Already looking destined to be a major name in comedy after less than a decade on the scene, ELLEN DeGENERES appeared with Paul on "COMICS ONLY" in '91, a few years before her renowned sitcom "Ellen", and her subsequent stratospheric rise to becoming a household name. Her casual stand up style easily lent itself to conversational form, and we think you can see the talk show star she was destined to become even this early in her career.

COMICS ONLY was a groundbreaking comedy/talk show on Comedy Central (1989-1991). One of the network's first original programs, it was hosted, co-produced and co-written by PAUL PROVENZA, Exec Produced by Jerry Kramer (Visualize Prods.) & Eric L. Gold
The 165 half-hour episodes feature sketches, clips (often involving the writing/producing staff including Fred Wolf, T. Sean Shannon, Mike Armstrong, Jon Ross, Betsy Borns, Reid Harrison, Dan Rosen, Len Austrevich, Hank Gallo, Apryl Prose, Matt VanBuren...) and conversational comedy and sketch cameos from guests as diverse as:
Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Jim Carrey, Louis CK, Ellen DeGeneres, Jon Stewart, Steve Allen, Steven Wright, Phyllis Diller, Larry Wilmore, Bill Maher, Richard Jeni, Ben Stiller, Howie Mandel, Dave Atell, Margaret Cho, Pat Cooper, Judd Apatow, Drew Carey, Norm MacDonald, Marc Maron, Michael McKean, Shirley Hemphill, Bob Saget, David Spade, Susie Essman, Pat Paulsen, Lewis Black, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bob Odenkirk, Larraine Newman, Barry Sobel, Rich Hall, Kevin Pollack, Jimmy JJ Walker, Denis Leary, Colin Quinn, George Miler, Robert Schimmel, Will Durst, Andy Dick, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry Miller, Carol Leifer, Rip Taylor, Richard Belzer, Don Novello, Fred Willard, Janeanne Garofalo, Yakov Smirnoff, Jay Mohr, Dana Gould, Proctor & Bergman, George Wallace, Margaret Smith, Jonathan (Dr.) Katz, Rick Overton, Doug Benson, Dom Irrera, Charles Fleischer, Carrie Snow, Taylor Negron, Judy Tenuta, Robert Wuhl, Jeff Altman, Ken Ober, Kevin Meaney, Mark Curry, Bruce Baum, Judy Gold, Jake Johannsen, Ralph Harris, Mario Cantone, Fred Stoller, Cathy Ladman, Drake Sather, Bobby Slayton, Rita Rudner, Todd Glass, David Feldman, Bobby Collins, Gene Pompa, Mike MacDonald, John Ridley, Ritch Shydner, Judy Toll, Marc 'Skippy' Price, Mario Joyner, Lenny Clark, Jeff Cesario, Jann Karam, Al Lubel, Sean Corvelle, Marilyn Michaels, Blake Clark, Kip Adotta, Kelly Monteith, Mark Pitta, Anthony Griffith, John Riggi, Jordan Brady, Lew Schneider, Amazing Jonathan, John Mendoza, Larry Bubbles Brown, Pat Sajak, Tom Kenny, Ross Shaffer, Mike Royce, Al Clethen, Tom Parks, Sue Kolinsky, Suli McCullough, Mark Cohen, Thomas F. Wilson, AJ Jamal, Allan Murray, Jimmy Aleck, Hugh Fink, Kevin Rooney, Carol Siskind, Ed Crasnick, Rondell Sheridan, Louise DuArt, Jeff Stilson, Joe Yanetti, Randy Kagan, Barry Diamond, Tony V, Jaffe Cohen, Bob Smith, Bob Zany, Danny McWilliams, Jonathan Groff, Chas Elstner, Steve Mittleman, Tim Rose, Steve Trilling, Jeff Joseph, Fred Greenlee, Lois Bromfield... and many others.

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