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- Top Rated Comedy Movies and "Luminaries" (IMDB.com)
Provides a list of the top 10 rated by IMDB. (Other surveys will result in different lists). Movies include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001), Tosun Pasa (1976), Modern Times (1936), City Lights (1931), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Some Like It Hot (1959), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and The General (1927). The luminaries include Charles (Charlie) Chaplin, Woody Allen, Groucho Marx, Frank Capra, Cary Grant, Blake Edwards, Jim Carrey, Harold Ramis, Mel Brooks, and Adam Sandler 7-05
- Shakespeare, William - Plays (Bartleby)
Provides the plays of William Shakespeare, including The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well that Ends Well, Twelfth-Night, The Winter’s Tale, The Life and Death of King John, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, King Henry the Fourth, The Life of King Henry the Fifth, King Henry the Sixth, The Tragedy of King Richard the Third, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Cæsar, Macbeth, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, King Lear, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. 5-00
- Ball, Lucille (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of the comedian and owner of Desilu studios who has been called "the most popular female comedian on television, and arguably the most popular female practitioner of physical comedy in the first half-century of prime-time television." Visitors sometimes misspell as Lucile, Lucel, Lucelle, or Luciele. 8-01
- -03-04-03 Ancient Anti-War Play Read in 59 Countries (CBC News)
"Monday night's Toronto performance of Lysistrata, an ancient Greek comedy with an anti-war message, was one of more than 1,000 readings in 59 countries held to protest the possibility of war in the Gulf."
"Two New York actors decided to perform the play as a protest, and the idea spread via the Internet." 2-03
- Carson, Johnny (CBS News)
Provides a picture and biographical information. "Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" host who served America a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and droll comedy for 30 years, died Sunday. He was 79."
"His wealth, the adoration of his guests — particularly the many young comics whose careers he launched — the wry tales of multiple divorces: Carson's air of modesty made it all serve to enhance his bedtime intimacy with viewers." 1-05
- Cosby, Bill (InfoPlease.com)
"He became known as a comedian and was subsequently the first African-American actor to star in a dramatic series on television (I Spy, 1965–68). He has since starred in several television series, most notably the situation comedy The Cosby Show (1984–92), the most popular program on American television during the late 1980s. Cosby has won numerous Emmy awards and written several books, including Fatherhood (1986). He was inducted (1992) into the Television Hall of Fame, and six years later he was awarded a presidential medal." 1-05
- Cosby, Bill (Biography.com)
"Although he has always avoided racial humor in his comedy, he began to speak out about portrayals of African Americans in American entertainment in the 1990s. Upon his 1994 induction into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, Cosby asked network television executives to 'stop this horrible massacre of images [of African Americans] that are being put on the screen now. I'm begging you, because it isn't us.' In 1998, Cosby was among five performers who were saluted at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. A ceremony was held at the Kennedy Center and was attended by President and Mrs. Clinton." 1-05
- Young Persons Getting News from Late-Night TV (MSNBC News)
"Depending on the turnout at the polls this November, it may be one of the more important stories of the 2004 campaign: Increasing numbers of young prospective voters turning to late-night comedy television shows to get their election news." 9-04
- -11-23-06 Sharpton: Richards' Apology Not Enough (CNN News)
"IThe Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday he refused to accept an apology from actor Michael Richards, who spouted a racist rant at a comedy club last week." 11-06
- -10-07-09 Editorial: Will "SNL" Skit Hurt Obama? (CNN News)
"In the comedy skit, the president is asked about unrealized campaign promises, including closing Gitmo, combating global warming, allowing openly gay people to serve in the military, withdrawing from Iraq, improving the status of the fight in Afghanistan, reforming health care and several others. On screen the response on a check list was: that each item was 'not done.' " Video 10-09
- Soupy Sales Died at 83 (CNN News)
"Soupy Sales, a comedian from the golden era of television, died Thursday. He was 83."
"Sales was known for his long-running children's show 'Lunch With Soupy Sales,' which started in 1953 and began his trademark slapstick pie-throwing antics. The comedy show featured skits that culminated in Sales getting walloped with pies in the face." 10-09
- -03-06-07 Snoring May Indicate a Serious Problem (ABC News)
"Snoring is the stuff of sitcoms, sketch comedy and late nights tossing and turning between the sheets."
"But it can also be a symptom of sleep apnea, a serious illness in which a person stops breathing while sleeping, sometimes hundreds of times a night." 03-07
- Depression Treatment for Women (ABC News)
"As I will remind you throughout this book, estrogen and serotonin are intimately related.When estrogen rises, as it does in the two weeks after your period and also during pregnancy, up goes serotonin, and with it your mood. But when estrogen falls, as it does before your period and also during the menopause transition or after delivering a baby, so does your mood and life can get difficult."
"Add to all this Whammy #1, stress. Remember that serotonin is not only a neurotransmitter allowing brain cells to talk to each other, but also a buffer against stress."
"There are three immediate steps you can take to help your brain make more serotonin and they're outlined in the Three-Week Cure: sunlight, exercise, and carbohydrate timing. There are also two bonus serotonin boosters: laughter and kindness. Learn jokes, visit comedy clubs, rent only comedies from your video store. And perform acts of kindness. People who regularly volunteer to help others have measurably higher levels of serotonin."
"A February 2005 study in the British Medical Journal finally put to rest the effectiveness of St. John's wort as an antidepressant for people with moderate to severe depression. Half the study's partcipants took the antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine); the other half took a minimum 900 mg daily of St. John's wort. After six weeks on these regimens, one third of those taking the Paxil felt less depressed; but one half of those taking St. John's wort were less depressed. The well-designed study also showed that St. John's wort caused fewer side effects than Paxil." 01-06.
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