TVparty!: 2013-07-07

Friday, July 12, 2013

LaWanda Page's Dirty Filthy (Funny) Standup Act

Was there anything funnier than Redd Foxx's battles with 'Aunt Ester' aka LaWanda Page? Not for me.

'The Queen of Comedy' LaWanda Page was a nightclub comic with a decidedly dirty act, here's a bit from one of her comedy albums, a blue streak of dirty jokes. NSFW!

From another raunchy LaWanda Page comedy album, Preach On Sister, Preach On!

More Classic TV fun at TVparty!

Monday, July 8, 2013

1981 Apple II Ad with Dick Cavett

Apparently it took 8-10 takes and the next day Dick Cavett said he had the worst case of constipation because of eating so many apples. According to the Ad Agency Dick was wonderful to work with, and had a high level of respect for Steve Jobs and what Apple was doing.

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In 2002 he released the best-selling book 'TVparty: Television’s Untold Tales' to rave reviews from around the world. He wrote and starred in a series for VH1, 'Super Secret TV Formulas', and two series on Bravo along with 'The Christmas Special Christmas Special'.

Billy Ingram produced, art directed, and conducted and transcribed hundreds of interviews to craft the storyline for 'Beyond Our Wildest Dreams', an oral history of Las Vegas in the 1970s. He produced the Eisner Award nominated book 'Dear John: The Alex Toth Book' and authored the 2013 memoir 'Punk' about his experience in 1980 covering the Punk music scene in East LA.

He was a designer on some of the most successful Academy Award campaigns, film trailers, and movie posters of all time, for stars like Harrison Ford, Barbra Streisand, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg and many others.

An internationally acclaimed actor, internet pioneer, artist, and writer, Billy Ingram starred in the 2011 indie motion picture 'Swimming in a Lake of Fire'.