March 30, 2006
- by BWW News Desk
Comedian DARRELL HAMMOND
best known for his impressions of Bill Clinton, and the entire Bush cabinet (Cheney, Ashcroft, and Rumsfeld) on NBC’s “Saturday
Night Live” has joined the roster for next Monday’s COMEDY CARES 3 - benefit for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS at Caroline’s
on Broadway. HAMMOND will be joined on the stage by evening’s host and co-producer Jim David of “Comedy
Central Presents” and “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.”
HAMMOND and DAVID will be
joined by an all star “comedian’s comedian” line up that includes the hilarious, live comedic talents of JOHN PINETTE (Stand-Up
Comedian of the Year-the American Comedy Awards, Edna Turnblad in Broadway’s “Hairspray”, final episode of Seinfeld), Judy
Gold (HBO At the Movies, “G-D Doesn’t Pay Rent Here”), LARRY AMOROS (Emmy nominated comedian and writer for the Rosie O’Donnell
Show), and BOB SMITH (HBO’s “The Bob Smith Comedy Half-Hour”, Comedy Central's “Out There”)! The yearly benefit is the brainchild
of comedian and host Jim David. Past COMEDY CARES comics have included: KATE CLINTON, Colin Quinn, Mario Cantone, COREY KAHANEY,
Julie Halston, Rick Crom, and JOY BEHAR. Since it’s inception in 2004, COMEDY CARES has raised over $15,000 for Broadway Cares
/ Equity Fights AIDS. Final comedians subject to change.
TICKETS
VIP – $75 (includes – a reserved
seat, a poster autographed by the comics and a $30 tax deduction)
GENERAL ADMISSION - $45
Can be purchased online at
http://www.broadwaycares.org or by calling 212.840.0770 x 268
COMEDY CARES is made possible
through the generosity of THE ONION, NEXT MAGAZINE, AIR AMERICA RADIO, HHC MARKETING (THE MEN EVENT.com) and presenting sponsor
SMIRNOFF BIOGRAPHIES Jim David can be seen in his first 1/2 hour special, COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS Jim David, as well as the
upcoming COMEDY CENTRAL'S USO TOUR. His first comedy CD, EAT HERE AND GET GAS, has just been released. He is frequently featured
in US Magazine's "Fashion Police." He also performed on Comedy Central's FRIARS CLUB ROAST OF Rob Reiner, ABC's THE VIEW,
NEW JOKE CITY with Robert Klein, Comedy Central's COMIC CABANA, NBC COMEDY SHOWCASE with Louie Anderson, A&E's CAROLINE'S
and EVENING AT THE IMPROV, MTV, VH1, SHOWTIME and USA LIVE.
A headliner at clubs and
corporate events across the country, this Southern boy with a Northern attitude is winner of the MAC (Manhattan Assn. of Clubs
& Cabarets) Award for Outstanding Comedian and the Backstage Magazine BISTRO Award for Outstanding Comedian. He has appeared
on and off Broadway, in films and commercials, and at the Aspen HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy
Festival and the Chicago Comedy Festival. His one-man comedy SOUTH PATHETIC was produced at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
You may visit Jim on the web at www.jimdavid.com
DARRELL HAMMOND - Now in
his eighth season (actually, it's his 11th) on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” Darrell Hammond is best known for the
impressions he has brought to the show that have been applauded by television critics and viewers alike for their uncanny
accuracy and range.
After playing President Bill
Clinton for most of his time in office, Hammond has taken over playing practically the entire Bush Administration from Vice President
Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge – sometimes in the same sketch. Hammond performed
as Vice President Al Gore in a performance so telling that it was used as a reference in preparation for the 2000 Presidential
debates. Other political highlights include Jesse Jackson and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Hammond has also played media figures including Dan Rather, Ted Koppel, Geraldo Rivera, Sam Donaldson, Bob Costas, Tim Russert,
Phil Donahue and Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s “Hardball” as well as celebrities (Sean Connery, Jay Leno, and Regis Philbin).
For the last several years,
Hammond has been performing stand-up comedy and impressions in New York and throughout
the country. On film, he has lent his vocal talents to the recent animated version of “The King And I.” On television, Hammond has appeared on NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and “Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit;” “Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Hollywood Squares,” MTV, Showtime,
Comedy Central, VH-1 and A&E’s “Comedy on the Road.”
