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Ralphie May and Lavell Crawford Hope to Bring Laughs, Balls Back to TV with 'Brothers from Another Mother'
by Danny Gallagher, posted Jul 31st 2010 6:00PM
Stand up comedians Lavell Crawford and Ralphie May might be starring in an 'Odd Couple' situation comedy for Comedy Central, but the two have more in common than Oscar Madison and Felix Unger ever did. They both worked as cooks in their pre-stand-up career: Ralphie as a chef in several four star restaurants and Lavell as a short-order cook. Both were born and raised and live in the South: Ralphie is from Chattanooga, Tenn. and lives in Nashville and Lavell lives in his native homeland of St. Louis, Mo. And, yes, there is that one painfully obvious similarity. They're also two successful, edgy and hilarious comedians who have worked in an untold number of clubs and theaters and competed on NBC's 'Last Comic Standing.'
The two already sound like the perfect sitcom pair and they don't even have a script yet for their multi-camera Comedy Central sitcom 'Brothers from Another Mother.' Check out our interview with Crawford and May about how their sitcom is coming along, why they chose to do a show with a live studio audience and how they hope to help TV comedies grow a pair.
Last Comic Standing: Challenge Round #3
by Jay Black, posted Aug 16th 2007 12:08AM
(S05E10) In a lot of ways, writing my reviews of LCS each week has been very easy. By hating the mindless format, the useless judges, the stupid challenges, the lousy editing, and the dearth of stand-up comedy, I was able to construct a pretty flawless template for each of my reviews: start with a thousand words or so about why one of the things I hated was so horrible, then review the comedy while commenting on how little of it there was, and finish up with a look at what was going to be terrible next week. Hate, apparently, fuels productivity; I could bang out two thousand words an episode like I was a goth kid writing about popular jocks on my blog.Tonight is different, though. I can't do it. I'm at a loss for words. I... actually liked an episode of Last Comic Standing!
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