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Dennis Blair (born February 21, 1955) [1] is an American stand-up comedian.
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Dennis Blair (born February 21, 1955) [1] is an American stand-up comedian.
He is known for writing and appearing in the 1983 movie Easy Money , alongside his mentor, Rodney Dangerfield. He wrote for and with Dangerfield for four years including sketches for his network specials and jokes for his act. He provided the voice of Lem and Clem in the animated film Rover Dangerfield .
He also wrote a Broadway show for Jackie Masonin 2003 cslled “Laughing Room Only”
In 1998 he and Dug McGuirck produced "I Sleep Naked in the Rain", an album of songs from a then unproduced one man show with music. [2]
Blair has served as the opening act for about 150 celebrity headliners, including comedians Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, Jackie Mason, Alan King and Norm Macdonald, as well as such celebrities as Gloria Estefan, the Four Tops, The Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Rogers, Laura Branigan, Paul Anka, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Sarah Vaughan and many others. He also toured for 20 years with George Carlin. His days as an opening act to the stars prompted him to write a book about those experiences, titled Touring with Legends. His most recent opening act booking is with Barry Manilow for his arena tours from 2023 through 2025 and beyond.
Blair has appeared on over 50 television shows, including The Tonight Show, Comedy Tonight” and “Evening at the Improv”. He did a featured role on the “Drew Carey Show” in the 1990’s. He is a regular guest on the Las Vegas based show “Insomniac TV” on NBC.
He was a co-writer of the program for the 2005 [3] and the 2006 Writers Guild Awards. [4]
Blair won the Charlie Award for best comedian in New York in 1980, and an Emmy Award for the animated film Confessions of a Standup
He is also a singer and songwriter, having contributed the song "Ordinary Man" to the Easy Money soundtrack. Dennis and his songwriting partner John Durkin won the top-40 prize in "The American Song Festival." The duo won first place in the country music category of the Indie Music Channel's Radio Music Award for their song, "She Stayed".[ citation needed ] Since then he has recorded and released several albums of jazz and country/pop originals which are available on all the streaming services.
Blair was the creative consultant on the album Rappin Rodney, which was nominated for a Grammy. He also co-wrote the album's title song.
Blair lives in Las Vegas, playing music and performing comedy in clubs, casinos, theatres and cruise ships. His latest country songs are on iTunes and Spotify and are played in many countries around the world.
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