June Foray: The Woman Who Made Hollywood Respect Animation
Chuck Jones once said Mel Blanc was not the male June Foray's counterpart; rather, Mel Blanc was the male June Foray. She was Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Granny, Cindy Lou Who, and the terrifying Talky...
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Keegan-Michael Key: Code-Switching as a Comedic Superpower
Born to a Black father and white mother, then adopted by another Black father and white mother, Keegan-Michael Key spent his childhood navigating distinct worlds. That survival tactic of code-switchin...
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Keenan Ivory Wayans: The Engineer Who Built a Comedy Dynasty
One semester from an engineering degree, he burned the safe ticket, dropped out, and drove to tell jokes. From the Fulton housing projects to an Emmy, a box-office record, and a multigenerational fami...
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Kenan Thompson: How the Glue of SNL Outlasted Everyone
He holds the all-time record for celebrity impressions on SNL, 139 of them, yet early on he was terrified he was doing the show a disservice just by standing there. This is the story of how a child st...
23 Kesä 17min
Kevin Hart: From a Thrown Piece of Chicken to Stadium Empire
Booed off a Philadelphia stage and hit with a piece of chicken thrown by the crowd, Lil Kev seemed destined for failure. A little over a decade later he stood before 53,000 screaming fans at Lincoln F...
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The Man Behind the Curtain: L. Frank Baum's Strange Story
The inventor of the ruby slippers and the scarecrow was no gentle dreamer. L. Frank Baum was a 19th-century tech bro, a dramatic theater kid, and a walking contradiction whose real life was wilder and...
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L. Frank Baum: The Dark, Wild Life Behind the Wizard of Oz
You picture the creator of America's most beloved fairy tale as a kindly, grandfatherly storyteller. The truth is far stranger: bankruptcies, fancy chickens, a fake island, and editorials so dark his ...
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Larry David: How Spite and Awkwardness Built a Comedy Empire
He once screamed at his boss, quit, and walked out of Saturday Night Live, then simply showed up Monday morning as if nothing happened. That impulse to hit undo on reality became the engine of one of ...
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