Dave Chappelle (1973-) Best Known For: Chappelle's Show(TV), Killin' Them Softly(Stand-up), For What It's Worth(Stand-up), Robin Hood: Men in Tights(film) Major Themes: Racism, American politics, African American culture, pop culture, recreational drug use, human sexuality. (Eumin Kang)
John Cleese (1939-). Best Known For: Fawlty Towers (Television Series), Monty Python's Flying Circus (Television Series), How to Irritate People (Film), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Film), Monty Python's Life of Brian (Film), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Film), A Fish Called Wanda (Film).
Major Themes: Physical Comedy, Surreal Comedy, Dark Comedy, English Culture, Character Humor
(Aron Wiegand)
Stephen Colbert (1964 - )
Best Known For: The Colbert Report (talk-show), The Daily Show (talk-show), I Am America (And So Can You) (book author), America (The Book) (book co-author), Chuck Noblet in Strangers with Candy (TV series), and Phil Ken Sebben and Myron Reducto in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (TV series).
Major Themes: American Culture, American Conservatism, Current Events, Egomania, Popular Culture.
(Ariana Lania)
Dane Jeffrey Cook (1972-)
Best Known For: Harmful If Swallowed (comedy album), Retaliation (comedy album), and Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden (comedy album). Mystery Men(film),My Best Friend's GirlMen (film), The Lost Pilots (DVD).
Major Themes: Observational humor, Family, Violence, Personalities and Dark humor.
(Hind Bennani)
Bill Cosby (1937-)
Best Known For:Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! (stand-up album), I Spy (TV), Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (cartoon), The Cosby Show (TV), Cosby (TV), Fatherhood (book)
Major Themes: Parenting, Marriage, Childhood, Religion, Racial Issues
(Andrew Kirkman)
David Cross
Best Known For: Arrested Development (TV), Mr. Show with Larry and David (TV), Shut Up You Fucking Baby! (Stand-Up), It's Not Funny (Stand-Up)
Major Themes: Politics, Current Events, Judiasm, Atheism, Celebrity, American Culture
(Paul Lopreiato)
Ellen DeGeneres (1958-)
Best Known For: host of self-titled Emmy-winning Talk show, voted "Best Female Club Standup" in 1991 Comedy Awards, named "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly in both 1997 and 1998, author two New York Times best-selling books "My Point... And I Do Have One" and "The Funny Thing is..."
Major Themes: coming out, idiosyncrasies, dreams, pop culture, growing older, society's problems, embarrassing moments, awkward situations
(Amelia Bryce)
Tina Fey (1970-)
Best known for: Mean Girls (film), Saturday Night Live (inparticular her impersonantion of Sarah Palin)(TV show), Baby Mama (film), and 30 Rock (TV show).
Major themes: politics, youth culture, parenting, and the entertainment business.
(Adam Gallagher)
Jim Gaffigan
Best Known For: Beyond the Pale(DVD)Welcome to New York (TV) Hot Pockets(TV) Super Troopers(film) and My Boys (TV)
Major Themes: Food, American eating habits, Jokes on Laziness, Impersonations, Religion.
(Steve Cetel)
Zach Galifinakis (1969) Best Known For: Live at the Purple Onion (DVD), Dog Bites Man (TV), Absolut Vodka Commericals (Internet), The Comedians of Comedy (DVD).
Major Themes: Absurdist Humor, Musical Comedy, Appearance, One-liners, Anger, Character humor, Audience Involvement
(Adam Ramirez)
Kathy Griffin (1960-) Best known for: My Life on the D List (TV), Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (film), Truth or Dare (film), Suddenly Susan (TV) Major Themes: Celebrities, Plastic Surgery, Attitudes, Eating Disorders, Sexual Orientation, Dating Lives, Candid Observations, Controversies. (Amanda Zimmer)
Chelsea Handler (1975-) Best Known For: Girls Behaving Badly (TV), Chelsea Lately(TV), The Chelsea Handler Show(TV), My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands(Book), Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea.(Book) Major Themes: Alcohol & Drugs, Media, Sexuality, Current Events, Celebrities (Stefanie Petropoulos)
Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005)Sarah Silverman (1970-)
Best known For: The Sarah Silverman Program. Jesus is Magic (stand up), Saturday Night Live, MTV Video Music Awards (tv), Super High Me (documentary), I’m Fucking Mat Damon (Music Video)
Major Themes: Race, Sex, Religion, Gender, Stereotypes (Rachel Carroll)
Jon Stewart (1962-)
Best Known For: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (T.V. series), America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (book), Wordplay (documentary), Wishful Thinking (movie).
Major Themes: The News Media, George W. Bush, Politics, Economics, Foreign Policy.
(Benjamin Matek)
Daniel Tosh (1975-)
Best Known For: Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious (comedy album), True Stories I Made Up (comedy album), and Comedy Central Presents: Daniel Tosh (DVD).
Major Themes: Class Differences, TV, Pop Culture, Religion, and Politics.
(Ryan Fitzgerald)
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Best Known For: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (book), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (book), The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (book), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (book).
Major Themes: politics, religion, race, social commentary.
(Dan Westlund)
Robin Williams (1951-) Best Known For: Mork and Mindy(TV) , Good Morning Vietnam(Film), Mrs Doubtfire (Film), Patch Adams (Film) Good Will Hunting (Film), The Fisher King (Film), Dead Poets Society (Film), Bicentennial Man (Film), Aladdin (Animated Film), Hook (animated Film) Major Themes: Race, Ethnicity, Family, Current Events, Comedy, Popular Culture, Freedom, Forgiveness, Healing, and the search for a sense of home. (Nahir Cruz)
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