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  Tony Martin (comedian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tony Martin (born 10 June 1964) is a comedian and writer from Te Kuiti, New Zealand who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia.
Martin confirmed this on the 25 September episode of the show.
Martin married Annie Maver on 2 January 1997 in Las Vegas, apparently on a whim.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Martin_(comedian)   (578 words)

  
 Tony Martin (comedian)
Tony Martin (June 10, 1964) is a New Zealand born comedian who has had a successful TV, radio and film career in Australia.
Initially gaining recognition for his involvement with The D Generation, Tony Martin is now best known for his top rating radio program Martin/Molloy, which he co-hosted with Mick Molloy from 1995 until 1998.
Martin's major TV work was on the early 1990s ABC comedy The Late Show.
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 Copping a Bad Egg - theage.com.au
Talk to Tony Martin about growing up in small-town New Zealand and you might think that the best way to develop the next generation of entertainers is to exile them from big cities until adulthood.
Martin, a self-confessed film nerd who watches as many as 300 movies a year, was determined that his own first feature would have a real story that didn't simply rely on laughs.
Martin admits that he has a constant feeling that it's all going to go horribly wrong at any moment "and I'm going to be back driving a forklift in an army surplus store".
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/18/1058035182454.html   (1471 words)

  
 Tony Christie News
Singer Tony Christie's comeback is to continue with a guest appearance in TV soap Emmerdale this summer.
Singer Tony Christie is to appear as himself in an episode of 'Emmerdale' in the summer.
Tony Christie was once hailed as the new Tom Jones, but when his crooning began to sound distinctly out of date he hung up his flared suit, moved to Spain and took up golf.
www.topix.net /who/tony-christie   (490 words)

  
 Find out about comedian Steve Martin.
The well-known comedian Steve Martin got his start working as a writer for the 1960s television hit “The Smother Brothers Comedy Hour.” A native of Waco, Texas, Steve Martin is most known for his comedic performances, which started in an around Los Angeles clubs in the 1970s.
Martin’s parents moved his family to Inglewood, California when the future actor was only five years old.
Martin went to college at Long Beach State University, but he soon transferred to UCLA to study theater and fulfill his desire to make people laugh.
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 Official Website of Tony T. Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Tony appeared in the movies B. Cole's “A Get2gether”, Damon Dash's, “Death of a Dynasty” and Coke Daniels,"Gangsta Rap" which is entered in Sundance 2007.
Tony Roberts was born, the 6th child of Annette Roberts and Alvin Askew.
Tony was the only son who lived with his parents and five sisters in 7/8 mile on the northwest side of Detroit, Michigan.
www.tonytroberts.com   (1002 words)

  
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Tony Bennett is one of a handful of artists to have new albums charting in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and beyond.
Tony Bennett became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2005, was named an NEA Jazz Master in January of 2006, and has just been named this year's recipient of Billboard Magazine's prestigious Century Award, in honor of his outstanding contributions to music.
Tony is the subject of a major television special, "Tony Bennett: An American Classic," set to air on NBC television in November, 2006.
www.tonybennett.net /bio.html   (3340 words)

  
 Tony Martin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tony Martin (rock singer), singer with Black Sabbath
Tony Martin (farmer), English farmer who was imprisoned for fatally shooting a burglar
Tony Martin (professor), professor at Wellesley College known for his biographies of Marcus Garvey
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 National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Entertainer Deana Martin, daughter of the legendary Dean Martin, was the guest of honor for a special night at the Hall of Fame on December 12.
Martin was in town to promote her new book, (italics) Memories Are Made of This (Dean Martin Through His Daughter's Eyes).
It was a light and entertainment evening, with Martin talking about her famous father as a man and entertainer.
www.niashf.org /index.cfm?ContentID=42   (316 words)

  
 Give writers more power, says comedian
Martin, who worked on four unsuccessful projects in the past year, said the best writing he had ever done for television had been on a pilot with fellow Aussie comedian Shaun Micallef called Mouse Patrol.
That pilot was for the ABC and Martin said he was surprised it was not screened on the broadcaster.
Martin said the federal government was partly to blame for the problem.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=67876   (581 words)

  
 Great Comedians Talk About Comedy
The star was often a singer (Harry Richman, Sophie Tucker, Tony Martin et al) and the supporting act was most always a comic, unless Milton Berle, Clayton, Jackson (and Jimmy) Durante or The Ritz Brothers were the headliners.
Martin and Lewis, Benny, Burns, Berle, Buster Keaton, Danny Thomas, Morey Amsterdam, Steve Allen, George Gobel, Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, and the Smothers Brothers.
The Great Comedian Talk About Comedy provides enlightenment from some of America's favorite comedians, those recognized for their supreme skill at what is considered to be the most difficult of all arts.
www.fripp.com /publicspeakingresources/great_comedians_info.html   (2036 words)

  
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Worked with Jerry Lewis in a series of films in the late 1940s and the 1950s; they were generally referred to as "Martin and Lewis" in that era.
Later in his career, his image seemed to be that of a boozed playboy type, with a cigarette dangling from his lips and talking and singing as if he were a little tipsy.
Martin's experimenting with classical music led to their biggest hit, "Tonight We Love," adapted from Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in B-Flat.
www.classicmoviemusicals.com /actorsm.htm   (1087 words)

  
 The Late Show d-generation Cast Members   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
She didn't start as a comedian and was the radio newspresenter when D-Gen got her to be a female voice for their morning sketches.
Tony is not acknowledged as one of the official cast members on the original D-Generation show, although he did make regular appearances and was one of the writers.
This partnership is not a new one, Tony and Mick, or MartinMolloy as they are known now, used to do the introduction to every The Late Show episode (apart from occasional stand ins by Judith Lucy).
www.nw.com.au /~rodrigue/lateshow/dgen9293.htm   (1030 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Terminator 3 : Rise of Mick Molloy
The comedy/thriller teams comedian Bob Franklin with Molloy as undercover detectives on the trail of a corruption scandal.
Martin says the combination of comedy and suspense harks back to classic '80s films such as Fletch and Beverly Hills Cop.
Martin still hasn't been told if he'll reprise his role as Magda Szubanski's bearded, fiddle-playing love interest in the new series of Kath and Kim.
www.moviehole.net /news/1707.html   (542 words)

  
 Escape Artist Anthony Martin - Great Escapes in the Media - The Manitowoc Herald
Earlier in the program, Martin has escaped from cuffs while trapped in a locked box submerged beneath the frozen waters of a Wisconsin lake, where a 30-second mistake could have left him as frozen as a Popsicle.
For Martin, it began when he received a magic kit as a boy, mastered the simple tricks and soon graduated from sleight of hand to the skilled art of escape.
Sometimes, it takes Martin a while to master new locks, but he always frees himself, even when he’s been tossed out of an airplane wearing a padlock and chains that send him hurtling to earth two times faster than the average sky diver.
www.anthony-escapes.com /great_escapes.htm   (879 words)

  
 theage.com.au - Martin whips up a celluloid omelette
Local comedian Tony Martin is about to step behind the camera to direct his first feature film, Bad Eggs.
Martin admits, however, that he finds the prospect of directing his first feature challenging.
Though Martin has had more experience on radio and television than in film, Bad Eggs is the third screenplay he has written.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/04/09/1018333350599.html   (481 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: Tony Martin
Tony Martin isn't defined yet, but these are pretty close:
I cannot believe your basedowing while Tony Little is delivering a speech on how to toss salad while having three dicks in the ass and going at the speed of light on the Gizel.
Originating with Australian comedian Tony Martin on the Theatre Sports show "THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE", moondogging involves "placing your (or a) dog in the middle of the road, getting into your car (or a car) and mooning it at extreme speeds".
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=Tony+Martin   (327 words)

  
 Martin Resource Page - Martin
The given name Martin is an Anglicization of the Roman name Martinus, derived from Mars, the god of war.
Martin was a particularly popular name in the Middle Ages due to the fame of Saint Martin of Tours.
Martin (television) is a sitcom produced by actor and comedian Martin Lawrence
www.forensico.com /For-List_of_Colleges_U-/_Martin.html   (713 words)

  
 Early riser - TV & Radio - Entertainment - smh.com.au
Tony Martin is hoping his new networked radio show starting on Triple M today becomes the scourge of bosses everywhere.
Instead Martin has chosen to work with a young comic and relative newcomer to radio, Ed Kavalee, who will act as both panel operator and foil.
Martin plans to invite a different guest to co-host the show each day, mostly people he has worked with before.
www.smh.com.au /news/tv--radio/martins-an-early-riser-with-gags/2006/04/01/1143441375149.html   (578 words)

  
 Lolly Scramble: A Memoir of Little Consequence by Tony Martin | PopMatters Book Review
Martin had a violent childhood, dealt with considerable nerd issues at school, discovered in his later years that he has haemochromatosis, and, in most parts of the world, nobody's heard of him.
Martin writes about each of these characters as though he telling their stories rather than his own.
Martin is so adept a storyteller and such a faultless observer, that in his world, or at least in Lolly Scramble, people are the joke and life its punchline.
www.popmatters.com /books/reviews/l/lolly-scrammble.shtml   (1145 words)

  
 The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards - Official Website by IBM
The Drowsy Chaperone was first created as a gift for Bob Martin and the comedian Janet Van De Graaff at a celebration of their 1998 marriage.
Martin is the writer and producer of the Sundance Channel series "Slings and Arrows." This is his Broadway debut and his first Tony nomination.
This is her first Tony nomination and her Broadway debut.
www.tonyawards.com /en_US/nominees/win_craft.html   (557 words)

  
 The Oakland Press: National: Comedian Alan King, 76, dies of cancer
Alan King, the comedian, character actor, producer and author known for his wry observations on suburbia and life at large, died Sunday.
After beginning as a stand-up comedian in the East Coast's "Borscht Belt," King worked vaudeville as a warm-up act for singers Lena Horne, Billy Eckstine, Tony Martin and Patti Page.
The comedian was the highly revered abbot of the New York Friar's Club, often hosting its celebrity roasts, which have recently regained a national television audience through Comedy Central.
www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/051004/nat_25.shtml   (554 words)

  
 DVD Bits - Region 4 and Region 1 DVD news, reviews, resources, PC-DVD, hardware
Tony Martin and Mick Molloy heavily promoted the Puppetry of the Penis tour and probably had a lot to do with the success of the tour.
The audio commentary features Tony Martin and Mick Molloy discussing certain aspects of the film in their usual style.
If you’re a fan of Tony Martin and Mick Molloy and their humour, then this DVD will probably appeal to you.
www.dvdbits.com /reviews.asp?id=563   (1225 words)

  
 BAD EGGS - DIRECTED BY TONY MARTIN
The well-oiled team of Mick Molloy, Judith Lucy and Tony Martin who originated from the ABC's The Late Show have made their way from TV and radio comedy to the harder audience in the film industry.
The director, Tony Martin was also well known as a great comedian from radio and television shows prior to starting to produce films.
If one word was said about the movie quirky would reflect the type of humour that Tony Martin has achieved but it also reflects the type of humour which most Australian directors try to accomplish because that is what the Australian public enjoy.
wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2004/badeggs.htm   (2470 words)

  
 Frank Pisani, impressionists comedians, personal appearances, standup comedy, Frank Pisani
Frank is a singer, comedian, impressionist, native Chicagoan, and a graduate of De Paul University.
Comedians USA does not claim or represent itself as the exclusive agent or management of any artist on this website.
Comedians USA is one of the country's top corporate and special event production companies.
www.comediansusa.com /impress/pisani_frank.html   (273 words)

  
 Tony Bennett :: Columbia Records
In tribute to Tony Bennett's 80th birthday (August 3, 2006), SONYBMG will release a duets CD in honor of this milestone, to be in stores on September 26th.
Each artist performed live with Tony in studios in New York, Los Angeles and London and for many of these artists this "face to face" approach was a departure from their standard method of studio recording.
Tony Bennett's "The Art Of Romance" was the Grammy winner for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 48th annual Grammy Awards given out in Los Angeles.
www.tony-bennett.com   (4963 words)

  
 Comedian Anchorage, AK - Anchorage, Alaska Comedians, Anchorage Comedians
Professional comedians in Anchorage and throughout Alaska may need to be booked several months in advance.
Some stand up comedians perform comedy shows which may or may not be appropriate for your audience.
Here are the online press kits of 54 professional Anchorage comedians and comedians who will travel to Anchorage to perform at your event.
www.gigmasters.com /comedian/comedian_anchorage_ak.asp   (937 words)

  
 Great Comedians on CD
What made the album worthwhile was not only that you were talking to the leading comedians of our time, but the analysis and vignettes that you added in the form of the dialog between the two of you.
I was so fascinated with his stories of conversations with The Great Comedians, I convinced him to let me research his research and interview him on tape about the insights he gained, and life long lessons learned, as a young comedian fighting for interview opportunities talking to household names.
Although each comedian Larry interviewed represents a different area of the comedy spectrum, he said they all shared certain basic common characteristics: endless enthusiasm, enormous energy and extraordinary self-awareness.
www.dialogueswithgreatcomedians.com   (3759 words)

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