Q: You're the world's most popular fruit. What are you?
A: Humble.
Q: What is the most abused and neglected part of the body?
A: Well, mine may be abused but it certainly isn't neglected.
Q: Which is better looking, a pixie or a fairy?
A: I'll go for the fairy.
Q: In 'The Wizard of Oz', the Lion wanted courage and the Tin Man wanted a heart. What did the Scarecrow want??
A: He wanted the Tin Man to notice him.
Q: Who are more likely to be romantically responsive. Women under thirty or women over thirty?
A: I don't have a third choice?
Q: Why was Nathan Hale hung?
A: Heredity.
Q: Does Mark Spitz believe swimming in the nude helps you go faster?
A: Well, it's easier to steer.
Q: What two things should you never do in bed?
A: Point and laugh.
Q: You’re equipped with a pick, a sieve, and a shallow pan. What are you about to do?
A: Joan Crawford's eyebrows.
These are just some of the brilliant one-liners from the "Center Square Extraordinaire"- Paul Lynde during his stint on "Hollywood Squares" in the late 60s/early 70s.
A double entendre is a figure of speech, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. This can be as simple as a phrase which has two mutually exclusive meanings, and is thus a clever play on words. Also, sometimes double entendres exist as homophones that form a sentence that is pronounced similar to a well-known phrase. In some cases a risqué or sexual element is central to the understanding of the double entendre. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as 'A double meaning; a word or phrase having a double sense, especially as used to convey an indelicate meaning'. In these cases, the first meaning is presumed to be the more innocent one, while the second meaning is risqué, or at least ironic, requiring the hearer to have some additional knowledge.
In the 60's and 70's, television, and Hollywood in general, were still relegating 'homosexuals' to the celluloid closet. Comedians Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly nudged that closet door open a bit by mastering their brand of comedic genius with their brilliant use of the double entendre. These pioneers were not out there waving rainbow flags and riding pink Cadillacs at the front of Pride parades, however their gay sensibilities served up on a daily basis on national television were a crucial first step in our coming out as a nation. Their non-threatening demeanor, and the jovial camaraderie displayed by the other cast members on those early game shows were about the only tolerated gay culture most Americans were exposed to regularly.
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Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1927 – January 10, 1982) was an American comedian and actor. A noted character actor, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on 'Bewitched' and Harry McAfee, the befuddled father in 'Bye Bye Birdie'. He was also the regular "center square" guest on the classic game show, 'Hollywood Squares', from 1968 to 1981.
Paul Lynde was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and studied drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where his classmates included Cloris Leachman, Charlotte Rae, Patricia Neal, Charlton Heston and Claude Akins. At Northwestern University, he joined the Upsilon chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma and is listed amongst the most famous members of the fraternity. He graduated in 1948 and moved to New York City, where he initially worked as a stand-up comic. Lynde made his Broadway debut in the hit revue New Faces of 1952 in which he co-starred with fellow newcomers Eartha Kitt, Alice Ghostley, and Carol Lawrence. In his monologue from that revue, the "Trip of the Month Club", Lynde portrayed a man on crutches recounting his misadventures on the African safari he took with his late wife. The show was filmed and released as a movie in 1954. After the revue's run, Lynde co-starred in the short-lived sitcom 'Stanley' opposite Buddy Hackett and Carol Burnett, both of whom were also starting out their careers in show business. In 1960, Lynde returned to Broadway when he was cast as the father in 'Bye Bye Birdie'. He reprised the role in the play's film adaptation, which was released in 1963 and co-starred Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret.
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In 1966, Lynde debuted on the fledgling game show 'Hollywood Squares'. Eventually he assumed a permanent spot as the "center square," a move which ensured that he would be called upon by contestants at least once in almost every round. It was here that Lynde was best able to showcase his comedic talents with short, salty one-liners. Many of these gags were thinly-veiled allusions to his homosexuality. Others relied on double entendre, an alleged fondness for deviant behaviors, or dealt with "touchy" subject matter for television. Even the more generic punchlines were often punched up by Lynde's trademark snickering delivery. Lynde also did extensive voice work on animated cartoons. His most notable role was as the voice of Sylvester Sneakly ("The Hooded Claw") in 'The Perils of Penelope Pitstop'. He also voiced the role of Templeton the gluttonous rat in the animated feature 'Charlotte's Web'. Lynde's sardonic inflections added a dimension to such lines as the sly, drawn-out whine, "What's in it for meeee?"
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Charles Nelson Reilly (Jan 13, 1931 – May 25, 2007) was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show 'Match Game'. Reilly was born in the Bronx, NYC, the son of Charles Joseph Reilly, an Irish Catholic commercial artist, and Signe Elvera Nelson, a Swedish Lutheran. When young he would often make his own puppet theater to amuse himself. His mother, foreshadowing his future as an entertainer, often would tell him to "save it for the stage." At age 13, he escaped the Hartford Circus Fire where over a hundred people died, and as a result, he never sat in an audience again through the remainder of his life.
Reilly made his first motion-picture appearance in 1957, playing an uncredited role in 'A Face in the Crowd', directed by Elia Kazan. Reilly appeared in many Off-Broadway productions. His big theatrical break came in 1960 with the enormously successful original Broadway production of 'Bye Bye Birdie'. In the ground-breaking musical, Reilly had a small onstage part, and was the standby for Dick Van Dyke in the leading role of Albert Peterson. In 1961, Reilly was in the original cast of another big Broadway hit, the Pulitzer prize-winning musical 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'. For his memorable creation of the role of Bud Frump ("Coffee Break"), Reilly earned a 1962 Tony Award for featured actor in a musical. In 1964, Reilly was featured in the original cast of yet another giant Broadway success, 'Hello, Dolly!'. For creating the role of Cornelius Hackl, Reilly received a second nomination for a Tony Award for performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical. While he kept active in Broadway shows, Reilly would soon become better known for his TV work. Reilly appeared regularly on television in the 1960s. For example, he did stints both as one of the 'What's My Line?' Mystery Guests and as a panelist on the popular program. From 1968 to 1970, he appeared as uptight Claymore Gregg on the television series 'The Ghost & Mrs. Muir', which also starred Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare. During the 1970s, Reilly also appeared as a regular on 'The Dean Martin Show'. He was also a frequent guest on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson, appearing more than one hundred times. Because Reilly was such a lively and reliable talk-show guest and lived within blocks of the Burbank studios where 'The Tonight Show' was taped, he was often asked to be a last-minute replacement for scheduled guests who did not make it to the studio in time. During this time, Reilly was perhaps best known as a fixture of game shows, primarily due to his appearances as a regular panelist on the television game show 'Match Game'. Reilly was the longest-running guest. Reilly typically offered sardonic commentary and peppered his answers with homosexually themed double entendres that pushed the boundaries of 1970s television standards.
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Reilly did not publicly proclaim his homosexuality until his one man show "Save It for the Stage". However, much like fellow game-show regular Paul Lynde of the same era, Reilly played up a campy on-screen persona. In many episodes of 'Match Game', he would lampoon himself by briefly affecting a deep voice and self-consciously describing how "butch" he was. He mentioned in a 2002 interview with 'Entertainment Tonight' that he felt no need to note this and that he never purposefully hid his homosexuality from anyone.
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John Inman's acting career took a similar tack to Lynde's and Reilly's, with his portrayal of the "camp" character Mr. Humphries in the Britcom "Are You Being Served".
Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor who was best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in the British sitcom 'Are You Being Served?' in the 1970s and 1980s. Inman was also well known in the UK as a pantomime dame. Born in 1935, Inman made his stage debut aged 13. He worked in retail in London as a young adult and after four years left to earn his Equity Card. He made his West End debut in the 1960s, and his television debut in an episode of 'Two In Clover' in 1970. After a successful pilot, Inman played the camp Mr. Humphries in the sitcom 'Are You Being Served?' from 1972 to 1985. This role made his a household name and won him awards, including BBC TV Personality of the Year. He lived in a mews house in Little Venice for 30 years. On 23 December 2005, Inman entered into a civil partnership at Westminster Register Office with his partner of 35 years, Ron Lynch.In his later years, John Inman became a well known pantomime dame. He died in 2007 aged 71.
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In 1972, Inman was asked to play a part in a Comedy Playhouse pilot called 'Are You Being Served?'. This was a sitcom set in a department store, written by scriptwriters David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, and based on the latter's experiences working at Simpson's in Piccadilly Circus. Playing a minor role with only a few lines, he was soon asked to "camp it up", despite initial reluctance from the BBC to include such a camp character. The pilot was broadcast in September 1972. Inman played the camp Mr. Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries and his earlier career in the clothes retail business was good preparation for this role in a menswear department. Inman developed a characteristic limp-wristed mincing walk, and a high-pitched catch phrase, "I'm free!". Although the catch phrase and the character were popular, Inman came under attack by some gay rights groups for what they perceived to be his stereotypical portrayal of a homosexual. Inman reported that four or five members of the group Campaign for Homosexual Equality picketed one of his shows in protest as they believed his persona did not help their cause. Inman said that "they thought I was over exaggerating the gay character. But I don't think I do. In fact there are people far more camp than Mr. Humphries walking around this country. Anyway, I know for a fact that an enormous number of viewers like Mr. Humphries and don't really care whether he's camp or not. So far from doing harm to the homosexual image, I feel I might be doing some good." Both Inman and David Croft stated that the character was "just a mother's boy", and that his sexual orientation was never explicitly stated. Inman continued to play in live shows after his success as Mr. Humphries, and began to incorporate camp mannerisms to those performances too, once saying "Even when I'm not playing Mr Humphries, say at a summer season, I camp it up a bit. If I don't the audience are disappointed."
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Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born Sept. 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who has won several Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, plus a Grammy Award. During her 40-year career she was also nominated for an Academy Award. Tomlin was born in Detroit, MI. Tomlin's parents were Southern Baptists who moved to Detroit from Paducah, KY during the Great Depression. Tomlin attended Wayne State University, where her interest in the theater and performing arts began. After college, Tomlin began doing stand-up comedy in nightclubs in Detroit and later, in NYC. Her first television appearance was on 'The Merv Griffin Show' in 1965.
Before publicly declaring her sexuality, Lily took some heat from members of the gay community for remaining silent, when her orientation was an open secret. This in spite of the fact Tomlin was involved in feminist and homosexual-friendly film productions, and would often refer to her partner Jane Wagner. On her 1975 album 'Modern Scream' she mocked straight actors who make a point of distancing themselves from their homosexual characters; answering the pseudo-interview question, How did it feel to play a heterosexual? she replied, I've seen these women all my life, I know how they walk, I know how they talk... . Her narration of the documentary The 'Celluloid Closet' in 1995, a film examining Hollywood's portrayals of homosexuals, was also largely considered a nod to the open secret of her orientation.
In 1969, Tomlin joined the sketch comedy show 'Laugh-In'. Some characters from the show have been associated with her throughout her career, including the gum-chewing, wisecracking, snorting telephone operator, Ernestine; the bratty five-year-old Edith Ann, seated in an over-sized rocking chair making rude noises while telling stories about her baby brother and pet dog Buster; and the Tasteful Lady, who lives a gracious, naїve life of entitlement in the upper class and shades of whom show up in Tomlin's film role in All of Me.
Tomlin is noted for her versatility. In Robert Altman's 'Nashville', for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, she played Linnea Reese, a straitlaced, gospel-singing mother of two deaf children who has an affair with a country singer played by Keith Carradine. She was also a secretary Violet Newstead in 'Nine to Five', performed several comedic roles in the 1981 film 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman', and was a sickly heiress in the Steve Martin comedy 'All of Me'. She and Bette Midler played two pairs of identical twins who were switched at birth in the 1989 comedy 'Big Business'.
Tomlin starred in the 1985 hit one-woman Broadway show 'The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe', written by her long-time life partner, writer/producer Jane Wagner. The show won her a Tony Award, and was made into a feature film in 1991. Tomlin revived the show for a brief run in 2000. In 1989, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. She collaborated again with director Robert Altman, starring in the film 'A Prairie Home Companion', playing half of a middle-aged Midwestern singing duo with Meryl Streep.
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I didn't laugh in the 80's. About the only thing worth noting from that decade regarding gay humor was Eddie Murphy made a name for himself making faggot and AIDS jokes. Sandra Bernhard is about the only GLBT comedy act from that era that even registered on my radar.
Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American comedian, singer, actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy where she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. In an "In The Life" episode Camille Paglia interviews Sandra Bernhard, discussing the influence of gay male sensibility in contemporary art, culture and comedy with candor, humor, and fond memories.
Bernhard became a popular staple at The Comedy Store. As her popularity as a comedian grew she was cast as a supporting player on 'The Richard Pryor Show' in 1977. Guest appearances on evening talk shows followed. Her big break came in 1983 when she was cast by Martin Scorsese to star as stalker and kidnapper Masha in the film 'The King of Comedy' for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Bernhard later spoke of her contentious relationship with co-star Jerry Lewis. In a 2006 interview on 'The View' she claimed he called her "Fish Lips", and that he "wanted me to fall through a glass table in my bra and panties."
She began performing her first one-woman show called 'I'm Your Woman' in 1985, and an unsuccessful album version was released. Bernhard appeared in a variety of small film and television roles throughout the 1980s while crafting her stand-up routine into a more performance art oriented show. She launched an off-Broadway one woman show called 'Without You I'm Nothing' in 1988 which played at The Orpheum Theatre. In 1990 it was turned into a film, also called 'Without You I'm Nothing'; and into a double album of the same name. In all three she notoriously performed a ballad version of the Prince song Little Red Corvette; in the film she did a strip tease to Prince's version. Around this time in her career, Bernhard developed a very close friendship with Madonna, and the two were frequently seen together in public. The two made intimations of a romantic relationship, most notably both appearing on the David Letterman show where Sandra joked that she had slept with both Madonna and her then husband, Sean Penn.
In 1991 Bernhard began playing the role of Nancy Bartlett on the hit sitcom 'Roseanne'. She appeared in 33 episodes between 1991 and 1997, and was one of the first actresses to portray an openly lesbian recurring character on American television. The role is one of her most known, something she has lamented in her stand-up as being both a blessing and a curse.
I actually ran into Sandra one early morning on the streets of Chelsea with her partner Angela Loy pushing a baby stroller. Her stand up routines usually consist of both comedy and singing. Bernhard performs classic pop music, jazz, and blues tunes and has released several albums.
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Paula Poundstone is quite the enigma. Poundstone is an Atheist and a self described Asexual. Poundstone was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and her family moved to Sudbury, MA, when she was young. She adopted her first child, "Thomas E", in 1993. In 1997, she adopted two girls, Toshia and Allison. Poundstone is known for her quiet, self-deprecating style, political observations, and her trademark style of dress: a suit and tie. She started doing comedy on open-mike nights in Boston in 1979. She's politically liberal, wrote for Mother Jones from 1993 to 1998 and covered the 1996 Republican Convention for 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show'. Her 1993 comedy-variety Paula Poundstone Show aired for two weeks on ABC before being canceled.
In 2001, Poundstone was arrested for driving drunk with kids in the car, and the state took custody of her three children. She was charged with, among other things, "lewd acts on a girl under the age of 14", and though that charge was dropped, everyone involved is under a court order not to talk about it -- an ideal ingredient for career-wrecking gossip. Poundstone has said only that she was drunk, she's sorry, and the "lewd acts" charge was "without foundation". The whispered but unconfirmed story is that Poundstone's foster daughter made up the "lewd act". That would jibe with Poundstone's public persona -- she is asexual, doesn't date, and she has never been romantically linked with anyone of any gender. "I don't have sex because I don't like it," she once joked. "I'd have to marry a Mormon so someone could cover my shift." What is known for sure about the 2001 incident is that Poundstone went into rehab, cleaned up her alcoholism, and she regained custody of her children a year and a half later.
She was a panelist on 'To Tell the Truth' when she was first arrested, a gig she quickly lost, and her career has languished until just recently. She still does stand-up comedy and often appears on NPR's quiz show, 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me'. "I'm now a nationally known child abuser, and believe me, what a pleasure it is to carry that moniker around". She is also the co-author of several books about mathematics for grade-school students, co-written with her former high school math teacher, Faye Nisonoff Ruopp. (for real!)
In 2006 Paula published an autobiographical book, part memoir, part monologue, with a pinch of self-deprecation and a dash of startling honesty, 'There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say' which features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Paula can't help digressing to tell her own story. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Joan of Arc and Beethoven, among others, the eccentric and utterly inimitable mind of Poundstone dissects, observes, and comments on the successes and failures of her own life with surprising candor and spot-on comedic timing.
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Margaret Cho burst onto the scene in 1994 with her sitcom "All American Girl," and has since become one of the most prolific and critically acclaimed comedians of our time. In 1999 her one-woman show, "I’m The One That I Want," chronicled her legendary struggles on the sitcom, and became a best selling book and a concert film that grossed more per print than any film in history. Her 2001 "Notorious C.H.O." tour culminated in a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall, and in 2004, the CD of her "Revolution" tour was nominated for a Grammy. In 2005, Cho took her "Assassin" tour through the US, Canada and Australia. A revamp of her politically charged "State of Emergency" tour of the swing states of the 2004 Presidential election (hailed as "Murderously Funny!" by the NY Times), "Assassin" was her most political and topical work to date.
In 2007, Margaret hit the road with 80’s legends Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry & Erasure along with indie faves The Dresden Dolls and The Cliks to host the "True Colors Tour," benefiting the Human Rights Campaign. A true entertainment pioneer, Margaret also created and starred in "The Sensuous Woman," a live variety show featuring vaudevillian burlesque and comedy, which she took for an extended off-Broadway run last fall.
This year Margaret returned to her stand-up roots with a brand new tour, "Beautiful," which premiered in Australia at The Sydney Theater in February. This was the first time Margaret debuted a tour abroad, and she was honored to be named Chief of the 30th annual Sydney Mardi Gras Parade while down under! After returning to the US, Margaret embarked on a nationwide spring tour of "Beautiful," and is proud to announce that the tour has just been extended through the fall!
Thirteen years after her catastrophic foray into television, Margaret is triumphantly returning to TV on her own terms, in her new Vh1 series, "The Cho Show." Describing it as a ’reality sitcom,’ Margaret says, "It’s the closest I’ve been able to come on television to what I do as a comic." "The Cho Show" follows Margaret, her real parents, and her eccentric entourage, through a series of irreverent and outrageous experiences, shaped by Margaret’s ’anything goes’ brand of stand-up. And yes, her mother actually does sound like that! "The Cho Show" airs on Vh1, Thursdays at 11/10c. Margaret was the recipient of the first ever Best Comedy Performance award at the 2007 Asian Excellence Awards. She has also been honored by GLAAD, AWRT, Lambda Legal, the NGLTF, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), the National Organization for Women (NOW), the ACLU, and PFLAG for "making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity."
Margaret Cho born Moran Cho (Dec. 5, 1968) is a U.S. comedian, fashion designer, author and actress. Cho is known for her stage performances, recordings, and concert movies. Her shows are a mixture of her comedy stylings with strong political and social commentary. She has also directed and appeared in music videos, and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported gay rights, and identifies herself as bisexual. She has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asians, and the LGBT community.
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Matthew Richard Lucas (born March 5, 1974) is an English comedian and actor. He currently lives in London. Lucas was born to Diana and John in Stanmore, Greater London. He is perhaps best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television sketch show Little Britain. Lucas comes from a Jewish family and grew up in London. He has had alopecia since his childhood, which in interviews he has inconsistently attributed to various events, including a delayed reaction to a road accident when he was four. He lost all of his hair at the age of six. He was educated at the prestigious Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, alongside other well known personalities, including Sacha Baron Cohen. He went on to study Drama at Bristol University between 1993 and 1995. Lucas has written for Ali G and Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen. His music video appearances include; the Damien Hirst-directed video for Blur's "Country House", "Jesusland" by Ben Folds in 2005 and "I'm with Stupid" by the Pet Shop Boys. Lucas ventured into the world of stage musicals in 2002, when he took one of the main roles in Boy George's musical Taboo, at The Venue, London. He played the part of infamous performance artist Leigh Bowery, which required him to wear some outrageous and spectacular outfits and make-up, but was felt by Bowery's family and friends to be only a cartoon version of the original. In 2005, he took his first role in a television drama, a supporting part as a Venetian Duke in the BBC historical serial Casanova. He made a cameo appearance in Shaun of the Dead as the cousin of Shaun's friend Yvonne.
Lucas is openly gay and on Dec. 17, 2006, he and his long-term partner TV producer Kevin McGee formed a Civil Partnership in London. The ceremony was kept fairly formal, with male guests wearing suits but the evening reception had the guests dressed in pantomime costumes.
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Julia Stretch is an 'out' lesbian comedian, born in 1979 in Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. Stretch graduated from the University of Calgary in 2003 with her Bachelor's Degree. Her heroes include Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Sarah Silverman. Julia Stretch's comedic influences include Carol Channing, Bill Cosby, Sarah Silverman, Phyllis Diller and Margaret Cho. Julia Stretch's interests include general yoga, muppets, sustainability, purses, vintage clothing, surfing, apartment therapy, achewood.
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Alec Mapa (born July 10, 1965) is an American actor, comedian and writer. Mapa, a Filipino American, was born in San Francisco. Mapa is openly gay and lends his support to various projects supporting the gay, lesbian, and Asian American communities.
Mapa got his first professional break when he was cast to replace B.D. Wong in the Broadway production of 'M. Butterfly'. On television, he has made guest appearances on a wide variety of programs, including 'Jamie Foxx Show', 'Roseanne', 'Seinfeld', 'NYPD Blue', 'Friends', 'Murder One' and 'Dharma & Greg'. He co-starred with Jason Bateman in the short-lived 2001 comedy 'Some of My Best Friends'. He played Adam Benet in the UPN comedy Half & Half. He wrote and performed in a one-man play titled "I Remember Mapa", about his experiences growing up gay in San Francisco. Mapa was a featured performer on the Logo original stand-up comedy series 'Wisecrack'. He recently appeared as Vern, Gabrielle's gay best friend, on the hit ABC series 'Desperate Housewives'. He currently plays a recurring role in 'Ugly Betty', as the on-screen host of the fashion-oriented television channel that covers the inside gossip from Mode and other fashion magazines. Mapa's film credits include parts in 'Bright Lights', 'Big City', 'Playing by Heart', and 'Connie and Carla', among others.
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Of course we have Rosie and Ellen whose careers have spanned the last two decades, each getting their start in stand up comedy and then going on to win numerous Emmys for their roles as talk show host. I came across this one very cute clip from an Ellen stand up performance that I found interesting and very genuine, reaffirming the high opinion I've always had for her.
Videotaped proof that there is no such thing as lesdar.
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Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein (born feb. 15, 1973) is an American actress, voice actress, writer and comedian. She is best known for her roles on two FOX series, 'MADtv' and 'Family Guy' (voice of Lois Griffin). Although happily straight and married, I couldn't resist this clip as a hat tip to TBC for his frequent displays of ABBAphilia in both C&J and here at WGLB.
"Oh I get it! This is a monkey in the bush bar."
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All in the Family broke serious ground by portraying the cross-dressing/transvestite Beverly LaSalle in sympathetic light. In a follow-up episode, after Beverly strikes up a close friendship with Edith, Beverly is murdered, which takes an serious emotional toll on Edith who goes on to question her faith. That follow-up episode was perhaps the most poignant show in the series long primetime run.
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Let's close with a little more from the multi-talented Sandra.
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Wanda, how could I forget you.
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