WITH ONE-MAN SHOW, LOCAL PROFESSOR FINDS SOLIDARITY WITH LECH WALESA
A year ago, Polish-born Jaroslaw Stremien returned to his native land to meet the already-legendary Lech Walesa. Tonight, after years of work and the growth of a new mustache, Stremien will become Lech Walesa.His one-man show, "I, Lech Walesa," opens tonight at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, where Stremien is associate professor of theater. Whatever the power of the script, which Stremien has cut, revised and directed from a commissioned work...
STANHOPE STAND-UP MAKES 'MAN SHOW' KID STUFF
RUDE, CRUDE DUDE TO TAKE NO PRISONERS AT IMPROV
Doug Stanhope and Joe Rogan took over Comedy Central's The Man Show from Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla earlier this year. Already, the show's mood has changed. If Kimmel and Carolla were cheerfully buzzed frat guys, Stanhope and Rogan are two pals nearing the end of a three-day bender. It's Animal House vs. Leaving Las Vegas."It's constantly a fight trying to get darker material in," Stanhope says, though the show...
Despite raunchy humor, scantily clad dance squad, fans say 'Man Show' is all in good fun
(*#_Company_Name_#*) LOS ANGELES -- Through collaborating with one another on "The Man Show," comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla have made one major discovery: short people are the key to television ratings. "As men, we like people who are shorter than we are," Carolla said in a recent interview.Currently, "The Man Show" features a midget named Art in every episode, along with beer guzzling, dancing midgets, and...
YOU'VE GOT MALE NEW SERIES ON COMEDY CENTRAL CELBRATES THE MASCULINE MYSTIQUE
IN THEIR NEW Comedy Central series The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel (Win Ben Stein's Money) and Adam Carolla (MTV's Loveline) present a tongue-in-cheek take on manliness in the late 1990s.The series, which will make its debut at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, is made up of sketch comedy, man-on-the-street interviews, and recurring segments with such titles as "House-hold Hints from Adult Film Stars," "Great Moments in Stupidity" and...