41. VAUDEVILLE LINKS Show Notes; Hooray For Hollywood., Growing Up With radio. Mountebanks, The, vaudevilleProducing site of Comedian/Writer National theatre, Community vaudeville. http://64.33.34.112/.LNX/lvaud.html

INTERNET LINKS Big Bands Database Plus Homepage http://nfo.net "VAUDEVILLE" African Americans in California Sheet Music , Americans appear in nineteenth-century sheet music as composers, performers. After The Ball/Vaudeville Hlt American Museum of Vaudeville American Variety Stage, The , The Library of Congress site. Multimedia exhibit of vaudeville acts from 1870 to 1920. Audio and video clips, photos, more Best of Yiddish Vaudeville V2 Various Cassette , Best of Yiddish Vaudeville V2. Various Cassette. Catalog # HU-VAR-40C Price: $9.98. The Various Discography. Your Shopping Cart ID and order number is... Book of Not - Malkavian Vaudeville , (Ryan Smart) MALKAVIAN VAUDEVILLE. Malk 1: Well hello, there, buddy. How've you been? Malk 2: Well not so good, my friend. Malk 1: Oh really you don't say?. Big Vaudeville Show In The Sky , Twelve digitally-mastered gems featuring The Mills Brothers, Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante and many other stars of yore. June Carr Vaudeville Routines , There is an old book, some of the pages torn, all of them a burnt orange color. This is the June's scrapbook. Chumleigh's , Michael C. Mielnik is a vaudeville act Plus: 16mm "oldies" sound films sale/rent; Production facilites and more.

42. WXXI Reachout Radio - TEXT - Schedule Highlights - Public Broadcasting For The X 15 – Fibber McGee vaudeville Show . 28 – Golden Days of radio 45. 29 – GoldenDays 46. April. 1 – Lux theatre Treasure of the Sierra Madre pt. 1. http://www.wxxi.org/text/reachout/schedule.htm

WXXI Reachout Radio - Schedule Highlights. Weekday Schedule Saturday Schedule Sunday Schedule Comedy Prescription (N) = In-Touch Network (A) = AM 1370 (R) = Repeat Weekday Schedule 5:00 AM - Morning Edition (A) 7:00 AM - New York Times (N) 8:00 AM - Wall Street Journal (N) 11:00 AM Grocery Ads (T-R) Pet World (W) Modern Maturity (TH) City Newspaper (F) 11:30 AM Fortune (M) Grocery Ads (T-R) Rochester Business Journal (W) Forbes (TH) Kiplinger’s (F) 12:00 PM- Books Unlimited 1:00 PM Messenger-Post Newspapers (M, TH, F) Jewish Ledger (T) Catholic Courier (W) 1:30 PM - Comedy Prescription 2:00 PM - Batavia Daily News 2:30 PM - Canandaigua Daily Messenger 3:00 PM - USA Today 4:00 PM USA Sports (M, F) Sporting News (T) ESPN, The Magazine (W) Sports Illustrated (TH) 4:30 PM Redbook (M) Good Housekeeping (T) People (W) Family Circle (TH) Audubon/Saturday Evening Post (F) 5:00 PM - Children’s Corner: Social Sciences (M) Teenbeat (T) Storytime (W) Literature for Kids (TH) The Early Years (F) 5:30 PM - Christian Science Monitor 8:00 PM Grocery Ads (M) Radio Bookstore (T-F) 9:00 PM National Review (M) The Economist (T) The New Yorker (W) Smithsonian/American Heritage (TH) Newsweek (F) 10:00 PM - Books at Bedtime 11:00 PM Blues Spectrum (A) Saturday Schedule Saturday Schedule 5:00 AM - On the Media (A) 6:00 AM - Inside Europe (A) 7:00 AM - Washington Post (N) 8:00 AM - Chips and Bytes (N) 11:30 AM - Radio Theatre 12:00 PM - Kid’s Klassics 1:00 PM - Prime Time Radio 2:30 PM - Prevention 3:00 PM - Amateur Radio 4:00 PM - Living On Earth (A) 5:00 PM - All Things Considered (A)

43. Fringe Plays, And Enjoying Fringe Theatrical Events In London SCREENINGS REVEALED IN ENTERTAINING AUSTRALIAN vaudeville ECCENTRIC ACTS AT Concerts Festivals - FRINGE - General theatre - radio listening - radio http://www.howtoenjoy.co.uk/interests/theatre_fringe.htm

how to enjoy London (hteL) Your Interests (140+) x Countries London Events Home Contact ... Concerts - FRINGE - General Festivals General theatre Music Festivals Radio listening ... TV viewing All the events listed below have already happened! To discover current and future Fringe events, etc., you must either read and/or advertise on our Current & Future "Fringe" Events section "ANNA CHRISTIE" PLAY ABOUT SWEDISH SAILOR AND DAUGHTER REACQUAINTING THEIR RELATIONSHIP ON AMERICA'S EAST COAST '...THE WORST FRINGE THEATRE COMPANY IN THE WORLD' A2 COMPANY'S MODERN FAIRY TALE AT "THE PLACE" THEATRE BALLET, COMEDY, DANCE, PLENTY OF TEA, SWIMMING, UNUSUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND VIDEO SCREENINGS REVEALED IN ENTERTAINING AUSTRALIAN VAUDEVILLE "ECCENTRIC ACTS" AT GREENWICH THEATRE ... walks in England's capital city (archives for August 2001 CZECH HUMOUR OVER LUNCH BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT! DISCOVER TANGIERS THROUGH THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE OF BRAZILIAN COELHO'S "THE ALCHEMIST" Documentaries , many films PLUS Pinter and Ugandan theatre (archives for July 2001 DUTCH PLAY ABOUT A DOG, IN ENGLISH, AT RIVERSIDE VENUE

44. Comedy, And Enjoying Comedy Events In London, England AND VIDEO SCREENINGS REVEALED IN ENTERTAINING AUSTRALIAN vaudeville ECCENTRIC ACTS AT GREENWICH theatre. BBC COMEDY THE NEWS QUIZ . BBC radio 4 FREE COMEDY http://www.howtoenjoy.co.uk/interests/comedy.htm

how to enjoy London (hteL) Your Interests (140+) x Countries London Events Home Contact ... External "Comedy" Links COMEDY - Concerts Fringe General Festivals General theatre ... TV viewing All the events listed below have already happened! To discover current and future Comedy events, etc., you must either read and/or advertise on our Current & Future "Comedy" Events section "THE MOTION SHOW" - RADIO RECORDING OF COMICAL DEBATING RADIO SHOW "UP LATE... WITH RALF LITTLE": COMEDY SHOW - RECORDED FOR SAME-DAY TV TRANSMISSION '...THE WORST FRINGE THEATRE COMPANY IN THE WORLD' AFTERNOON OF FILMS - "AMERICAN COMEDY CLASSICS" - BY USA FILM DIRECTOR, GEORGE CUKOR - THAT STAR ACTOR, GRANT AND ACTRESS, HEPBURN ... Car-boot sale , comedy, concerts conference exhibitions fairs ... talks (archives for November 2001 COMEDY FESTIVAL WINNERS PERFORM IN HACKNEY EMPIRE BULLION ROOM THEATRE CZECH HUMOUR OVER LUNCH BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT! E-mail HowToEnjoyLondonReview-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for FREE information - soon, about London's Comedy events EALING COMEDY FESTIVAL WITH CANADIAN AND IRISH COMEDIANS ENGLISH ACTOR AND COMEDIAN, JOHN FORTUNE IN "REMINDFUL" LUNCHTIME CONVERSATION

45. American Musical Theatre American Musical theatre. Divisions. Died out with the coming of the radio,but the influence 3 Precursors. • Variety/vaudeville. Variety/vaudeville. http://www.uni.edu/theatre/tools/classes/tas/musical.html

American Musical Theatre Divisions Opera - Drama set entirely to music. Every part is sung with a degree of difficulty in the singing. Operetta - Not entirely set to music. A romantic story set in some far-off locale; remote from everyday life. Musical Comedy - Emphasized comedy as well as singing with youthful romance, sexy girl choruses, and spectacular dancing. Musical Drama - Characterized by increasingly serious plots and sophisticated musical treatment. Revue - Sketches and vignettes alternate with musical numbers, may have a theme but no real story. History 3 precursors 3 Precursors Minstrel show Minstrel Show crude , low-grade style of song, dance and comedy stereotyped African-Americans romanticized a plantation life that never existed burnt cork make-up blackface ” is now illegal Minstrel Show Thomas D. Rice Thomas D. Rice Blackface comedian The story “The comic Negro song of Jim Crow” Father of the American minstrel show Jim Crow NOT a real person, a character created by T.D.Rice Stereotype southern plantation hand, poor and crude

46. Honolulu Star-Bulletin Stage Calendar At 8 pm April 25, and 2 pm April 6, Earle Ernst Lab theatre. Play by Neil Simonsaluting performers who began their careers in vaudeville and radio. http://starbulletin.com/97/03/31/community/stage.html

Stage "Stage" appears on-line every week, and Thursdays in the Star-Bulletin's "Community Calendar." Send notices to: Community Calendar, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802. Or fax to 523-8509. Or send e-mail to citydesk@starbulletin.com Thursday, March 27, 1997 OPENING An animated musical adventure for the whole family. The production will introduce several of Hawaii's endangered species including the monk seal, green sea turtle and Pu'eo. At 6 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through June 15, Ala Moana Center's New Makai Market Pavilion. Free. Call 672-9585. "Hamlet": Brigham Young University-Hawaii's Fine Arts Division will give their interpretation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," 7:30 p.m., through March 29, McKay Auditorium. The play will be directed by Craig Ferre and Neil Freeman. Limited seating. Tickets: $1 to $6.50. No one under eight allowed. Call 293-3545. "The Art of Dining": A couple experiences the intimacy that food can bring while dining at a trendy restaurant. The play humorously explores people's obsession with food. Directed by Lisa A. Kramer. At 8 p.m. April 2-5, and 2 p.m. April 6, Earle Ernst Lab Theatre. Cost: $3-7. Tickets at 956-7655 or 545-4000. "Laughter on the 23rd Floor": Play by Neil Simon saluting performers who began their careers in vaudeville and radio. Simon gives insight into the creative process of people like Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Steve Allen. At 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, from April 3 through May 3 at the Church of the Crossroads, Weaver Hall. Tickets: $10-$15. Call 247-6939.

47. Honolulu Star-Bulletin Stage Calendar theatre troupe, 8 pm April 2426, Leeward Community College Lab theatre. by Neil Simonsaluting performers who began their careers in vaudeville and radio. http://starbulletin.com/97/04/16/community/stage.html

Stage "Stage" appears on-line every week, and Thursdays in the Star-Bulletin's "Community Calendar." Send notices to: Community Calendar, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802. Or fax to 523-8509. Or send e-mail to citydesk@starbulletin.com Thursday, April 10, 1997 OPENING "Midsummer Night's Dream": William Shakespeare's comedy about four sets of "lovers" and the antics they fall into, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through April 19, Mililani High School Cafeteria. Mililani and Leilehua High School students make up the cast and crew. Part of the proceeds will go toward a trip that the Tri-School students are taking in June to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Tickets: $7 adults; $5 students. Call 621-7559. Also presented by the Hawaii Pacific University Theatre, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through May 4, Hawaii Pacific University Theatre, 45-045 Kamehameha Highway. Additional showing 8 p.m. May 1. Tickets: $10. Reservations required. Call 254-0853 or 233-3167. "The Good Woman of Setzuan": Directed by Ben Moffat, the play tells of a woman's struggle to be kind-hearted in a world that rewards selfishness. At 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through April 25. Cost: $6-$8. Reservations at 235-0077, ext. 446, or 235-7446.

48. Comedy Cv - The UK's Largest Collection Of Comedians Biogs And Photos theatre, 1994 Lavishly Mounted The vaudeville theatre, 1991, and at at the RoyalLyceum theatre as part Television and radio The Lesley Garrett Show - BBC2 http://www.comedycv.co.uk/kitandthewidow/

A to Z of comedians How to put your CV on this website who are we? contact us If you wish to make an enquiry about booking any of the acts displayed on this site please contact us via email at mullaney3@blueyonder.co.uk and we will ensure it is forwarded immediately to the relevant party. Kit and the Widow Theatre: Fac;ade - The Ribchester Festival, 29th June 2002 The Goose Is Getting Fat - The Wigmore Hall, 8th December 2001 The Fat Lady Sings - Stage by Stage Edinburgh Festival and UK Tour, 2001 The Very Best Of Kit And The Widow - Jermyn Street Theatre, 2000 The Fat Lady Sings - The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, August 2000 Meat On The Bone - The Vaudeville Theatre, 1998 and National Tour, 1998 to Present Day The Best Of Kit And The Widow - National Tour, 1997 to Present Day Salad Days - National Tour, 1995, and at the Vaudeville Theatre, 1996 January Sale - The Lyric, Hammersmith, 1993, and at The Vaudeville Theatre, 1994

49. Vaudeville Theatre London Theatres And Shows AZ Of Tourism vaudeville theatre Tube Charing Cross/Covent Garden From film and music to theatrecatch the latest news and and Shows Casino Sports TV and radio Live Web http://www.a-zoftourism.com/Theatres and Shows-in-London-id3883-p2.htm

50. The Austin Chronicle Music Borderline Vaudeville Border radio A Nuevo vaudeville Documentary Performance will be performed Friday,May 10, and Saturday, May 11, at the Scottish Rite theatre (207 W. 18th). http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-05-10/music_feature.html

HOME VOL.21 NO.36 MUSIC : BORDERLINE VAUDEVILLE The off, off, off Broadway return of "Border Radio" Borderline Vaudeville BY CLAY SMITH May 10, 2002: How many quacks does it take to run a radio station? From left, David Biller and Mike Maddux accompany Bill Crawford, Joe King Carrasco, Sidney Brammer, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Rick Perkins, and Gene Fowler during a dress rehearsal of Border Radio photo by John Anderson If you had happened upon a small South Austin studio at approximately 7:45 last Friday evening, you would have played witness to an agitated gentleman urging the men in the audience with declining virility to let him insert goat glands into their "personal equipment." "The goat glands act like a battery charger," explained Dr. Brinkley as he gyrated around the stage. "They can make a man the ram what am with every lamb." That's what this weekend's performances of a new musical, Border Radio: A Nuevo Vaudeville Docu mentary Performance, are all about. Thankfully, that's not the only thing they're about.

51. VAUDEVILLE : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia Of Popular Music to the top; the ultimate goal was the 'legitimate' theatre on Broadway Vaudevillebegan to succumb in the late 1920s to the competition of radio and films http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/v/V22.HTM

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52. Vaudeville Palace was the only vaudeville theatre left in America by vaudeville acts were hiredonce by motion picture makers and radio came into the home and was free http://www.psu.edu/dept/inart10_110/inart10/vaude.html

53. Frizzi Lazzi-Italian American Experience other memorabilia generously loaned by families of the theatre community. these pagesare scenes of comedy, tragedy, vaudeville, and radio, featuring stars http://www.frizzilazzi.com/italianexpierence.htm

The Italian-American Immigrant Theatre of New York City by Emelise Aleandri www.Arcadiapublishing.com MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LOCAL HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE IN OVER TWO HUNDRED DELIGHTFUL, PHOTOGRAPHS Italian-American theatre sprang to life in New York City shortly after waves of Italian immigrants poured into this country in the 1870s. The mass migration brought both the performers and the audiences necessary for theatrical entertainment. Hungry for recognition, support, and social exchange, the men and women from Italy formed amateur theatrical clubs as one way of satisfying emotional needs. By 1900, the community had produced the major forces that created Italian-American theatre of the ensuing decades. In The Italian-American Immigrant Theatre of New York City, author Emelise Aleandri regenerates the excitement of the stage through striking photographs, programs, and other memorabilia generously loaned by families of the theatre community. She follows the fortunes of the earliest nineteenth-century companies and introduces those that arose in the twentieth century. Within these pages are scenes of comedy, tragedy, vaudeville, and radio, featuring stars such as Mimi Cecchini, Guglielmo Ricciardi, Concetta Arcamone, Antonio Maiori, Rita Berti, Farfariello, and Olga Barbato. Little Italy Book cover In Little Italy , author Emelise Aleandri recreates the aura of a time gone by, in a nostalgic revisiting of the streets and buildings of this neighborhood through striking photographs, documents and other memorabilia generously loaned by families of the community and from archival sources. Dr. Aleandri, a native of Riva del Garda, Italy, is a producer, director, actress, writer and singer. She has a Ph.D. in Theatre from the City University of New York She is also the President of the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the American Italian Historical Association and leads historical walking tours of Little Italy. In this book, she looks at a neighborhood that housed and served newly arrived Italian immigrants almost exclusively, and that is growing smaller and smaller geographically as other new immigrant arrivals occupy the area, thus repeating the pattern of assimilation experienced by the Italians more than a century ago.

54. CofC: About CofC: News Release vaudeville, America’s popular mainstream entertainment before motion pictures,radio and television, will Susan Kattwinkel, a theatre professor at the http://www.cofc.edu/news/20020123-1.html

CofC Home About CofC Academic Programs Library ... Technology News C of C Theatre Professor Staging "Virtual Vaudeville" January 23, 2002 Professor Susan Kattwinkel Vaudeville, America’s popular mainstream entertainment before motion pictures, radio and television, will take a high-tech curtain call. Susan Kattwinkel, a theatre professor at the College of Charleston, is involved in a computer modeling production called “Virtual Vaudeville.” Officially known as “A Live Performance Simulation System: Virtual Vaudeville,” the project has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Kattwinkel is part of a team of theatre historians, musicologists, computer scientists, and animators from seven universities that plans, in 2004, to stage a first-of-its-kind internet vaudeville show. “New computer technology does need to be invented for this,” said Kattwinkel. “The idea of putting performance modeling together with a virtual reality environment is new in the way that we want to do it.” Performance modeling involves putting sensors on a person’s body and then digitizing all of the movements so that computer models can be constructed. The technology is now used in athletics to study, for example, a golfer or baseball player’s swing.

55. Federal Theatre Project Collection: Administrative Documents marionettes, popular price theater, vaudeville, and productions in Program for theFederal theatre To the Publicity - 1939 - FTP radio Division Presentations http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/ftad.html

New Deal Stage Federal Theatre Project - Administrative Documents The following list describes documents selected from the Administrative Records - Background File (Boxes 1-4) and the Production Records - Administrative File (Boxes 963-967). Box numbers refer to the box numbers listed in the Federal Theatre Project Collection Finding Aid The Administrative Records - Background File (1935-40 and undated) consists of 10 containers (Boxes 1-10) and comprises correspondence, memoranda, reports, inventories, reorganization plans, operations manuals, briefs, speeches, and administrative forms relating to the background, organization, policies, services, and procedures of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP). Included are charts and miscellany dealing with the administrative organization, weekly receipts, attendance records, and information for a House of Representatives committee. The Production Records - Administrative File (1934-40 and undated) consists of 8 containers (Boxes 960-967) and is comprised of advertising and publicity, correspondence, personnel activities, photographic division information, rehearsals and performance schedules, reports, and scrapbooks. Subjects covered are caravan theater, children's theater, circus, classical unit, marionettes, popular price theater, vaudeville, and productions in general. Administrative Records - Background File Box 1 Hallie Flanagan - Director of Federal Theatre - "Is This the Time and Place?" - Delivered October 8, 1935, Washington, D. C. - First Meeting of Regional Directors-Federal Theatre Project

56. Disinformation | A Not So Brief History Of The Firesign Theatre their visage as America's Comedy theatre, and Electric vaudeville. April of 1995The Firesign theatre assembled in to record four Nick Danger radio spots for http://www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id2037/pg5/

WHY DO PEOPLE HATE AMERICA? is out now - the most important book of the year is here just in time! Nick Mamatas: The Dead Don't Stay Dead Kurds Celebrate Fall of Mosul Details Given on Contract Halliburton Was Awarded SARS' Long Journey a not so brief history of the firesign theatre by Frederick C. Wiebel, Jr. (firezine@intrepid.net) - February 11, 2002 They created a following of die-hards, affectionately called Fireheads who treated the band like they were the Grateful Dead , preceding them to every venue to try and catch every show. The Firesign Theatre staged endless press conferences, and interviews and appeared on many local and National Public Radio affiliates across the country promoting their comeback and cementing their base. Mobile Fidelity released Fighting Clowns with the "Carter" song on CD in 1993, and a double CD set of selected live performances from the 25th Anniversary Tour, Back From The Shadows in 1994. The sales figures of the CDs has caused CBS/Sony to not renew further licensing to Mobile Fidelity with the hope of doing their own reissues. In August of 1995

57. NEO Vaudeville 2002 CLICK HERE for theatre Neo information.theatre NEO, in website, one of the last livingvaudeville performers. his days working in live radio? BACKSTAGE WEST http://www.americanmusicals.com/neo

Theatre NEO, in association with The Hudson Theatricals, presents... Jeff Scott (as Del Arte') in... ...a cast of 20 actors!! ...performing over five different revolving Tuesdays! ...each night a different "snippet" of their one-person shows! ...five weeks of funny, musical, touching, intimate live theater!!! Cast #1: Features Jeff Scott (as Del Arte') in a premiere presentation from his new play... "I'm Getting My Act Together... Before I Die!" "86 year old Del Arte' is back in the recording studio...only this time, he's a voice on a cartoon. How much will have changed since his days working in live radio?" BackStage West review says: "Younger than he looks, thanks to his uncredited great makeup job, Jeff Scott offers an amusing, ultimately touching portrait of [86 year old Del Arte'] an old-time entertainer valiantly trying to cope with his encroaching senescene and redundancy in a changing world. Ex-vaudevillian, magician, radio, TV, film veteran- [Del's] still trying and still jaunty. Scott tugs at heartstrings with his [play] I'm Getting My Act Together...Before I Die

58. Talentclick | It's Who You Know Acting Training BFA w/Honors in Music theatre/Vocal Jazz from Syracuse Combat, DriveLight Truck, Quick Facial Hair, Love of vaudeville radio Comedy, Can http://portfolios.talentclick.com/dshapiro

Click on thumbnail images to view at a larger size. Click on larger image to view as a printable headshot. View Acting Reel (11 MB) Get Free QuickTime Player View Acting Reel (1.46 MB) Get Free QuickTime Player Doug Shapiro New York, NY A.E.A., A.F.T.R.A., S.A.G. Contact Talentclick for this Actor Email this Portfolio to Someone Height 5' 11" (180 cm) Weight 175 lbs (79 kg) Hair Color Brown Eye Color Brown Film Credits Title Role Studio/Prod. Co. Director Year Riding in Cars with Boys Featured Dancer Columbia Penny Marshall About Barbers Supporting Scout Productions Eric M. Poydar The Perfect Breeze Lead Post Productions Sean Barclay/Ryan Main Extra 20th Century Fox Farrelly Brothers State and Main Extra Fine Line Features David Mammet Sci-Fi High Lead ximix Productions Memo Salazar Television Credits Title Role Network/Studio Exec. Producer Year The Sopranos Waiter HBO American Prophet Lead v/o PBS Lee Groberg Out in New England Anchor SPAC Shrewsbury Kurt Wolfe Providence Extra NBC Bye-Bye America Extra Scout Productions Theatre Credits Title Role Theatre/Comp. Director Year Forever Plaid (Original Choreography) Smudge ACT ONE/ Stoneham Theatre Peter Miller In The Mood Live (Big Band Tour) MC/ Vocalist Bud Forrest Entertainment John Moran Ernest in Love Algernon The Barnstormers Cope Murray Schippel the Plumber Schippel The Barnstormers Dan Rubinate Twelfth Night Feste The Theater at Monmouth Barbara Bosch Friendship of the Sea Lead North Shore Music Theatre Michael Wartofsky, Composer

59. Contra Costa Times | 01/06/2003 | Sketch Comedy Could Be The Next Big Thing Noise radio theatre and Kasper Hauser not only packed a couple of hours with laughs,but offered a wide range of styles, from the straightahead vaudeville http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/entertainment/columnists/pat_craig/4883423.ht

Click here to visit other RealCities sites Help Contact Us Site Index ... News by Email Search Search the Archives News War with Iraq Breaking News ... Sports Saturday, Apr 12, 2003 Pat Craig Posted on Mon, Jan. 06, 2003 PAT CRAIG: THEATER Sketch comedy could be the next big thing By Pat Craig CONTRA COSTA TIMES If raw talent is any indication, sketch comedy, like stand-up in the late '70s and early '80s, just may be the next big thing. Opening with a quartet of local groups, the San Francisco Sketchfest 2003 showed an elaborate display of comedic fireworks that promised a month full of big-time laughter and the notion that there is plenty available for those who enjoy laughing. Sketch comedy is a hybrid form familiar as death, taxes and heavy traffic to anyone who has watched television over the past half-century. Essentially, each comic bit is a short play, written for laughs and performed with an intensity designed to build giggles into explosions of guffaws. And the four groups that performed in Thursday's opener the Meehan Brothers, Totally False People, White Noise Radio Theatre and Kasper Hauser not only packed a couple of hours with laughs, but offered a wide range of styles, from the straight-ahead vaudeville of the Meehans to the topical humor clad in harlequin suits proffered by Kasper Hauser. The evening was held together by host and stand-up comic Joe Kolcek, who introduced the acts and offered some of his own political hilarity.

60. Allen, Fred name of Fred Allen, and moved up from vaudeville to Broadway revues, early 1920s;worked on radio, notably Allen's Alley and Texaco Star theatre, from 1932 http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/allenfred/allenfred.htm

ALLEN, FRED U.S. Comedian Fred Allen hated television. Allen was a radio comedian for nearly two decades who, as early as 1936, had a weekly radio audience of about 20 million. When he visited The Jack Benny Show to continue their long running comedy feud, they had the largest audience in the history of radio, only to be later outdone by President Franklin Roosevelt during a Fireside Chat . The writer Herman Wouk said that Allen was the best comic writer in radio. His humor was literate, urbane, intelligent, and contemporary. Allen came to radio from vaudeville where he performed as a juggler. He was primarily self-educated and was extraordinarily well read. Allen began his network radio career in 1932 after working vaudeville and Broadway with such comedy icons as Al Jolson, Ed Wynn, George Jessel, and Jack Benny. This was a time when the United States was in a deep economic depression, and radio in its infancy. In his autobiography Treadmill To Oblivion , Allen wrote that he thought radio should provide complete stories, series of episodes, and comedy situations instead of monotonous unrelated jokes then popular on vaudeville. With this idea in hand, he began his first radio program on NBC called

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