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Chris Ritter

Comedy Manager

About Me

I manage, write for and consult with highly original comedians.My acts are more in the business of DOING amusing things as opposed to the traditional stand-up comic (many of whom I also respect greatly) who merely say a lot of amusing things.In essence, my guys paint with colors the general public generally aren't used to.

My Interests

history, writing, travel, film, baseball, magic, pratfalls, spit-takes, practical jokes.

I'd like to meet:

Brilliant performers and all the great people behind the scenes who clear the way for them.

Music:

that's the noisy stuff in the background of great films, right?

Movies:

Airplane, Annie Hall, Cinema Paradiso, Dead Poet's Society, Foul Play, Groundhog Day, Kill Bill, Naked Gun, Ordinary People, Poseidon Adventure (original), Reservoir Dogs, Shawshank Redemption, Something About Mary, Waiting For Guffman, LA Confidential, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original)

Television:

Baseball Tonight, Dexter, Brady Bunch, Daily Show, Monday Night Raw, Moonlighting, Saturday Night Live (with Billy Crystal, Chris Guest and Martin Short), Sopranos, South Park, St. Elsewhere, Taxi, West Wing

Books:

Alienist, Charley and the Chocolate Factory, Grapes of Wrath, Mick Foley's Have a Nice Day, Human Comedy, The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot, Sea Wolf, Them, Timeline, World of Wonders.

Heroes:

Norman Borlaug, Christie Conroy, Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Allen Knight, Paul Newman, Teddy Roosevelt, James Stewart, Mark Twain, the furtive philanthropist, the working class martry, the ordinary clown and that amazing woman who had to bury all the bodies at Gettysburgh.

My Blog

JUNE NEWS

COMEDY PRISM: JUNE 2007---covering the world of entertainers who not only SAY hilarious things, but who perform the more difficult task of displaying hilarious things.(and occasionally, we eschew bot...
Posted by Chris Ritter on Tue, 29 May 2007 04:10:00 PST

KAROL on STERN, CHIPPER AT CASTLE

This Tuesday, magician Jim Karol "THE PSYCHIC MADMAN" will be on the Howard Stern radio broadcast. Although, card tricks are famously not amenable for the medium of radio, it is with great anticipatio...
Posted by Chris Ritter on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:49:00 PST

APRIL NEWS

COMEDY PRISM  APRIL 2007 EDITION TV TIP-----The AMAZING JOHNATHAN'S 2006 SPECIAL "WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL" WILL BE REBROADCAST THIS FRIDAY EVENING AT 10PM (PST AND EST) ON COMEDY CENTRAL****************...
Posted by Chris Ritter on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:59:00 PST

MARCH NEWS

COMEDY PRISM #003 MARCH 2007THE SHIFTTHE AMAZING JOHNATHAN, one of the most successful standup comedians in the history of Las Vegas, has changed agencies. He will now be represented by Para...
Posted by Chris Ritter on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:48:00 PST

FEBRUARY NEWS

COMEDY PRISM -- FEBRUARY 2006 -- ISSUE #002News and low grade hype from within the domain of Chris Ritter Management:*********************CHIPPER LOWELL, who recently wrapped up his successful 570 sh...
Posted by Chris Ritter on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:47:00 PST

JANUARY NEWS BRIEFS

COMEDY PRISM  JANUARY 26, 2007 EDITIONComedyPrism is a newsletter published by Chris Ritter Management profiling not only all the latest news with their clientele, but also covering the world of offb...
Posted by Chris Ritter on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:06:00 PST