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  The Comedy Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Comedy Company was an Australian comedy television series first aired from 16 February 1988 - 11 November 1990 on Network Ten, Sunday night and was created and directed by Ian McFadyen, and co directed and produced by Jo Lane.
The Australian adoption of the word "Bogan" was first used in its existing context by the famous The Comedy Company character, Kylie Mole.
Within a few months, The Comedy Company became the most successful comedy program of the decade being the highest rated weekly television program, particularly of note it ran against the Nine Network popular current events show 60 Minutes which shared its timeslot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Comedy_Company   (795 words)

  
 LES BALLETS GRANDIVA Webpage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As male comedy ballet goes, it is the newest and also the largest company of its kind in the world at the present time.
The founding company consisted of 13 dancers and a rep of 7 ballets and this season has grown to 19 dancers and 32 active ballets in the repertoire.
Their are many levels and directions to the comedy presented as each individual artist is encouraged to explore his comedic talents.
www.balletsgrandiva.com   (803 words)

  
 Curtiss Comedy Company
The Curtiss Comedy Co., opening at the Grand Monday night, has demonstrated that it is fully entitled to the patronage of the best people of the town.
The company affords a high class entertainment at popular prices and is deserving of the large patronage it has enjoyed over the state, playing for the entire week in such cities as San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, etc.
Miss Marie Dale, the versatile actress who appears in the roll of the leading lady, has the ability to bring out the best parts of the play and she is supported by a splendid company, prominent among whom are John Keiffer and wife, whose stage name is Grace Diamond.
www.rootsweb.com /~txfalls/CurtissComedyCompany103002.htm   (230 words)

  
 The Michigan Daily Online
Fera's decision to turn the Comedy Company into a fresh group with a natural talent for humor was a wise one.
This will be Fera's last year as director and producer of Comedy Company, as he intends to graduate at the close of this term.
He also added that he sees "great things in the future of Comedy Company" because of the talented people who are dedicated to their job.
www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1997/mar/03-13-97/arts/arts3.html   (559 words)

  
 Brooklyn Comedy Company Premieres in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Comedy Company (BcCo), a free weekly comedy show featuring some of the hottest comics in NYC will be premiering at Ripple Bar in Prospect Heights on November 15th, 2004 at 8:30pm.
Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) November 12, 2004 -- The Brooklyn Comedy Company, hosted by comedian Elon James White (The Improv — Telepictures Finalist, New York Comedy Club), is raising the bar for comedy in Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Comedy Company has partnered with neighboring businesses in helping bring new revenue into the up and coming neighborhood.
ca.prweb.com /releases/2004/11/prweb177416.htm   (300 words)

  
 The Comedy Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since opening on April 15, 2004, Comedy Company cofounders Dave Rubin, Bob Jeurgens and Mike Singer, along with their special guests have introduced a new level of spontaneity, fun and, of course, humor to a crowded and often tired and indistinguishable scene.
Comedy Company is the club where the alternative meets the mainstream--where every audience member feels at home and where the comics let it all hang out.
The Comedy Company is located at 761 7th Avenue, in the heart of Times Square.
www.comedycompanynyc.com   (268 words)

  
 Festival Review - Chicago Comedy Company
The Chicago Comedy Company offers a surreal performance as an improv group pretending to be another improv group.
A fictional theater company is formed within the first minutes of their show using audience suggestions for the personalities and quirks of the actors in the fictional company.
The personalities that the actors embodied for the rest of the show were presented in the opening bit.
www.improvreview.com /reviews/CIF5/chicagocomedy.htm   (348 words)

  
 Company Profile
Since 1999, the San Francisco Comedy College has assisted speakers, trainers, comedians and amazing people from all walks of life to reach their comedic potential and enhance their interpersonal relationships.
The SF Comedy College provides no particular mold for what is funny, which is why none of our students sound the same.
The San Francisco Comedy College is a run by students, professional comedians, comedy club and theatre personnel with the express purpose of creating exceptional funny people and bringing more humor to all corners of the earth.
www.sfcomedycollege.com /html/company%20profile.htm   (523 words)

  
 Herald & Review Newspaper Website - Decatur, Illinois - Central Illinois Newspaper Group (CING)
Bringing back vaudeville, the Inflatable Theater Co. is full of comedy skits and some improvisation, most of which include Brazilian ballerina Santos.
Santos, a choreographer and teacher, has performed in Brazil and Uruguay and is a continuing guest artist with the Portland, Maine Ballet Company.
"Her athletic grace and radiant charm have been an integral part of the company's success," Garbo said in a letter to his audience.
www.herald-review.com /articles/2006/01/28/life/entertainment/1012680.txt   (404 words)

  
 Comedy Company - Nostalgia Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
From 1988 this one hour-a-week comedy program ruled the Australian ratings, and became the most successful Aussie comedy program of the decade.
In its day the series scooped every major award and produced a flood of spin-off books, records, merchandising and, naturally, imitators.
The show starred comedy legends such as Mark Mitchell, Maryanne Fahey and Glenn Robbins.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/comedy/comedycompany.htm   (128 words)

  
 Acme Comedy Company Concert Tickets, Concert Tickets
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www.rhinotickets.com /concert/acme-comedy-company-tickets.htm   (823 words)

  
 Block Buster Night@The Brooklyn Comedy Company
The Brooklyn Comedy Company, a free weekly comedy show located@Ripple Bar in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn premieres with packed house bringing Brooklyn Comedy to new heights.
Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) November 18, 2004 -- The Brooklyn Comedy Company (BcCo) premiered at the trendy Prospect Heights lounge.
With comedians from NYC's top clubs and TV Shows coming to Brooklyn to bring a caliber of comedy that’s been previously unheard of, BcCo has shown itself a force to be reckoned with.
medasthma.news.prweb.com /releases/2004/11/prweb179701.htm   (321 words)

  
 Acme Comedy Company - Minneapolis, MN, 55401 - Citysearch
It just seems right that a comedy club should be in a basement.
As for the comedy, the headlining comedian we saw was absolutely hilarious.
The carafe drinks were outstanding (try the Bomb Pop, YUM), but the waitress didn't come around much so others at the table were ordering 2 drinks at a time when she came.
www.citysearch.com /profile/11357758   (518 words)

  
 Wolverhampton Musical Comedy Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Their words span various ages of enlightenment and range from Aquinas' "God is apprehended by the imagination" to Sartre's "Man is a complex of pattern and processes".
John the Baptist then leads the company into "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord", a simple but hypnotic repetition of the same sentence.
As Jesus's inevitable fate approaches, we have the Company perform "We Beseech Thee".
www.willop.co.uk /Show%20Stats/Godspell.htm   (538 words)

  
 Laughing Gas Comedy Improv Theatre Company - Miami Florida
Todd appeared in Picasso at the Lapin Agile as Gaston for the Miami Stage Company, hosted Football Tonight on Chicago radios' WCBR, appeared in various short films and was almost type-cast as a Chicago cop in features, having appeared uncredited in a couple of big-budget films including the Fugitive (1993) and Blink (1994).
Punch 59, a sketch comedy troupe based out of Hollywood, Florida, and also helped form Best Medicine in 1999, a non-profit sketch comedy troupe that performed without charge for pediatric patients at Miami Childrens Hospital and for the elderly at retirement homes.
She appeared in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at The Actors' Playhouse in Coral Gables, and she was seen next in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at the Amaturo Theatre in the Broward Center of the Performing Arts.
www.laughinggasimprov.com /current_cast.htm   (3120 words)

  
 Laughing Gas Comedy Improv Theatre Company - Miami Florida
We present a 90-minute, interactive show combining music, sketches, and improvised comedy based on your suggestions from the audience.
Laughing Gas is a leader in satirical and politically relevant comedy, often taking on social issues and pop culture.
theatre, acting, stand-up comedy, independent filmmaking, voice and dialects, comedy writing, and building your entertainment career.
www.laughinggasimprov.com   (445 words)

  
 BBC - Comedy - Guide - Three's Company
Jack was a red-blooded heterosexual but Janet (sensible) and Chrissy (dizzy blonde) tried to convince landlords Helen and Stanley Roper that he was gay, so that they might allow him to shack up with them in their Santa Monica apartment.
Chrissy was axed from the show when, reportedly, the producers refused to cave in to Suzanne Somers' contractual demands, being replaced as Janet and Jack's flatmate first by Janet's bungling cousin Cindy Snow and then by a nurse, Terri Alden.
The final episode of Three's Company paved the way for the sequel, Three's A Crowd which was the US adaptation of the British series Robin's Nest This too aired in Britain - see previous entry.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/t/threescompany_1299003128.shtml   (432 words)

  
 HBO entrusts Louisville company with screening comedy acts for national fest - 2004-09-13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Comedy Caravan comedy club at 1250 Bardstown Road, and a tape of that show will be sent to HBO in Los Angeles for further screening and possible selection for the festival.
Comedy Caravan is operated by Louisville-based Coldstream Equity Group under license from TSM.
Though Powers has worked with HBO on the festival for a number of years, this is the first year the company has empowered her with the duty of selecting and screening the talent on the local level.
www.bizjournals.com /louisville/stories/2004/09/13/story5.html   (688 words)

  
 The Comedy Company TV Show - The Comedy Company Television Show - TV.com
The Comedy Company is one of the first Sketch shows in Australia and also one of the favorites with 3 DVD's now.
Now the Comedy Company has moved to The Comedy Channel who have cut sketches out to make 30 minute episodes.
Some common segments in Comedy Company are: * Bastards Inc - A...
www.tv.com /the-comedy-company/show/30314/summary.html   (125 words)

  
 Acme Comedy Company Tickets - Acme Comedy Company Concert Tour Schedule - Acme Comedy Company Ticket Broker
If the Acme Comedy Company tickets you are looking for are not available, please check back as our inventory is constantly updated.
Orders for Acme Comedy Company tickets that are no longer available will be cancelled or substituted at the customer's discretion.
If you would like to attend a performance of a Acme Comedy Company show to see music live, or to see a tour schedule and information, Coast to Coast Tickets is your source.
www.coasttocoasttickets.com /concerts/acmecomedycompany_tickets.shtml   (406 words)

  
 Comedy Partners information and related industry information from Hoover's
The channel has grown into a major player in the cable TV industry, with The Daily Show winning both Emmys and accolades for its political skewering, not to mention the foul-mouthed South Park kids who scoff at the FCC.
A unit of Viacom's MTV Networks, Comedy Central reaches about 87 million subscriber households.
Time Warner owned 50% of Comedy Partners until 2003, when it sold its interest to Viacom.
www.hoovers.com /comedy-central/--ID__109916--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (347 words)

  
 Chicago Comedy Company - Customized Corporate Comedy Entertainment and Creative Training Programs
Chicago Comedy Company starts with clean, professional improv comedy and then adds hilarious sketches based on your organization to create completely customized entertainment for any event.
The Chicago Comedy Company has opened their new comedy theater in the Streets of Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg.
Chicago Comedy Company is proud to be included in a brand new book on Chicago improvisation - "The Art of Chicago Improv: Shortcuts to Long-Form Improvisation" by Rob Kozlowski.
www.chicagocomedyco.com   (233 words)

  
 BBC - Comedy Guide - The Copperfield Comedy Company
Following his exposure in the successful Three Of A Kind David Copperfield was given his own starring show by BBC Manchester.
The result was this early-Saturday-evening mix of music and comedy featuring Copperfield in various roles but most notably as the 'medallion man' macho buffoon he had developed in Three Of A Kind.
The information in the bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy is complied from 'The Radio Times Guide to Television Comedy' by Mark Lewisohn, published by BBC Books.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/c/copperfieldcomed_1299000749.shtml   (125 words)

  
 contact
ComCo is the oldest and best comedy group on campus.
For the last twenty-five years they have been making the University of Michigan laugh putting on over 1000 shows.
Originally begun as a sketch comedy group, ComCo has moved on to stand-up, experimental, writing, and is now an improvisational group.
www.umich.edu /%7Euac/comedy/index2.html   (60 words)

  
 "The Comedy Company" (1988)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Comedy Company is where many of Australia's finest comedians got their big breaks nationally.
For a whole decade we couldn't get through a family BBQ without some relative or another doing their impression of Uncle Arthur, Con the Fruiter or Kylie Mole.
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "The Comedy Company" (1988)
www.imdb.com /title/tt0094440   (197 words)

  
 Shop Comedy - Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast) - Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Company is to me one of Sondheim's most subtle, affecting works.
It sneaks up on you - the melodies are accessible enough that you don't always realize the bittersweet complexity of the lyrics right away.
"Company" was the first Sondheim-Prince collaboration, setting the pace for "Follies", "Pacific Overtures" and "Sweeney Todd", which were forthcoming.
www.shopcomedy.com /info-B00000DHSN.html   (496 words)

  
 Wolverhampton Musical Comedy Company
The whole theatre was lit by electricity; except for the stage and the opening show was performed by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and was titled “Utopia Limited”.
Due to this the shareholders were forced to sell-out to the local authority for £74,000 in 1969, and to attract funding from the arts council the theatre was made into a non-profit making trust, and it began to refurbish the theatre.
Today, the grand is firmly established as one of the country’s finest theatres, and continues to be a great success story through to the new millennium.
wolv-theatre.freeservers.com /LocalTheatres.htm   (761 words)

  
 Comedians Gone Mild: Comedian cleans up act to start clean comedy company.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
(PRWEB) May 12, 2004 -- "This is not political correctness reaching the comedy profession, but a pure desire to make people laugh without using "blue" material" says Bruno, who is in dialogue with a company in Ohio to actually franchise the concept of cleam comedy shows.
"I knew that especially after doing a PTA fundraiser and being a headliner doing motivational comedy at a corporate conference" You have be really original and work harder to make sober people laugh.
He does his own bookings and can be reached at (267) 261-3240 for shows or interviews.
www.prweb.com /releases/2004/5/prweb125117.htm   (494 words)

  
 "Allo, Allo" the play presented by NTT Productions comedy theatre company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Based on the hugely popular TV comedy series, the stage version of 'Allo 'Allo follows the adventures of Rene, the hapless cafe owner in war-torn occupied France, as he and his wife, Edith, struggle to keep for themselves a priceless portrait stolen by the Nazis and kept in a sausage in their cellar.
However, communications with London through a wireless disguised as a cockatoo add to the many embarrassments he endures in the company of his patrons.
Matters come to a head with the news that the Fuhrer is to visit the town and the cafe becomes filled with tricksters intending to impersonate Hitler before the event.
www.users.bigpond.com /sammyohare/allo.html   (165 words)

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