The Celebrities

Wayne Brady is perhaps one of the funniest stand up comedy performers & comedic actors on TV. His hilarious improvisational antics, paired with his ability to impersonate just about anyone, have won the laughs of many Americans on ABC's hit comedy series "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Now, the two-time Emmy nominated Brady brings those same talents and more to his hit syndicated talk/variety show, "The Wayne Brady Show," for Buena Vista Television.

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A repertory member of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE since the 1986-87 season, Dana Carvey left in 1992 after seven seasons. Dana Carvey is best known for his characters the Church Lady; Hans, of the Hans and Franz bodybuilding duo; Garth, Wayne Campbell's (Mike Myers) "Excellent Co-host" on the immensely popular sketch "Wayne's World," and Weekend Update's Grumpy Old Man. In addition to these characters, Dana has received widespread praise for his uncanny comedic impersonations of such political figures as Ex-President George Bush, H. Ross Perot, Jerry Brown, David Duke and Bob Dole. He also does impersonations of George Burns, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, John McLaughlin, Mickey Rooney, Casey Casem and Regis Philbin making it dificult for other stand up comedy performers to match his impersonation talent.

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Bill Cosby is, by any standards, one of the most influential stars and stand up comedy performers in America today. Whether it be through concert appearances or recordings, television or films, commercials or education, Bill Cosby has the ability to touch people's lives.

His humor often centers on the basic cornerstones of our existence, seeking to provide an insight into our roles as parents, children, family members, and men and women.

Without resorting to gimmickry or lowbrow humor, Bill Cosby's comedy has a point of reference and respect for the trappings and traditions of the great American humorists such as Charlie Chaplin, Will Rogers, W.C. Fields and Groucho Marx. Bill Cosby continues to be a favorite pick as a corporate celebrity entertainer.

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Wayne Cotter is a favorite of the talk shows, having appeared dozens of times with both David Letterman and Jay Leno. With Leno, he also appears in a recurring role as a roving reporter for The Tonight Show. A top nationally touring talent above many stand up comedy performers, Wayne hosted the Fox Television Network series "Comic Strip Live" for many years, and was seen in the feature film "Spy Hard." He has also been nominated as "Best Standup Comedian" in the American Comedy Awards, and has appeared in numerous cable television specials.

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Ellen DeGeneres starred in, produced, and created ABC's groundbreaking TV series "Ellen." The comic actress made history when her on-screen persona, Ellen Morgan, became the first gay leading character on television. The show's artful balance of humor and sensitivity garnered record ratings for the network, earned DeGeneres an Emmy Award for the show's writing, and landed the performer on the cover of Time magazine.

Ellen made her network stand-up debut for host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in 1986 and followed with a CableACE nomination in 1989 for Command Performance: One Night Stand on HBO along with the comedy specials Women of the Night and Young Comedian's Reunion. Highly respected by her peers, she was named Best Female Comedy Club Stand-up at the 1991 American Comedy Awards. All this makes her ideal to choose among several stand up comedy performers for high profile engagements.

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They defy labels, and at times, good taste. They've performed together for more than 25 years; skewering the genre of magic, their sold-out audiences, and themselves -- very often all at the same time, within one mind-boggling evening.

And along the way, corporate comedians Penn & Teller have made the hardest trick of all - a remarkable career that ranges from stage to television to three best-selling books - look easy. And they've done it all on their own, distinctively offbeat terms.

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Brian Regan's corporate comedy bridges the continental divides of age and race. All people, young and old, male and female, and from every corner of the earth, enjoy tapping into the universality of Brian Regan's show. Regan is unique from many corporate stand up comedy performers in that his peculiar observations from things seemingly simple keep fans coming back time and time again for updates from Brian's unique comedy world.

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Paul F. Tompkins is from Philadelphia, PA, where he started performing stand-up comedy in 1986. In 1994 he moved to Hollywood, CA, where he met comic actor Jay Johnston, with whom he crafted the live sketch show The Skates. This led Paul to a stint as a writer and performer on HBO's Mr. Show With Bob and David, where he was nominated for an Emmy award for writing. Paul also wrote and starred in his own one-man show, Driven To Drink, which can still be seen on HBO. Despoite all this, he still manages make time to perform excellent standup that puts him in the same category as many great corporate stand up comedy performers.

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