Coca Cola will undoubtedly be disliked in America ('Most of this show, in America, qualifies me for sedition').
Paul Provenza's subtlety of delivery, fierce intellect and engaging, self-deprecating, funny and powerful set, suggests that he's just the man his country now needs.
www.anythingmatters.com /quotes-comedy/quotes_provenza.htm   (1213 words)

  
 Paul Provenza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Provenza (born July 31, 1957 in New York City) is an actor, comedian and filmmaker.
Provenza grew up in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx and graduated in 1975 from the Bronx High School of Science.
At the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Provenza held a nightly show at the Underbelly, entitled "Talk Of The Fest".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Provenza   (260 words)

  
 Paul Provenza
Paul portrays "Dr. Phillip Capra" who relocates from Los Angeles, with his wife to find paradise and a life that is lived in the Alaska wilds.
Paul happily relocated to Seattle and is thoroughly enjoying acting on a one hour drama.
On Showtime, Paul wrote and starred in his own one-man show, THE INCREDIBLE MAN BOY, which critics hailed as "flawlessly written and performed," and "the best half hour of comedy as you are likely to find anywhere." The special was named in several "ten best TV show" lists in newspapers around the country that year.
www.pattersonandassociates.com /bios/Paul_Provenza/index.html   (670 words)

  
 tricklock theatre company : revolutions : paul provenza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Paul Provenza (aka: Dr. Philip Capra from Northern Exposure) has been on the cutting edge of comedy for the past decade.
Funny, confident, and always challenging, Paul’s stand-up comedy has been critically acclaimed as bright, edgy, and honest by journalists from coast to coast.
It is a labor of love by creators/directors Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller fame).
tricklock.com /Revolutions/2006/provenza.htm   (379 words)

  
 Paul Provenza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Paul Provenza, born in 1958 in New York, New York, has starred in Empty Nest, Northern Exposure, and The Facts of Life.
He attended the Bronx High School of Science and the University of Pennsylvania (where he was a writer/performer for the school's comedy troup Mask and Wig).
Paul plays the role of Pable Picasso in Steve Martin's play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," touring over 20 North American cities through 1998.
www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/Stage/4318/paul.html   (80 words)

  
 SILVERDOCS 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Comedy veterans Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette ask their friends to participate in this experiment in bad taste.
Paul Provenza has been recognized in the world of TV, theater and stand-up comedy for the past decade, and has been a guest on every major late night talk show.
Provenza has also begun production on a film version of the international best-selling children's book Everyone Poops.
www.silverdocs.com /2005/films/arist.aspx   (359 words)

  
 Paul Provenza - Moviefone
All this and more, PAUL PROVENZA has been on the cutting edge of comedy for the past decade.
Paul Provenza's Shows: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2003Paul Provenza: Myth...
Paul Provenza - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Paul Provenza Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/paul-provenza/57954/main   (90 words)

  
 CHUD.com - Cinematic Happenings Under Development (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette, who made the film, understood that the reality would transcend the concept, and they have put together a hilarious film that is also a fascinating look at the very nature of comedy and what is funny.
Provenza: Penn and I conceived it together and Penn’s sheer artistry and integrity and passion are rife throughout it.
Provenza: We set out to just have a great time with some really funny friends telling a really filthy joke and anybody who likes that sort of thing is welcome to come and join us.
chud.com.cob-web.org:8888 /interviews/3801   (3917 words)

  
 Sundance Channel -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Recognized as an accomplished comedian and classically trained actor, Paul Provenza has starred and appeared in television series, including "Northern Exposure," "Beggars & Choosers," "The West Wing", and on all the late night talk shows.
Provenza directed videos for Comedy Central's "Comic Justice," has been a contributing director for Penn & Teller, and directed and co-produced "Dean Cameron's Nigerian Spam Scam Scam." Provenza starred in the NY and national productions of Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," and in the feature FIXING FRANK.
It is a labor of love by creators Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette; because of their own comic stature, they have access to people and situations that one cannot duplicate.
www.sundancechannel.com /festival/profiles/index.php?ixContent=7330   (629 words)

  
 cake or death: an eddie izzard site :: THE ARISTOCRATS
Provenza and I never get sick of this joke, but we've run out of friends.
The Aristocrats: Directors Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette stuff this raunchy, hysterical documentary with dozens of comics – from Robin Williams to Eddie Izzard – telling filthy variations on a legendary showbiz joke that also serves as an illuminating dissection of the art of being funny.
Provenza said that the plans were to release the film unrated this summer, with a packed DVD to follow in the fall.
www.auntiemomo.com /cakeordeath/aristocrats.html   (1139 words)

  
 EXCLUSIVE: MovieWeb Has A Laugh With The Aristocrats Director Paul Provenza
On the eve of it’s DVD release, Paul Provenza, the film’s director, sat down and talked with MovieWeb about his “obscene,” little film.
Paul Provenza: We shot for about four and half years and edited for about another two years.
Paul Provenza: (Laughs) Yeah, I don’t know when that’s gonna happen, that might take a bunch of years too.
www.movieweb.com /dvd/news/73/10573.php   (2127 words)

  
 Cincinnati CityBeat : 08/24/2005 : Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The day after the screening, far away from the Main Street hubbub, Provenza sits in an overstuffed couch in the lobby of a Park City, Utah, hotel.
Provenza is an accomplished comedian and a classically trained actor.
Fans of the movie have their favorite version of the joke, but everyone agrees that the standout performance belongs to Gilbert Gottfried, who tells his version at the Friar's Roast of Hugh Hefner in New York City in September 2001.
www.citybeat.com /2005-08-24/film.shtml   (999 words)

  
 The Aristocrats (2005) - FilmAffinity
A labor of love three years in the making, encompassing more than 100 comedians and culled from over 100 hours of footage, Provenza and Jillette shot the documentary holding DV cameras in their own hot little hands and edited it at home on a Mac.
Provenza and Jillette got superstar comedians being funny for other comedians, and that is really no-kidding funny.
Provenza and Jillette got comedians to tell the same joke.
www.filmaffinity.com /en/film680234.html   (551 words)

  
 Paul Provenza Photos - Paul Provenza News - Paul Provenza Information
Weekends at the D.L. Anthony Anderson / Chelsea Handler / Paul Provenza
Paul is an alumnus of Bronx High School of Science in New York City and the University of Pennsylvania.
Pursuit of Happiness starred Paul Provenza as a young professor and Brian Keith as the gruff authority figure.
www.tv.com /person/7921/summary.html   (206 words)

  
 Paul Provenza
Come Oct. 13—the start date of its week-long run at the Merriam Theater—you may walk away thinking the same of its star, Paul Provenza.
Martin fills the pre-fame encounter between Picasso (Provenza) and Einstein (Mark Nelson) with bad wine, poignantly goofy soliloquies, ridiculous predictions and the reasons why nobody buys paintings of Christ or sheep.
I caught up with Provenza at home in New York City, on his way to Stamford, CT, for Picasso rehearsals.
www.citypaper.net /articles/100997/20q.provenza.shtml   (797 words)

  
 THINKFilm | Penn Jillette | The Aristocrats | movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
She was eight months pregnant at the time — ''and hormonal,'' she says — and so she joked about an unborn baby committing lewd acts from the womb.
After her taping, Gold called up Provenza and said she was worried she'd gone too far.
Jillette and Provenza — reunited last month backstage at the Rio in Vegas, where, six nights a week, Jillette juggles broken bottles and catches bullets with his teeth in his magic show with Teller — don't want you to watch it if you don't like dirty jokes.
www.ew.com /ew/report/0,6115,1087814_1_0_,00.html   (1087 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Odd Jobs: Video: Paul Reiser,Robert Townsend,Scott McGinnis,Rick Overton,Paul Provenza,Leo Burmester,Thomas ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Paul Reiser stars in this remarkably "moving" and hilarious comedy.
This is a pretty lame comedy, though it contains a few moments of freshly outrageous humor, such as a guy going door-to-door selling "nuclear vacume cleaners," one of which he explodes as we see newsreel footage of a mushroom cloud.
The plot, such as it is, involves a young, eighties-coiffed Paul Reiser and a group of other misfits getting summer jobs after college.
www.amazon.com /Odd-Jobs-Paul-Reiser/dp/630193413X   (1320 words)

  
 Bob Saget, Penn And Teller, Jason Alexander, Paul Provenza, Sarah Silverman and Andy Dick Share a Really Dirty Joke ...
"The Aristocrats," made by comedian-director, Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller, features dozens of comedians giving their take on an old dirty joke that has been told and handed down since vaudeville.
Paul Provenza, the director of the film, has been on the cutting edge of comedy for the past two decades.
Audiences know Paul from his appearances on the hit show "Northern Exposure” as the new doctor in town replacing Rob Morrow.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/12/emw319268.htm   (911 words)

  
 Talk of the Fest - Hosted by Paul Provenza - PR.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
personal with the great names shaping the craft today, as the legendary Paul Provenza invites his friends in the industry up to the mike to perform the set they’ve been wanting to showcase for years, and then join him on the stage to talk about why.
TV comedy host and film director Paul Provenza is the Michael Moore of comic documentary, nominated for the 2005 Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his surprise hit movie The Aristocrats filmed “hanging out” backstage with fellow comedians, Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Robin Williams and a storm of others.
Talk of the Fest is backstage comedy brought forward, a rare glimpse into the world of comedy through the eyes of comedians, with the director who proved to fans worldwide that a close look at the comic art form could be wipe-your-eyes, blow-your-mind, pee-your-pants funny.
www.pr.com /press-release/12589   (375 words)

  
 Fixing Frank at Laemmle Theatres
Reporter, Frank Johnston (Andrew Elvis Miller) is sent undercover by his boyfriend, psychotherapist Jonathan Baldwin (Paul Provenza) to write an expose on Dr. Arthur Apsey (Dan Butler, from TV’s Frasier).
Apsey claims to be able to successfully change gays to straight, and Jonathan convinces Frank to pose as a patient wanting to convert.
Adapted by Ken Hanes from his stage play, and directed by Michael Selditch in his feature film directorial debut, Fixing Frank is a powerful and unsettling drama exploring conversion therapy, the scientifically unproven method of turning homosexuals straight.
www.laemmle.com /viewmovie.php?mid=507   (503 words)

  
 Edinburgh Festivals - Talk Of The Fest - Hosted by Paul Provenza
On this stage, comedians do the set up they've always wanted to do and chat with The Aristocrats director Paul Provenza about why.
TALK of the Fest is the place to see top comics kick back and hang out with Paul Provenza, an impressive stand-up in his own right.
IN a dusty church hall in central Edinburgh, the US comic and film-maker Paul Provenza is posing for photographs on a sofa sliding down a wooden staircase.
www.edinburgh-festivals.com /listings.cfm?sid=14038   (242 words)

  
 MCN: The Artistocrats Goes To ThinkFilm
Directed by Paul Provenza, and conceived by Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, THE ARISTOCRATS features the greatest group of comedians ever assembled - including George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried, Paul Reiser, Bob Saget and nearly 100 more -- performing material which
Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza are the executive producers of THE ARISTOCRATS.
Golden is the producer and also manages Jillette and Provenza.
www.moviecitynews.com /festivals/sundance_2005/050127a.html   (377 words)

  
 The case of the stolen Supreme Court nomination
Paul Provenza: Hi there and welcome to Kid's Court, Nickelodeon's short-lived late '80s court program, where kids sue their best friends and siblings over trivial childhood matters, inspiring a whole generation of hot coffee cups and frivolous lawsuits.
Provenza: Okay, well, moving right along, let's bring out the plaintiff's witness, former Texas Ranger and Baltimore Oriole Rafael Palmeiro.
For Nickelodeon, David the Gnome, and the roomful of chimps that we call an audience, I'm Paul Provenza saying don't do drugs and thanks for watching Kid's Court.
www.renewamerica.us /columns/morris/051011   (1138 words)

  
 Paul Provenza Photos - Paul Provenza News - Paul Provenza Information
Paul Provenza Photos - Paul Provenza News - Paul Provenza Information
Tell the world what you think of Paul Provenza, write a review for this person.
Though he was slated to work in Anchorage,...
www.tv.com /paul-provenza/person/7921/summary.html   (206 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - Odd Jobs
Max (Paul Reiser) is employed at the Cabrezzi Brothers moving company, while Dwight (Robert Townsend) and Byron (Paul Provenza) are working as caddies and Roy (Rick Overton) is a traveling salesman.
Soon enough, they're all fired from their gigs, and decide to start their own fledgling moving company, arousing the ire of the Cabrezzi family.
Leo Burmeister, Paul McGinnis, Rick Overton, Julianne Phillips, Paul Provenza, Paul Reiser, Robert Townsend
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=59129-1-1   (85 words)

  
 Weekends at the D.L.: Anthony Anderson / Chelsea Handler / Paul Provenza - TV.com
Weekends at the D.L.: Anthony Anderson / Chelsea Handler / Paul Provenza - TV.com
Anthony Anderson / Chelsea Handler / Paul Provenza
Tell the world what you think of Anthony Anderson / Chelsea Handler / Paul Provenza, write a review for this episode.
www.tv.com /episode/455289/summary.html   (148 words)

  
 Robinson Devor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
CD or MP3 - Marshall McLuhan was wrong, the medium isn't the message, the message is. Duke Ellington said there are two kinds of music, good and bad, and he was right, the medium doesn't matter at all.
Recognized as an accomplished comedian and classically trained actor, Paul Provenza has starred and appeared in television series, including "Northern Exposure," "Beggars and Choosers," "The West Wing", and on all the late night talk shows.
Provenza directed videos for Comedy Central's "Comic Justice," has been a contributing director for Penn and Teller, and directed and co-produced "Dean Cameron's Nigerian Spam Scam Scam." Provenza starred in the NY and national productions of Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," and in the feature FIXING FRANK.
www.sundancechannel.com /festival/profiles/index.php?ixContent=7330&PHPSESSID=9c5eddf58382056c842965aa72563327   (12249 words)

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