Rick Newman, the founder of New York City’s hugely influential Catch a Rising Star comedy club that provided a training ground for the stand-up comics who would change the landscape of entertainment in the 1970s, died Feb. 20 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81.
His wife Krysi Newman told The Washington Post that he died of pancreatic cancer.
Among the comics who began or developed their careers on the Rising Star’s Upper East Side stage are Jerry Seineld, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Richard Lewis, Andy Kaufman, Freddie Prinze, Robert Klein, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler. Larry David, Elayne Boosler, Rodney Dangerfield, Jay Leno, Joy Behar and Ray Romano.
One of the performers most associated with Catch a Rising Star was Richard Belzer, the longtime host of the club who died Feb. 19, just a day before Newman.
Newman, tweeted Billy Crystal, “gave me and so many our starts as stand ups.
His wife Krysi Newman told The Washington Post that he died of pancreatic cancer.
Among the comics who began or developed their careers on the Rising Star’s Upper East Side stage are Jerry Seineld, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Richard Lewis, Andy Kaufman, Freddie Prinze, Robert Klein, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler. Larry David, Elayne Boosler, Rodney Dangerfield, Jay Leno, Joy Behar and Ray Romano.
One of the performers most associated with Catch a Rising Star was Richard Belzer, the longtime host of the club who died Feb. 19, just a day before Newman.
Newman, tweeted Billy Crystal, “gave me and so many our starts as stand ups.
- 2/24/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
On April 8th, 1988, Columbia Records released Rodney Crowell’s breakthrough album, Diamonds & Dirt. Having released his debut LP Ain’t Living Long Like This a full decade earlier for Warner Bros., the former guitarist in Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band had, in his estimation, finally made a record his father would enjoy. While his earlier efforts veered into rock & roll territory, Diamonds & Dirt was a sharp, focused — but never pandering — stab at widespread commercial acceptance. How widespread was that acceptance? Five consecutive Number One singles. . . a full 50% of the original album’s 10 cuts.
- 4/8/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 6, Episode 6 of AMC's "Mad Men," titled "For Immediate Release."
It was a triumphant "Mad Mad" moment in Sunday night's episode when the combined forces of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler Gleason & Chaough landed a new Chevy account. But it turns out the top-secret new car, which Roger referred to by its model number -- the Chevy 887 -- has a tragic history. The model that would later be known as the Chevy Vega is remembered as one of General Motors' biggest lemons ever.
Like the star it was named after, the Chevy Vega shone brightly in its early days, winning Motor Trend's Car of the Year in 1971. But it would go on to be plagued by a multitude of problems that resulted in the car's production being halted in 1977. In a 2008 article in the U.S. News & World Report,...
It was a triumphant "Mad Mad" moment in Sunday night's episode when the combined forces of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler Gleason & Chaough landed a new Chevy account. But it turns out the top-secret new car, which Roger referred to by its model number -- the Chevy 887 -- has a tragic history. The model that would later be known as the Chevy Vega is remembered as one of General Motors' biggest lemons ever.
Like the star it was named after, the Chevy Vega shone brightly in its early days, winning Motor Trend's Car of the Year in 1971. But it would go on to be plagued by a multitude of problems that resulted in the car's production being halted in 1977. In a 2008 article in the U.S. News & World Report,...
- 5/6/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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