The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by a man from what family of entertainers?
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The Underground (TV series) The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the show as ""In Living Color" on steroids." The show features raunchy, sexist, and racist behavior, and as Wayans states in his opening monologue, "We decided to test the limits."
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Damon Wayans Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. ( ; born September 4, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer, and member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a yearlong stint on the sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live", although his true breakthrough came as a co-creator and performer on his own sketch comedy show, "In Living Color", from 1990 to 1992. Since then he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including "The Last Boy Scout" and "Major Payne", and the sitcom "My Wife and Kids".
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Guy Torry Robert "Guy" Torry (born January 12, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry.
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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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Andy Gross Andy Gross (born Andrew Gross on May 10, 1968) is an American former professional racquetball player, now a touring comedian, ventriloquist, magician, and illusionist. He is known for his television and film appearances, and for his live touring show called "Andy Gross's MindBoggling Variety Show".
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Tommy Cannon Thomas Derbyshire, known professionally as Tommy Cannon (born 27 June 1938), is an English comedian and singer. He is best knows as the straight man of comedy double act Cannon and Ball, along with Bobby Ball. He is most well known for the show "The Cannon and Ball Show".
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Maxon Crumb Maxon Crumb (born 1945) is an American artist. He is the younger brother of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and Charles Crumb, and the uncle of Sophie Crumb. He also had two sisters, Carol DeGennaro and Sandra Colorado (1946-1998), who was the widow of writer Marty Pahls, a friend of Robert Crumb. His parents are Charles Crumb and Beatrice Crumb.
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Phil Hartman Philip Edward "Phil" Hartman (September 24, 1948May 28, 1998; born Hartmann) was a Canadian-American actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family moved to the United States in 1958. After graduating from California State University, Northridge, with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands like Poco and America. Hartman joined the comedy group The Groundlings in 1975 and there helped comedian Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the screenplay for the film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show "Pee-wee's Playhouse".
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David Strassman David "Dave" Strassman (born September 6, 1957) is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian. He is best known for his ventriloquism act with Chuck Wood and Ted E. Bare.
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My Spy Family My Spy Family is a live action family comedy series created by Paul Alexander that was aired on: Boomerang in UK, TG4 in Ireland, Panda Biggs in Portugal, and Cartoon Network in France, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Romania, and South Africa. It is produced by Kindle Entertainment and Cartoon Network Europe. All the music is written by Glenn Keiles excluding some songs heard in the "Intelligence Agency Cafe", these have been co-written with other song writers.
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Bobby Alto Robert Altomare (October 30, 1938 - April 28, 2012), known professionally as Bobby Alto, was an American actor, comedian and performer. He and Buddy Mantia made up the Brooklyn-based comedy team "Alto & Mantia". They performed on both "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (original air date September 6, 1971) and "Toast of the Town" with Ed Sullivan (original air date October 20, 1968). Alto and Mantia also teamed with Marvin Braverman as the comedy team "The Untouchables."
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Tommy Chong Thomas B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, and cannabis rights activist who is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's "That '70s Show". He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s.
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Undercover Dads! Undercover Dads is a cult British television programme popular with both kids and adults. It first aired on BBC2 and CBBC in 2009. Presented by comedian, actor and puppeteer Dave Chapman ("The Slammer, The Thick Of It, Shooting Stars, Dick and Dom In Da Bungalow"), the show challenges a hard-working dad to get to know his kids, bring his family closer together and win them prizes...by dressing up as made-up TV expert 'Mega Nanny' and spending two whole days in their company without them realising it.
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Brian Miner Brian Daniel Miner (born March 27, 1981) is an American comedian and satirist. He is known for his co-creation of the live sketch comedy series "The Crippling Thoughts of Victor Bonesteel" along with fellow writer and comedian Bryan Finnigan  .
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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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Jack Benny Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would claim to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.
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David Cross David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director and writer, known primarily for his stand-up performances, the HBO sketch comedy series "Mr. Show", and his role as Tobias Fünke in the sitcom "Arrested Development". Cross created, wrote, executive produced, and starred in "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret", developed and had a prominent role in "Freak Show", appeared on "Modern Family", portrayed Ian Hawke in the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" film franchise, and voiced Crane in the "Kung Fu Panda" film franchise.
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Jim Henson James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, and filmmaker who achieved international fame as the creator of the Muppets. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in Leland, Mississippi, and Hyattsville, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets while attending high school. While he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, he created "Sam and Friends", a five-minute sketch-comedy puppet show that appeared on television. After graduating from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics, he produced coffee advertisements and developed some experimental films. Henson founded Muppets Inc. in 1958 (which would later become the Jim Henson Company).
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Doug Yule Douglas Alan Yule (born February 25, 1947) is an American musician and singer, most notable for being a member of the Velvet Underground from 1968 to 1973.
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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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Jonathan Miller Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller, CBE (born 21 July 1934) is an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist, and medical doctor. While training in medicine, and specialising in neurology, in the late 1950s, he first came to prominence in the early 1960s with his role in the comedy revue "Beyond the Fringe" with fellow writers and performers Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.
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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.