Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Kevin Meaney" in English language version.
Though Meaney had been perfecting his purse-lipped impression of his scolding mother for years on Boston stages, he was in fact raised in suburban New York and introduced in San Francisco, at one of the early International Comedy Competitions there. In San Francisco he met a contingent of comics from the Hub, including Lenny Clarke and Martin Olson, who encouraged him to make the thriving Boston scene his home. They liked his act, even if the judges didn't.
best remembered for the catchphrase "That's not right."
Television Appearances; Series: Himself, An Evening at the Improv, syndicated, 1982...Saturday Night Live (also known as SNL), NBC, 1986...Stage Appearances: School principal, Hairspray, the Musical, Broadway production, 2006.
It was his first HBO special, in 1986, that launched his comedy career after he toiled doing stand-up in San Francisco and Boston. In 1987, he took his first turn on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson."
Home Box Office's latest performance entry is One-Night Stand, a series of half-hours ...taped at San Francisco's Fillmore Theater, ...On tap for the coming weeks: Kevin Meaney, Joy Behar, Blake Clark, Dom Irrera and Bill Maher.
The first time I did it, I went to a place called Stitches... The second time, Kevin Meaney had a show called the Sweeney and Meaney Hour and he put me on and I did even worse. It was just horrible.
Meaney grew up in Westchester County, graduating from Valhalla High School. He attended SUNY Morrisville
"It's tough being a 60 year old road comic, let me tell ya. Some of that would wear on him at times, but he'd take that stage and you wouldn't have a fucking hint, not a hint," said Crimmins.
He wrote that Crimmins and Meaney "were two guys from upstate New York who came to Boston and, among other guys, were the ones who made all of this happen." ...Whenever Kevin would bomb, and sometimes he would, he would start to sing a song 'I don't care! ...But Barry, for me, created the idea that comedy could be great and mean something. ...
The first time I did it, I went to a place called Stitches... The second time, Kevin Meaney had a show called the Sweeney and Meaney Hour and he put me on and I did even worse. It was just horrible.
