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David Brenner at Zanies: "This is What Comedy Was Meant to Do"

Donald Liebenson | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Steve Martin, Comedy, The Tonight Show, Rodney Dangerfield, David Brenner, George Carlin, Stand-Up, Zanies, David Brenner Zanies, Chicago Comedy, Chicago News
Donald Liebenson

Name a comedy personage, and Brenner likely has a story about him. Steve Martin credits Brenner with advising him how to make the transition from opening act to headliner.

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Living With Meaning: Look At Yourself From A Distance

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Self Detachment, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Sense of Humor, Crisis, Rodney Dangerfield, Living News
Alex Pattakos

The ad in a London newspaper read, "Unemployed. Brilliant mind offers its services completely free; the survival of the body must be provided for by ...

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Rodney Dangerfield's Widow Settles Video Lawsuit

AP | Posted 10.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Dangerfield, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — A judge in Los Angeles has ordered a former friend of Rodney Dangerfield not to distribute video footage of the late comedian take...

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I Want to Be a Comedian, But I'm Worried I Don't Loathe Myself Enough

Alex Remington | Posted 03.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Philip Roth, Robert De Niro, Tina Dupuy, Judaism, Stand-Up Comedy, Stand-Up, Rodney Dangerfield, Judy Carter, Marlon Brando, Lenny Bruce, Richard Lewis, Jackie Mason, Don Rickles, Henry Roth, Comedy, Comedians, Neurosis, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

Neuroses aren't funny in themselves unless you can sell them -- no one really likes to be around people who are cripplingly neurotic, unless the social and mental pratfalls caused by their painfully miswired brain also happen to be hilarious.

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