Dick Gregory: The Comedian Who Weaponized Fame for Justice
Breaking track records, getting discovered by Hugh Hefner, running for president, forcing the FBI to solve the Mississippi Burning murders, and starving himself in Tehran during the hostage crisis: it...
23 Kesä 20min
Steven Wright: How a Deadpan Whisper Conquered Comedy
A disheveled man stands perfectly still and mutters disconnected one-liners in a slow monotone. By every rule of stand-up he should clear the room in five minutes. Instead Steven Wright built an obses...
23 Kesä 21min
Smetana: The Deaf Composer Who Invented a Nation's Music
He is called the father of Czech music, yet he couldn't speak proper Czech until he was an adult and composed his greatest masterpieces while completely, permanently deaf. Bedrich Smetana built a nati...
23 Kesä 22min
Eric Andre: The Trained Musician Behind the Comedy Chaos
A classically trained double bassist from an elite conservatory gets beaten up in a WWE ring, voices cartoon creatures for Disney, and drags airport police into a federal appeals court. The chaos of E...
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Walt Kelly: The Disney Animator Who Toppled a Senator
A crime reporter turns Disney animator turns creator of a comic strip about a swamp possum that reshaped American political satire and helped topple one of the most feared politicians of the era. Walt...
23 Kesä 20min
Dean Martin: The Disciplined Genius Behind the Carefree Act
The vanity plate read DRUNKY and the image was pure carefree cool: tuxedo, drink in hand, not a care in the world. But the man in that tuxedo was a painstakingly disciplined professional who rarely dr...
23 Kesä 19min
Andy Griffith: The Dark Genius Behind Mayberry's Sheriff
America's most wholesome sheriff, the whistling, sweet-tea symbol of moral clarity, made his cinematic breakout playing a manipulative, power-hungry monster for director Elia Kazan. The psychological ...
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A. Philip Randolph: The Forgotten Architect of Civil Rights
His speeches were so electrifying that his own treasurer had to pass the collection plates before he spoke, knowing the audience would forget to donate and march straight into the streets instead. Mee...
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