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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Laughs We Needed
The Laughs We Needed originally appeared on L.A. Mag. I remember the first time I fell in love with comedy—not just the laughs, but the making of a kid, I went with my family to see The Cannonball Run in the theaters. I remember enjoying it, though at 8 years old, a lot of the jokes went over my head. What stuck with me most came after the movie: the end credits.A blooper reel of Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise cracking each other up. Missed cues, slapstick stumbles, muffled giggles that exploded into uncontrollable laughing was the moment I knew I wanted to be part of whatever that was. There's something uniquely powerful about comedy—especially from an ensemble cast. It doesn't just entertain us; it becomes a reliable shows and movies fill dorm rooms and hospital waiting rooms, light up bar TVs on first dates, and play during midnight reruns when you can't sleep. They meet us in breakups, boredom, and burnout... and they make us feel it's Arrested Development, Anchorman, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, or Ted Lasso, the best ensemble comedies create a kind of gravity. They pull us in. They make us feel like part of the group—like we're hanging on the couch at Central Perk or grabbing a drink at often, what we remember most isn't the plot, but the feeling—that rhythm when the cast clicks. The scene where someone breaks character and everyone else tries not to lose it. Saturday Night Live is never funnier than when the cast themselves start to crack. There's a phrase people always say after a great comedy:"They must've had so much fun making that."We never say that about thrillers or dramas. We say it when the joy on set seeps through the screen. When the chemistry is real, and the camaraderie is contagious. When it feels like the cast is having just as much fun as we Ghostbusters to Superbad, MASH* to Parks and Rec, there's a kind of magic when the process becomes part of the product. Even if it's messy, even if it's rough around the edges, you feel the joy. You want to stay in that world just a little The Office's Andy Bernard once put it: 'I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.' Nostalgia has a way of making everything feel like the good times are all behind us—forever locked away in re-runs and start to wonder: Do they still make them like that anymore? Every so often, something new comes along that gives you that old feeling. Not because it's copying what came before... but because it shares its spirit. A little chaotic. A lot joyful. And full of people who genuinely seem to enjoy making each other summer, a YouTube series called Shanked quietly fits that at a barely-functional L.A. country club teetering on the edge of hosting a major PGA event, the show feels like a cousin of Caddyshack and Eastbound & Down—but with a modern, creator-led has the feeling of a camera, a golf course, and a group of comedians and creators trying to make something weird and isn't that how the best ones always start? You never know where the biggest laughs will come C. Reilly and Will Ferrell destroying each other in Step infamous bridal boutique blowout in if you've ever seen it, you'll never forget Chuckles the Clown's funeral on The Mary Tyler Moore finds us when we need it. It doesn't promise to fix everything. But it reminds us we're not alone. That someone else saw the absurdity—and loved it just as much. A good comedy, made by a cast with the right intentions, is one of the most generous things you can share. You laugh, and then you want others to laugh with you. That's the power of don't have to be on the set to be part of the experience—you just have to be becomes your own little own inside own that's the magic we need to keep be told, I had nothing to do with the making of Shanked.I just thought I'd share the laughs... and lend a hand to a group that's in it for the right reasons and armed with the best intentions. ShankedPremiering June 13 on YouTube, Shanked is a new ensemble comedy set in an unhinged Los Angeles country club on the brink of hosting a PGA Tour by and starring digital-native comedians including James Lynch, Patrick Farley, Mikey Smith, Laura Clery, Blake Webber, Mitsy Sanderson, and Dylan Adler, the series is directed by Adam Newacheck (Workaholics) and Christian Breslauer (Industry Baby), and produced by London Alley. This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag on Jun 13, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ruth Buzzi dead at 88: 70s comedienne was best known for TV's Laugh-In with Goldie Hawn
Seventies comedienne Ruth Buzzi has died at the age of 88. She passed away on Monday at her home in Texas while under hospice, it was reported on her official Facebook page. The star was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2012 and was disabled from a stroke in 2022. The comedienne was best known for starring in the NBC variety sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In which aired from 1968 to 1973. The show won her a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations. Her costar was Goldie Hawn. Ruth also appeared on several popular TV shows such as Days of Our Lives, The Carol Burnett Show, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Berenstain Bears, The Pink Panther and 1976's Freaky Friday. Her last acting credit was a starring role in the 2021 movie One Month Out. Ruth's close friends were a who's who of the 1970s: Lucille Ball, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Marlo Thomas and Johnny Carson. Buzzi was born in Rhode Island and raised in Stonington, Connecticut. Her first job was with singer Rudy Vallee in a live musical and comedy act when she was only 19-years-old and still a student. She moved to New York City after graduation from college then worked alongside Barbra Streisand, Joan Rivers, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, and Carol Burnett. Ruth also appeared in numerous television commercials. Her first big TV role was on The Garry Moore Show in 1964 with Dom DeLuise. The star then appeared on The Entertainers (1964–65). In 1966–67, she appeared in Sweet Charity with Bob Fosse's wife Gwen Verdon in the original cast. Next came The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, a variety series starring Steve Allen. And then she landed a part on her biggest show: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In where she played Flicker Farkle; Busy-Buzzi; Doris Swizzler; and one of the Burbank Airlines Stewardesses. She could also be seen on That Girl as Marlo Thomas' friend Margie Peterson. Buzzi also guest-starred as Chloe, the wife of phone company worker Henry Beesmeyer (Marvin Kaplan) on Alice in 1981. She was also a guest star on Down to Earth in 1985. Dean Martin's producer Greg Garrison hired her for his comedy specials starring Dom DeLuise. And she popped up on Donny & Marie, The Flip Wilson Show, The Dean Martin Music and Comedy Hour, the Dean Martin Roasts, The Carol Burnett Show, Tony Orlando and Dawn, The Monkees, Emergency!, and variety series hosted by Leslie Uggams and by Glen Campbell. She also appeared occasionally on game shows and was a celebrity judge on The Gong Show. And she was on Lucille Ball's last comedy Life with Lucy as Mrs. Wilcox in the episode Lucy Makes a Hit. She appeared eight times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. And Ruth showed up on Sesame Street in 1993 as shopkeeper, Ruthie. Later, she was seen on Saved by the Bell, The Muppet Show, Passions and Come on Over. She had featured roles in more than 20 films, including Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, Freaky Friday, The North Avenue Irregulars, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Villain, The Being, Surf II, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. Buzzi lived with her husband, actor Kent Perkins, on a 600-acre cattle and horse ranch near Stephenville, Texas. The TV veteran was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2012. In July 2022, it was reported that Buzzi had suffered a series of strokes. Buzzi died at her home in her sleep in hospice care in Stephenville, Texas on May 1, 2025 from complications of Alzheimer's disease, at the age of 88.
