a funnyman who honed his shtick in vaudeville, Milton Berle was credited with popularizing the medium of television
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The funnymen revealed the Dec. 25, 2025 release date (and showed off their chemistry) in a promo clip uploaded Friday morning.—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024 Yes, late-night funnyman Stephen Colbert and his wife Edie have just released a new cookbook.—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024 The hourlong conversation at The Georgian Hotel moved beyond emotional truths, of course, as the funnymen and women got deadly serious about their deepest fears, their evolving bucket lists and their complicated impulses to make comedy out of tragedy.—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024 Pop superstar Lizzo, jazzy rap goddess Queen Latifah and Broadway’s Ben Platt will perform, and the three Democratic powerhouses will sit for a conversation moderated by late-night funnyman Stephen Colbert.—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for funnyman
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