Funny Like A Clown

Who stepped first on Plymouth rock?Who played the first electric guitar?Who stepped first on the moon?And yes who was television's first star................Comedy legend Milton Berle a name that would span the decades the person who first set the bar for others to shoot for.A personality a member of your family one night a wee through television.When radio was the thing and television was thought of as a fad he would let the nay Sayers know it was here to stay!

Respect responsibility determination words that were once a lifestyle not a punch line,a comic who at a young age knew what he wanted and did not ask anyone to hand it to him,he would work hard and pay his dues from sidewalk performer to short film to radio to tv to movies he would leave behind a 100 year legacy.

A look at a comedian who like most comics would uses laughter to hide pain,a defense mechanism to deal with a dark past.While dealing with his parents divorce at a young age alone in his his room he would create characters sketches and interview himself and built a persona in improv that would go on to entertain generations,the decades would pass but he would remain a master at what he does,many would imitate but they could never duplicate.

A career spanning from the 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 2000s 6 decades of staying on top from acting to directing from black and white tv to internet shows from working with the likes of Buddy Hackett and Jackie Gleason to Louie CK and Andrew Dice Clay he would start aggressive at the age of 15 and never look back giving some of the greatest catch phrases ever,simple said hes done it all!

A look at a comic who would be arrested for what he believed in,comedy free speech when telling a dirty joke in public would be considered a ''lewd act'' and an arrest able offense he would go on stage tell it like it is and wait to be arrested coming off stage,he would force a movement that the supreme court would have to visit the situation and pave the way for comics of today to do what they want,he would go down as the comic the legends looked up to.

A Sam Kinison movie a subject tossed around for years from his brother Bills book ''Brother Sam'' to Howard Stern buying the rights to it then letting his window to the rights close without making it to HBO's desk where it sits but wont move.After the Ill success of Man on the Moon with Jim Cary about the life of comedian Andy Kaufman theirs a major hesitation to move on another film on a comic,can it be done? Can two huge fans make it happen?Were about to find out!

In the next generation of comics he has made a name for himself in a time that Facebook could make you a star he had one of the must see viral videos,the share it up click away.Taking a everyone can relate point of view on subjects he'd be part of comedy the next generation movement.

The Godfathers of comedy a select group in a class of their own,the best of the best that the same names would be in everyone's top comics of all time join us as we review one of the last living icons of comedy.Most could only hope to touch the success of a man who has done it all that would leave the word legendary on anything he touched.

A look at a comics comic the guy most people in the business look up to and want to listen to,with a guy sitting next to you at a bar attitude his outlook on life was funny no act involved with a voice that would be remembered he would take a hostile look at subjects in a time where being offended was the norm he would quite simply tell it like it is!

A look at the ''living legend'' category few have reached the heights or longevity of his career,only a few can claim the title of #1 comic on the planet it was only for a short time but he owned it!From a rise to stardom to a step back then a rebirth follow us as we look at an iconic and controversial comic,the 80's a time when no one was offended by anything and he made the most of it.