Comic Relief USA was a non-profit charity organization hosted in part by a stand-up comedian who rose to fame in what television series?
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Comic Relief USA Comic Relief USA was a non-profit charity organization whose mission is to raise funds to help those in need—particularly America's homeless. It has raised and distributed nearly US$50 million toward providing assistance—including health care services—to homeless people throughout the United States. Although Comic Relief's charity work is continuous, its fundraising events were held and televised at irregular intervals—and primarily by Home Box Office (HBO), with comedians Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg as the hosts each time. They—along with many other comedians, celebrities, and occasional politicians—perform various segments—both general-purpose and specific to homelessness—of standup comedy, sketch comedy, speeches, live music, and impressions of persons and characters—all in order to entertain and enlighten. There are also documentary segments dealing with real-life problems of homeless people, in order to raise awareness of not only the grim realities but also how many hard-working "ordinary" people can wind up or grow up homeless. In exchange for contributions exceeding certain key amounts, T-shirts, sweatshirts and other merchandise are typically for sale.
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Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. After rising to fame as Mork in "Mork & Mindy" (1978–82), Williams established a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was known for his improvisational skills.
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Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. ( ; born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and author. His start in stand-up comedy began at the hungry i in San Francisco; he then landed a starring role in the 1960s television show "I Spy". He was also a regular on the children's television series "The Electric Company" during the show's first two seasons.
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Comedy Central Presents Comedy Central Presents is the network's main half-hour program which highlights either one or a series of stand-up comedians each episode. In 2011, the series ended and Comedy Central replaced it with the revamped "The Half Hour" 30-minute stand-up specials.
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Flip Wilson Clerow "Flip" Wilson Jr. (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998) was an American comedian and actor, best known for his television appearances during the late 1960s and 1970s. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, "The Flip Wilson Show". The series earned Wilson a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards, and at one point was the second highest rated show on network television. Wilson also won a Grammy Award in 1970 for his comedy album "The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress".
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Comic Strip Live (TV series) Comic Strip Live is a weekly, late-night, hour-long stand-up comedy showcase that aired on the Fox network from 1989-1994. It started as a local show at Igby's comedy club, originally hosted by John Mulrooney and filmed at the club. Jamie Masada, owner of the Laugh Factory, proposed that they take the show national; Fox agreed, and moved the show to the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. Mulrooney was replaced by Gary Kroeger for the second season, then Wayne Cotter for the remaining seasons.
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Kerri Louise Kerri Louise is an American stand-up comedian. Louise was a finalist on the second season of "Last Comic Standing" and has appeared on television programs such as "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and "The View". Louise has performed at many of the leading comedy clubs throughout the world, including Caroline's, The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong and The Comic Strip Live.
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Keith Stubbs Keith Stubbs (born January 12, 1960) is an American stand up comedian, actor, radio personality and businessman.
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Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution is an American stand-up comedy television series airing on Comedy Central in the United States. Hosted by comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who is best known for his stand-up specials, the show features new material by both himself and other comedians. Each episode opens with stand up by Iglesias before several other comedians perform, each of whom Iglesias usually introduces with an encore. The show debuted on October 6, 2011, and is executive produced by Iglesias himself.
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Etta May Etta May is an American comedian. She was the winner of the American Comedy Awards Stand-Up Comic of the Year, and has appeared on MTV, Oprah, Comic Strip Live, and as a guest commentator on "CBS Sunday Morning".
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Stand Up and Cheer (variety show) Stand Up and Cheer (also known as Johnny Mann's Stand Up and Cheer) is an American variety show that aired in syndication for three consecutive seasons (sponsored nationally by Chevrolet), beginning in 1971, hosted by Johnny Mann, with many musical numbers sung by "The Johnny Mann Singers".
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Rich Hall Richard Travis "Rich" Hall (born 10 June 1954) is an American comedian, writer, and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as "Fridays", "Not Necessarily the News" (popularising the "sniglet" neologism), and "Saturday Night Live".
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Bob Newhart George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery. Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart", became a worldwide bestseller and reached number one on the "Billboard" pop album chart—it remains the 20th-best selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, "The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!", was also a massive success, and the two albums held the "Billboard" number one and number two spots simultaneously.
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David Steinberg David Steinberg {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States. He appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of television situation comedies, including "Seinfeld", "Friends", "Mad About You", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Golden Girls", and "Designing Women".
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Stand Up to Cancer UK Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) is the UK version of Stand Up to Cancer, a US charitable television telethon, broadcast in 2012, 2014 and 2016 on the Channel 4 network in the United Kingdom, hosted by Davina McCall, Alan Carr and Adam Hills. By February 2015, the 2014 broadcast had raised £15,585,444 in pledges, in aid of cancer research.
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Ryan Hamilton (comedian) Ryan Hamilton is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. He is known as a clean comedian and his material focuses on his own experiences, including his single life, skydiving, hot air balloons, and his huge smile. He was named one of "Rolling Stone"' s Five Comics to Watch in 2012, and also has made standout appearances on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", "Conan", "The Late Late Show", "Last Comic Standing", Comedy Central, and Showtime.
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Wayne Federman Wayne Federman (born June 22, 1959) is an American comedian, actor, author, comedy writer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; a biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich; and supporting comedic acting roles in "The X-Files", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Community", "Legally Blonde", "50 First Dates", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", and "Step Brothers". He was the head monologue writer for NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in its first season.
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Woody Woodbury Robert “Woody” Woodbury (born February 9, 1924) is an American comedian, actor, television personality and talk show host. He is known for his best-selling comedy albums of risqué stories, most of which were released in the early 1960s. He was among the first standup comedians to receive a gold record.
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Rickey Smiley Broderick "Rickey" Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with the recipient of the call. He is the host of the nationally syndicated "Rickey Smiley Morning Show" based in Atlanta from its flagship affiliate WHTA "Hot 107.9". Smiley has starred in sitcom "The Rickey Smiley Show" which aired on TV One. He is also a featured columnist on the Fox-produced tabloid nationally-syndicated show "Dish Nation". In 2015, Smiley started appearing on "Rickey Smiley For Real", a reality television series about his life.
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Lombardo Boyar Lombardo Boyar is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian. On "The Bernie Mac Show", he had a recurring role as Chuy.
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The Dennis Day Show The Dennis Day Show is an American comedy/variety show that aired from 1953 to 1954 on NBC. The series stars singer and radio and television personality Dennis Day, whose career otherwise was rooted as a supporting cast member of the long-running "The Jack Benny Program" on CBS and later NBC.
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Howie Mandel Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor. He is known as host of the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal", as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts. In 1987, Mandel starred alongside Amy Steel in the comedy film "Walk Like a Man". Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere". He is also well known for being the creator and star of the children's cartoon "Bobby's World", as well as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent".