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...TIME has already labeled the 35-year-old comedian "the funniest man in America" in a previous issue. His professed admirers include peers such as Woody Allen ("I'd love to work with him"), Richard Pryor ("Does he remind me of me? I'm afraid so") and Jerry Seinfeld ("It's the yelling that makes [his style] special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian: Chris Rock | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...million for half an hour. According to Variety, that's how much KELSEY GRAMMER will make for each episode of the 2002 and 2003 seasons of Frasier--a total of $75 million for two years' work, the most anybody has ever made for a TV acting gig. (Jerry Seinfeld made more, but he was a producer of his show too.) Grammer's people would not comment on the story, noting that the actor doesn't like his salary made public. While $75 million seems like a lot of money, it's worth bearing in mind that Grammer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 2, 2001 | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

Product placement used to be simpler. Jerry Seinfeld gave shout-outs to Snapple and Junior Mints (gratis) to give his sitcom verisimilitude; The Price Is Right still pitches bedroom sets and floor wax. But after Survivor's success, "product integration" (a step past mere placement) is taking in-show advertising to a new level of sophistication and stealth. Products are becoming part of the show, be it the Taco Bell that's a site of a "murder" investigation on a new reality show or an SUV used in a TV-staged transcontinental race. And producers and advertisers are getting cozier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: This Plug's For You | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...writer, O’Donnell has worked on such shows as “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “Seinfeld,” “The Simpsons,” “Lateline,” “Space Ghost,” the “Chris Rock Show” and his current project, a Steve Martin-produced comedy show called the “Downer Channel,” which will air on NBC. He has received 19 Emmy awards nominations, four of which have allowed...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Funny Thing Happened at Harvard | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

...something it never would have asked for: a sitcom making fun of the Korean War (M*A*S*H), a show about a Cuban band leader and his wife in the white-bread '50s (I Love Lucy) or a farce about the selfish exploits of four whiny New Yorkers (Seinfeld...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potato Blight | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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