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Aug 1, 2021 · Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”) in “For Madmen Only.”. Del Close was certifiable. He ran away from home at the age of 17 and joined the circus, working as a fire-eater and being shot from a cannon. He spent time in mental hospitals and was checked out to do his show in Chicago and then checked back in to the Cook County Hospital Psych Ward.
Feb 21, 2022 · This Del Close fella, as I came to learn in his two-and-a-half-hour ramble, was a survivor of nearly every edgy comedy scene from the preceding thirty years: the Compass Players, in St. Louis; the ...
Jul 27, 2021 · For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close: Directed by Heather Ross. With Andrew Alexander, Ike Barinholtz, Bernadette Birkett, Stephen Burrows.
Del Close Infamously dedicated to establishing improv as a unique art form in its own right, Del Close was an influential teacher, an impassioned, complicated guru and a true comedy maestro who pushed all artistic boundaries and trained many of the most celebrated performers of the late 20th century.
Mar 8, 1999 · Del Close, an actor and coach who taught John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray and elevated improvisation to an art form, died Thursday in Chicago of complications from emphysema.
Jul 27, 2021 · The film covers many of the Del Close stories, about a man whose creative powers and anxiety disorders were apparently inextricable. Close was a hippie, gap-toothed wild man who practiced witchcraft, a bipolar genius who worked with Mike Nichols and Elaine May in their salad days, who became a mentor to many of the most famous names in late 20th century comedy.
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