Richard Jeni
Richard Jeni first received recognition through a series of Showtime stand-up specials and frequent appearances on The Tonight Show. Top executives at HBO noticed Jeni's talent, and he was soon picked up for his first appearance on The HBO Comedy Hour in 1992, titled "Richard Jeni: Platypus Man."
Jeni appeared on The Tonight Show more than any other stand-up comedian, dating back to when the program was hosted by Johnny Carson. In 2004, Jeni was ranked #57 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
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The Official Richard Jeni Site
- The Official Richard Jeni Site
- Richard Jeni's official site also has DVDs of Jeni's greatest and funniest routines including:
- Good Catholic Boy
- Platypus Man
- Crazy From The Heat
Richard Jeni on Comedy Central
Richard Jeni Links
- Richard Jeni's IMDB Listing
- Richard Jeni stats, trivia and movie information from the Internet Movie Database.
- Comedy Central - Richard Jeni
- Richard Jeni biography, clips and photos.
- The Smoking Gun
- The police report, autopsy report, death certificate and additional information.
- Find A Death
- Additional information including additional autopsy information and photos of Richard Jeni's home (now under renovation).
- Celebrity Archive
- Born Richard John Colangelo, we offer his probate file consisting of 34 pages, which includes the 8-page last will and testament. The Los Angeles County Coroner's report on Jeni's suicide can be found elsewhere in our catalogues.
Items at Amazon.com
Richard Jeni: A Big Steaming Pile Of Me
Cutting-edge comic and actor Richard Jeni stars in his first HBO special in over seven years - an all-new hour of off-the-wall characterizations and humor taped before a live audience at the Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine, California. Among the topics Jeni will expore: terrorism, political correctness, religion, France, the U.S. obesity epidemic, the drug war, the Iraq war, the battle of the sexes, the effects of PMS, internet porn, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson, circumcision (why?), strippers (and why men like them), gay marriage, liberals vs conservatives, men and women driving together, illegal immigration, and more.
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Greatest Bits
Richard Jeni hand-picked his most popular routines for this unique recording. It contains no fat, no filler - just 50 minutes of full-throttle hilarity. Jeni's off-the-wall interpretations of the world run the gamut from Late Night Cable TV and Exploding Scrotum Syndrome to the Football Referee who spills his guts on national television and Dirty Movies that should be called, "Stuff that never happens to me!"
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Comedy Superstars: Richard Jeni - Crazy From the Heat
A standup performance by Richard Jeni recorded live at the Passion Club in South Miami Beach, Florida in 1993. Jeni offers up his hilarious and unorthodox observations on everyday life in this performance video. Crazy From the Heat was originally produced for the Showtime premium cable network, where it became the highest-rated comedy special on the network up to that time.
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Open Mic - Dave Chappelle
For every comedian that you see knockin' 'em dead on Jay Leno or the Letterman Show, there are thousands more who battle each week...not for the national spotlight but for survival, five minutes at a time, on the stage of comedy clubs, roadway dinners or hole-in-the-wall bars across America. These are the next generation of star comedians, and their stories are central to understanding what it takes to make it big. "Open Mic" is a revealing look behind the veil of Hollywood's glamour into the competitive and crazy world of stand-up comedy. Featuring comedy performances and interviews from some of today's hottest comedians (including Richard Jeni), this is the breakout film that proves: dying is easy...comedy is hard!
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The Mask (New Line Platinum Series)
Richard Jeni (as Charlie Schumacher: "Forget her, Stanley... That girl will tear your heart out, put it in a blender and hit 'frappe.'") Mild-mannered Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) takes Edge City by storm when he stumbles upon a mysterious and ancient mask.
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Richard Jeni's Last Girlfriend
Video Interview Online
- Amy Murphy's Extra TV Interview
- No one was more devastated over the tragic death of comedian Richard Jeni than his girlfriend of three years, Amy Murphy.
"I love him, I'm always going to love him," Murphy confessed exclusively to "Extra," as she opened up about the intense grief she and Jeni's family have shared...."
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Richard Jeni Quotes
- You're listening to all-driving-complaint-radio. Bustin' your balls from the driveway to the highway. You get all the great hits: Your exit's coming up. Your exit's coming up. Your exit's coming up. Your exit's coming up. And after a while you're going, 'Yeah, well, so is yours.'
- My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.
- We're all a little bit hypocritical and we could all help people more than we do. You know you're sitting there watching TV, it's late at night. Then you hear: "For $9 a week, you could help this starving child." Everyone has the $9, but how do you not give it to them? You gotta rationalize it somehow. You just go, "Ehh that kid doesn't look that hungry to me. Shit he's got a bigger belly than I do. How you can you feed a kid for $9 a week, that's impossible! Shit a Low-Fat, Low Carb latte is $4.50. Whats that kid gonna do with 2 giant cups of coffee? I'm actually doing him a favor not giving him any money, because there's nothing worse than being wide awake and starving. You're welcome Haboopoo."
- Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in.
- The way I see it, we're all on the Hindenberg. Why fight over the window seats?
Filmography & Specials
Filmography:Bird (1988) as Morello
The Mask (1994) as Charlie Schumaker
Burn Hollywood Burn (1998) as Jerry Glover
Specials:
Richard Jeni: Boy from New York City (1990)
Richard Jeni: Platypus Man (1992)
Richard Jeni: Crazy from The Heat (1992)
Richard Jeni: A Good Catholic Boy (1997)
Richard Jeni: A Big Steaming Pile of Me (2005)
Blog Posts from Google
- (Humorous) thoghts on the human condition
- Richard Jeni If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. -- John...
- Answer Goodbye in contemplation of Richard Jeni
- So Anima humana scrolled crash the blue ribbon head, Inner self came crisscross the taradiddle conce...
- now let us drink to the dead, are you still alive?
- Comedy Central Presents: Richard Jeni [the whole show minus commercial interruption] Jaws 4 Platypus...
- So You Want to be a Music Critic....
- The great stand-up comic Richard Jeni once remarked that, if you want to bring the party to an end a...
The New York Times Obituary
March 13, 2007
Richard Jeni was a popular stand-up comedian who traded on his humble Italian-American background to produce a thriving national touring act and a host of award-winning shows, mostly on cable TV.He was born in the rough area of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in 1957. Always something of a misfit, he reluctantly ran errands for local young toughs but his quick mind and grasp of language won him a national essay competition and he gained a political science degree at Hunter College.
He went into public relations but was unable to take office work seriously and ended up, at 24, as a taxi driver.
He found his métier when a girlfriend nudged him into a showcase for aspiring comics at a small Brooklyn club. He was not an immediate success, but landed a weekly slot and persevered, honing his act until he started to achieve acclaim.
He first came to national prominence in 1990 with Richard Jeni: The Boy from New York City, for the cable station Showtime, which was nominated for three awards. Two years later he starred in Richard Jeni: Crazy from the Heat, which attracted high ratings. He also became a regular guest on the popular The Tonight Show.
Jeni was then given a place in the HBO comedy hour slot with the award-winning Richard Jeni: Platypus Man, which he developed into a sitcom for the UPN network in 1995. He was also a guest on TV's Everybody Hates Chris and Married: With Children. His last cable comedy special was A Big Steaming Pile of Me in the 2005-06 season.
He developed a busy concert schedule and hosted several cable shows. He also had several minor film roles, the high-light being his acting debut in the Jim Carrey hit The Mask in 1994.
Two years ago he helped to write the script for the Oscars ceremony, hosted by his friend, Chris Rock.
Richard Jeni, comedian, was born on October 31, 1957. He died of gunshot wounds on March 10, 2007, at the age of 49.
Rest In Peace
April 14, 1957 - March 10, 2007
Memorial Poem
After Glow
I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one,
I'd like to leave an after glow of smiles when day is done.
I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways,
of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave behind when day is done.
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Richard Jeni
I really miss him, I missed work just to make sure I got to see his stand up
Posted February 24, 2008
