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By Kliph Nesteroff - - - "I know a lot of you white people have never seen an Indian do stand-up comedy before," joked Charlie Hill on "The Richard Pryor Show" in 1977. "Like, for so long, you probably thought that Indians never had a sense of humor. We never thought you were too funny either." Hills TV debut, making him the first indigenous comedian in prime time, is one of the milestones that Kliph Nesteroff chronicles in "We Had a Little Real Estate Problem," an illuminating and stereotype-b...

Hendra (2004): ‘extraordinary; a truly great satirist’ Credit: Tina Fineberg/AP Photo Tony Hendra, who has died aged 79, was one of the most brilliant satirists of the post-war period. He formed the link between the Cambridge Footlights team, in which he collaborated with John Cleese and Graham Chapman, and American institutions such as the satirical magazine National Lampoon and the NBC show Saturday Night Live where he was instrumental in launching the careers of John Belushi and Chevy C...

Here are a few quirky stories for you to enjoy from the Telegraph & Argus archives. RODNEY MARSH v BRADFORD Bradford Citys arch critic Rodney Marsh urged people to raise as much money as possible through his charity head shave. The former England star had his golden locks shorn on the Valley Parade pitch before Bradford Citys match against Leicester City in August 2000 as a penance for wrongly predicting that the Bantams would be relegated the previous season. The then Sky TV pundit, wh...

Comedian Tony Hendra who played the band manager in musical mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap has died at the age of 79 Comedian Tony Hendra who played the band manager in musical mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap has died at the age of 79. The British satirist, whose roles included top editing positions at magazines such as National Lampoon and Spy, died on Thursday in Yonkers, New York. His wife, Carla Meisner, told the New York Times the cause of death was Lou Gehrigs disease, which the writer w...

Actor Tony Hendra, best known for his role as manager Ian Faith in 'This Is Spinal Tap,' died in March 2021.

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Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out whats clicking today in entertainment. Hendra, who also was a former editor of National Lampoon and Spy magazines, died Thursday in Yonkers, N.Y., his wife, Carla Hendra, confirmed. Hendras cause of death was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, Carla Hendra told The New York Times. He was first diagnosed with the disease back in 2019. Anthony Christopher Hendra was born on July 10, 1941, ...

Brian March 5th, 2021 at 1:18 PM 3/4/2021 – Michigan 69, Michigan State 50 – 19-2, 14-2 Big Ten, Big Ten regular season champions I have now watched a year of pandemic sports, and I can say that the most surreal thing to watch with nobody in the stands is college basketball. This was made plain when I turned on the Baylor-WVU game, which was about 20% full, and recoiled at the strangeness of an audio record of whether things were going well or not. People were furious at certain things. It...

He took his British brand of satire to nightclubs, TV, film (“This Is Spinal Tap”) and National Lampoon. But a memoir led to a sex-abuse accusation.

Tony Hendra, the British satirist and comic whose roles included top editing positions at...