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Richard Hall

Photo By Sam Cali - Tower Theatre
Upper Darby, PA - May 3rd, 1986
Born June 10, 1954 (1954-06-10) (age 54)
Alexandria, Virginia,
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Occupation Stand-up comedian
Partner Karen Eva

Rich Hall (born 10 June 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia)[1] is an American comedian and writer. Richard Hall may refer to Richard Hall (footballer Richard Hall (speedway rider Richard Hall (musician, Jamaican Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Alexandria is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was a writer and performer on the sketch comedy TV series Fridays, Not Necessarily the News, and Saturday Night Live. Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long Not Necessarily the News was a satirical sketch comedy series that ran on HBO from 1983 to 1990 Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City He has appeared several times on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and on the comedy panel show QI. The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC In traditional Chinese culture, qi (zh [[wikt氣 氣]] Pinyin qì, Wade-Giles ch'i Jyutping

In 1986, he had his own Showtime channel special, Vanishing America, which was turned into a book with the same title. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United

He hosted a talk show during The Comedy Channel's 1990-1991 season, entitled Rich Hall's Onion World. The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television

(Photo of Rich Hall is from May 3rd, 1986 - 94 WYSP-FM Philadelphia, PA - All Day Live Radio Broadcast promoting the then upcoming "Hands Across America" Event on May 26th, 1986 - Photo By Sam Cali)

Rich Hall invented the term "sniglet" (if not the concept) and collected and published several volumes of them:


He is widely considered to be the inspiration for Moe Szyslak from The Simpsons. A sniglet is a Neologism defined as "any word that doesn't appear in the dictionary but should" Moe Szyslak (ˈsɪzlæk is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. Matt Groening has stated as much in interviews. Matthew Abram Groening (ˈɡreɪnɪŋ GRAY-ning) (born February 15 1954 is an American Cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland [2]

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United Kingdom

Outside of his homeland, Hall has also achieved popularity in the United Kingdom, where he once lived. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Despite relocating there on filming purposes, he has since relocated to Montana, United States. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern Hall is a regular guest on popular BBC panel quiz shows. In 2000, he won the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, in the guise of his own grizzled uncle, Otis Lee Crenshaw, the much-convicted country music singer. The ifcomedy awards, formerly the Perrier comedy awards, are a group of prizes awarded annually to comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. He has released several albums and a concert movie as this character. In 2004, he published a book of the man's memoirs, entitled Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society, and has recently finished a screenplay for a film based on the book, written for the director Mel Smith. Mel Smith (born in Chiswick, London on 3 December, 1952) is an English Comedian, Actor, Film director [3]

In 2004, he appeared as part of Jack Dee's Jack Dee Live at the Apollo series to perform a stand-up routine. Jack Dee (born James Andrew Innes Dee, 24 September 1962 is an English Stand-up comedian, Actor and Writer, best known for his Live at the Apollo (formerly titled Jack Dee Live at the Apollo) is a British Stand-up comedy programme performed from the The appearance achieved some cult status due to his line of jokes about Tom Cruise, and the perceivable similarities between many of his roles. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer

In 2006, Rich wrote and acted in a play called Levelland at the Edinburgh Festival. Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural Festivals which take place during August each year in Edinburgh,

He has had three BBC TV series of his own: Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank, Rich Hall's Fishing Show in 2003, and Rich Hall's Cattle Drive in 2006, as well as a one off programme about the 2004 American Presidential Elections, Rich Hall's Election Special. Rich Hall's Fishing Show is a Comedy programme written by and starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. Rich Hall's Cattle Drive is a Television Sitcom starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States.

He regularly appears as a guest on comedy panel game programmes, such as Have I Got News for You, QI[4], 8 out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks[5][6] to major critical acclaim. A panel game is a Game show, particularly popular in the United Kingdom, in which a panel of celebrities compete — either in teams or individually Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. In traditional Chinese culture, qi (zh [[wikt氣 氣]] Pinyin qì, Wade-Giles ch'i Jyutping 8 out of 10 Cats is a television comedy Panel game made by Zeppotron (a Subsidiary of Endemol) for Channel 4. Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a Comedy Panel game show with a pop and Rock music theme currently presented by Simon Amstell He also appeared on the BBC Two programme Top Gear, where he successfully managed to make a song about a Rover 25 car, much to the enjoyment of the audience and the host, Jeremy Clarkson. Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi- NTA and International Emmy Award -winning BBC Television series about motor vehicles mainly Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960 is an English broadcaster After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Hall was entrusted with the task of responding to the tragedy on the first subsequent edition of Have I Got News for You.

In 2007, he returned to the Fringe with his second play, Best Western, which he wrote and directed.

Appearances

He also made an Irish TV appearance as a guest on the fifth series of RTÉ's topical news comedy program, Don't Feed The Gondolas, and appears at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival every year as well as the Galway comedy festival the last number of years

He has also achieved some popularity in Australia, regularly appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and also on Australian comedy panel shows, like The Glass House and Spicks and Specks. Don't Feed The Gondolas was an Irish Television Quiz show on RTÉ, similar in format to the BBC 's Have I Got The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival is a Comedy Festival held each year in Kilkenny, Ireland For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF is held each April in a number of venues across Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Glass House was a half-hour Australian Comedy Talk show which screened on the ABC from 2001 to 2006 Spicks and Specks is an Australian music-themed television quiz show with a humorous streak

Rich appeared, albeit briefly, in the 2006 Cheap Seats (ESPNCL) episode titled "Steve Garvey Celebrity Skiing". He was also at the Garvey 1989 Celebrity Ski Classic.

Celebrities impersonated on SNL

Discography

  1. 2001 London Not Tennessee, with the Black Liars
  2. 2003 How Do We Do It? Volume!

Books

  1. 1984 Sniglets (Snig'Lit: Any Word That Doesn't Appear in the Dictionary, but Should), ISBN 0-02-012530-5
  2. 1985 More Sniglets: Any Word That Doesn't Appear in the Dictionary, but Should
  3. 1986 Unexplained Sniglets of the Universe
  4. 1986 Rich Hall's Vanishing America, ISBN 0-02-547480-4
  5. 1987 Angry Young Sniglets (1987)
  6. 1989 When Sniglets Ruled the Earth (1989)
  7. 1994 Self Help for the Bleak: Attaboy Therapy, ISBN 0-8431-3669-3
  8. 2002 Things Snowball, ISBN 0-349-11576-1
  9. 2004 Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society, ISBN 0-349-11818-3

References

  1. ^ "Biography for Rich Hall (I)". Douglas James Henning (May 3 1947 &ndash February 7 2000 was a Canadian magician, Illusionist and Escape artist. Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24 1945 popularly known by his Ring name Mr Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football Quarterback. Bernard Hugo Goetz, known as Bernhard or Bernie (born November 7, 1947) was dubbed the "Subway Vigilante" by the New York press Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger ( August 18, 1917 &ndash March 28, 2006) was an American politician and Secretary Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918) better known as Paul Harvey, is an American Radio broadcaster for the Mark Goodman (born October 11) is a Radio DJ, TV personality and Actor. Mark William Calaway (born March 24 1965 is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name The Undertaker. Michael David Adamle (born October 4 1949) is a sports personality and former National Football League player Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame". QI.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
  3. ^ "Acclaimed stand-up comedian Rich Hall makes light of life", Visitor. co. uk, 28 February 2007. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  4. ^ "Filmography by TV series for Rich Hall (I): 'QI' (14 episodes)". IMDb. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
  5. ^ "Rich Hall, Amy Winehouse, Mike Peters, Fearne Cotton". Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a Comedy Panel game show with a pop and Rock music theme currently presented by Simon Amstell BBC. 2004-03-08. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. No. 10, season 14.
  6. ^ "Rich Hall, Amy Winehouse, Mike Peters, Fearne Cotton". TV.com. TVcom is a website owned by CNET Networks. The service was launched on June 1 2005 and replaced the popular TV Tome website Retrieved on 2007-08-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.

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