November 24th: Charlie Hill : Native Amercian comedian and actor Charlie Hill (born 6 July 1951) is an Oneida-Mohawk-Cree stand-up comedian and actor. He was also a writer on Roseanne. Although he is known for groundbreaking jokes that reverse the roles of Native American and white culture (He looked like the wooden caucasian I have on my front lawn!), his comedy transcends issues of color, and addresses foremost the matters of human dignity and spirit. His first network appearance was on the The Richard Pryor Show. Charlie Hill was the first Native American comedian to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He performed again on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He has made multiple appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. He was chosen as host for the First Americans in the Arts Awards show in Hollywood three times, once cohosting with singer Joanne Shenandoah. He has appeared on many television shows, hosted a night of Native American comedians on a Showtime special, has been the topic of a PBS documentary On and Off The Res w/ Charlie Hill, and was interviewed about American Indian activist Dennis Banks in the David Mueller/Lynn Salt documentary A Good Day to Die. As a stand-up comedian, he has appeared in venues all over the world and has been a regular at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 14:52:54 +0000