• 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults is a classical music album released in 1989 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by P. D. Q. Bach, the...
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    D. Q. Bach composed the pieces for the 1989 musical parody album 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults. Willy Chirino's "La Noche Perfecta" from his...
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  • or rewriting Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture as the 1712 Overture with "Yankee Doodle" replacing Tchaikovsky's melody and "Pop Goes the Weasel" replacing...
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    scenes of Douglas Sirk's film Imitation of Life, Pryor and several other black soldiers beat and stabbed him, although the soldier survived. He was a member...
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    appearance. Martin is also known for writing the books to the musical Bright Star (2016) and to the comedy Meteor Shower (2017), both of which premiered...
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    Rankin was Carlin's label-mate on Little David Records, and Rankin served many times as Carlin's musical guest or opening act during the early 1970s. The two...
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    producer and narrator. The show garnered both critical and ratings success. The series was nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe for Best TV Series (Musical or...
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    different from other late-night hosts, with more of a reliance on music, dancing, impersonations, and games. Between his own musical sensibilities and the recruitment...
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  • Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, "the most interesting of the other eight comedians is the savagely funny Sam Kinison. Mr. Kinison specializes...
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    Colbert Report and again in 2006. He was nominated for three Emmys for The Colbert Report in 2006, including Best Performance in a Variety, Musical Program or...
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    with musical guests John Mayer, Common, and many others. After several shows in July, some issues arose from neighbors' complaints of noise and disturbances...
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    "Weird Al" Yankovic (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    problem, along with Yankovic's increasingly more complex musical vision (involving horns and other instruments). By 1992, most of the original songs for...
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    Kathy Griffin (category Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni)
    of the punishments she and other "vulnerable" students received from the nuns. At her high school, she sought refuge in musical theater, playing roles...
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    specialist in the film Hot Millions. His films include 1970's Alan Jay Lerner musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, the 1971 Norman Lear comedy Cold Turkey...
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    Crystal years. He's not musical, but he's versatile enough to swing smoothly between jokes about politics, Hollywood, new media, and, most importantly, hair...
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    Peter Schickele (category Aspen Music Festival and School alumni)
    (/ˈʃɪkəli/; July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which...
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    original on January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020. "The top 10 musical guests that appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". Radio Milwaukee...
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    Playmates Valentino and Sarita Butterfield, actress Michelle Hurd, and eleven other women also made accusations of alleged assaults by Cosby committed...
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    I could make the kids laugh, they'd help me with my homework and protect me from other bullies." According to Haddish, her stepfather later told her...
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    Whoopi Goldberg (category American musical theatre actresses)
    in the Broadway revivals of Stephen Sondheim's musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and August Wilson's play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom...
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    Tinian, and Iwo Jima until he was honorably discharged in 1946. Reiner performed in several Broadway musicals (including Inside U.S.A. and Alive and Kicking)...
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    occasional performer. He has acknowledged using cocaine and other illegal drugs while working in television and stated that he stopped after John Belushi died...
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    (male) in the game Minecraft: Story Mode, and M.O.D.O.K in the 2021 animated series of the same name. Other film credits include Man on the Moon (1999)...
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    Robin Williams (category Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners)
    including Best Actor—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his roles in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), The Fisher King (1991), and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), along...
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    for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her performances in All of Me (1984) and Grandma (2015). Tomlin's critically acclaimed role...
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    Autobiographyæ, the two came out one night to warm up the crowd for a new musical group of Chong's, but never relinquished the stage due to the audience's...
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    play or a musical, one for Best Play, and one for Best Musical. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In 1966, Nichols was a star stage director and Time magazine...
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    for McGovern," also featured two musical groups that had recently broken up, Simon and Garfunkel and Peter, Paul and Mary, as well as singer Dionne Warwick...
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    composed for their off-Broadway musical The Son. It launched Clooney's career, reaching number one on Billboard charts and was number four on Billboard year-end...
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    Rodney Dangerfield (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    album No Respect won a Grammy Award. One of his TV specials featured a musical number, "Rappin' Rodney", which appeared on his 1983 follow-up album, Rappin'...
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