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via National Comedy Center and Jonas PR: TIME magazine names the National Comedy Center as one of the World’s Greatest Places, selecting it as one of only nine U.S. attractions to experience and visit right now
Jamestown, NY — August 22, 2019 — The National Comedy Center was named one of TIME magazine‘s “World’s Greatest Places” in the publication’s Sept. 2, 2019 cover story, just out today online and on newsstands tomorrow. The National Comedy Center was selected as “one … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan and Robin Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Allan Sherman, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Bill Marx, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, charles schumer, chuck schumer, Dan Aykroyd, Desilu Too, Ellen DeGeneres, Ernie Kovacs, Fran Drescher, George Carlin, George Carline, George Schlatter, George Shapiro, George Shapiro and Jerry Seinfeld, Harold Ramis, Harpo Marx Family, Jamestown, Jamestown Lucille Ball, Jamestown New York, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, John Dingell Jr., Jolene Brand, Jonathan Winters, Journey Gunderson, Kamau Bell, Kelly Carlin, Kelly Carlin and the George Carlin estate, kirsten gillibrand, Laraine Newman, Laugh-In, Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, National Comedy Center, National Comedy Center World's Greatest Places, NBC Universal, paramount pictures, Ray Romano, Rose Marie, Rusty Warren, Shelley Berman, the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams estate, The Garry Shandling Estate, The Harold Ramis Family, The Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, The Smothers Brothers, Time magazine, Time Magazine National Comedy Center, Time magazine Worlds Greatest Places, Tom Benson, tom reed, Trevor Noah, Warner Bros. Corporate Archive
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via National Comedy Center and Jonas PR: The National Comedy Center Honors Lucille Ball on the 30th Anniversary of Her Passing with a New Initiative to Digitally Preserve the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum Archives
Jamestown, New York – April 26, 2019 – As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of Lucille Ball, the new National Comedy Center — a state-of-the-art museum in Jamestown, New York that embodies Ball’s vision for a destination for the celebration … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Schumer, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Dick Van Dyke Show, Ellen DeGeneres, First Couple of Comedy, first female television executive, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, Journey Gunderson, largest independent television production company in the United States, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Mission: Impossible, National Comedy Center, New York, Paula Poundstone, Ray Romano, Star Trek, The Andy Griffith Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Jack Benny Program, The Lucy Show, The Smothers Brothers, The Untouchables, Trevor Noah
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via National Comedy Center: It’s Official: Congress formally designates the National Comedy Center as America’s official cultural institution dedicated to the art of comedy
March 12, 2019 — The National Comedy Center, located in Lucille Ball’s home of Jamestown, NY, was formally designated today as the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of comedy. In a tremendous bi-partisan show of support, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan and Robin Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Allan Sherman, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Bill Marx, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, charles schumer, chuck schumer, Dan Aykroyd, Desilu Too, Ellen DeGeneres, Ernie Kovacs, Fran Drescher, George Carlin, George Carline, George Schlatter, George Shapiro, George Shapiro and Jerry Seinfeld, Harold Ramis, Harpo Marx Family, Jamestown, Jamestown Lucille Ball, Jamestown New York, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, John Dingell Jr., Jolene Brand, Jonathan Winters, Journey Gunderson, Kamau Bell, Kelly Carlin, Kelly Carlin and the George Carlin estate, kirsten gillibrand, Laraine Newman, Laugh-In, Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, National Comedy Center, NBC Universal, paramount pictures, Ray Romano, Rose Marie, Rusty Warren, Shelley Berman, the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams estate, The Garry Shandling Estate, The Harold Ramis Family, The Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, The Smothers Brothers, Tom Benson, tom reed, Trevor Noah, Warner Bros. Corporate Archive
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via Jonas Public Relations: Carl Reiner donates items from his career to the National Comedy Center, including the toupee he wore while playing Alan Brady on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Items from the remarkable career of Carl Reiner, including the hairpiece that he famously wore while portraying Alan Brady on The Dick Van Dyke Show, will join more than seventy-five comedy artifacts in the galleries of the National Comedy Center, which will … Continue reading
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via @latimes: Acquisition of the archives of Shelley Berman by the fledgling National Comedy Center ensures that the groundbreaking comedian will be remembered by future generations
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-mn-classic-hollywood-shelley-berman-20180314-story.html and http://www.tvconfidential.net/profiles/blogs/via-jonas-public-relations-national-comedy-center-acquires-the-ar Please follow and like us:
