Essay on The King of Comedy Life of Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lee Rice was born on October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi. He was one of the eight children born to Joe and Eddie Rice. Jerry’s father often made him and his brothers his assistants in his work during summer. It was hard work but Jerry later thanked his father because it taught what work was. It wasn’t until high school when Jerry started playing

The reason he wanted to talk about Jackie Robinson is because he wanted that people know about him and how important person he was for many blacks because he wanted to show people how he felt proud to defend his race and he knew he had to do something for other people of his race so the America create equality for all races. It is incredible how even though he was black but he was accepted by the most of the Dodgers player. They forgot about his color but saw his as a player who was a winner, who had that charisma which nobody had and people liked him for

	Lucille Ball has made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America's best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, "Lucille Ball is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, but also a superb businesswoman, an excellent role model, and has won numerous awards.

George Lopez was born and raised in Mission Hills, California, and was abandoned by his father when he was two years old. George and his mother then moved into the home of his maternal

Even though Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb screened in the midst of the sobering Cold War, critics were keen on praising the film for its mastery of humor applied to such a sensitive matter. The film is exceedingly loaded with metaphors, innuendos, and allusions that nothing can be left undissected or taken for face value; the resulting effect is understood to be part of Kubrick’s multifarious theme. Kubrick has stated that what began as a “the basis for a serious film about accidental war ” eventually birthed an absurd and farcical classic comedy. The director fuses together irony, satire, and black humor to create a waggish piece but most of all the situation of the times and its

Sandler grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was born on September 9th, 1966. While this probably doesn't come as a surprise, Adam was the class clown throughout high school. What was surprising is that Adam never realized how useful his sense of humor would be. He got his start in stand-up comedy one night when he got and started performing at a Boston bar he frequently

An intense player, Lewis was known for hyping his teammates up for accomplishing a common goal. He had influences over teammates and fans, not only through his encouraging words, but actions as well. The way he could walk out of the tunnel and make a group of 100,000 people explode was unbelievable. His heart, desire, intensity, and determination inspired me. There is nobody I rather meet than the NFL linebacker Ray

The only way for transformation and ultimate character reformation is to go through Hell. On the other side of being tested to your limits, the potential for the man or woman you could be shines through and becomes who you are. John Lewis was a man that went through things everyday people would think are unimaginable in order to transform into who he is. There were no comfort zones for this man, and he came out the other side so much better for it. John Lewis had many influential events throughout his life that made him want to make a change; the ones that stand out the most are listening to Martin Luther King’s speech over the radio, his trip to Buffalo with his uncle, and his first arrest.

     Joe Louis was born in Alabama on May 13, 1914. He was the son of an Alabama sharecropper, the great grandson of a slave, and the great great grandson of a white slave owner.

Jackie was a phenomenal athlete for young kids to look up to. After the start of World War II he served in the military from 1942 to 1944. After the war he returned to his love for baseball, playing in the Black major leagues. He was chosen by Branch Rickey, vice president of the Brooklyn dodgers, to help integrate the Major Leagues. Rickey hated segregation just as much as Robinson and wanted to change things “Rickey had once seen a Black college player turned away from a hotel… Rickey never forgot seeing this player crying because he was denied a place to lay his weary head just because of the color of his skin” (Mackenzie). He was finally able to do something about segregation and help change baseball and the United States for the better. It wasn’t that all the teams were racist and didn’t want a black player but when the major league teams had an away game they would rent out the stadium to the black teams for them to play at. And the executives of teams didn’t want to loose the money that they were making off of the black teams. “League owners would lose significant rental revenue” (“Breaking”). He soon signed with the all-white Montreal Royals a farm team for the Dodgers. Robinson had an outstanding start with the Royals, “leading the International League with a .349 batting average and .985 fielding percentage” (Robinson). After Robinson’s outstanding year he was promoted to the Dodgers he played his first game on

Kevin Hart was born on July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for being a comedian doing stand-up comedy and for being an actor. He was raised by his mother, Nancy, and is the youngest of two boys. His father, Henry Hart, battled with cocaine addiction and was in and out of jail, so he was rarely around during Kevin Hart’s childhood. However, since Kevin’s childhood, his father has cleaned himself up and the two of them have reconnected. Kevin Hart took to comedy as a way to relieve himself from all of his pain that he endured during his childhood. He used humor as a coping mechanism to make everyone laugh about the situations that he has been through. “The jokes,” he has said on his stand-up, “come from a real experience” (biography.com editors). As a kid, he was really into stand-up comedy and comedians. Hart named Chris Tucker and J.B. Smoove as the most influential comedians to him. Soon after he graduated from high school, he had begun to work as a stand-up comedian. He traveled to New York City, Brockton, Massachusetts and Los Angeles. He started off doing stand-up comedy in small clubs with his stage name as ‘Lil’ Kev the Bastard’. He won several amateur stand-up performances, which encouraged him to perform in clubs around the country. ABC gave Hart his own sitcom called The Big House, which was cancelled after only six episodes. Hart did not sit with that loss, instead he rebounded quickly. He starred in various movies such as Soul Plane, The

lives. Which is shown in this quote said by Jackie Robinson, “A life is not important except in the impact it has on others' lives.” He had a great impact on many peoples lives successfully completing his life goal.

Ever since 1997, South Park has revolutionized the cable TV scene as a profane and obscene program that isn’t afraid to mock religious, political, and cultural topics and not get away with at least offending somebody. Throughout its twelve seasons, some of the most prominent events in pop culture have suffered the wrath of ridicule from the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and succeeded in making millions of Americans laugh until they cry. The creative genius behind these cultural and controversial statements has exalted the series to iconic status in our entertainment industry for its satirical voice in each episode. Throughout its ten years on air, South Park has broken multiple political,

Seinfeld is one of those iconic shows to ever air on TV. It is one of those shows that everyone has either seen or heard of in their lifetime and for good reason. Seinfeld first aired on July 5th, 1989, and was first produced to be a comedy regarding every day relatable life events. The star of the show, Jerry Seinfeld, who is a comedian, was cast in order to put a funny spin on everyday life situations. It took place in New York in the late 1980’s and the 1990’s. Seinfeld started out as just another show on TV but grew in popularity and eventually became a common name in almost every household in the United States during the 1990’s. Today, Seinfeld is seen and remembered as one of the most iconic and popular TV shows to ever air. The show's plot was

Research Question: How does His Girl Friday stay within the bounds of the Hays Code while challenging the culture of censorship in United States?