Charley Case: The Original King of Comedy (featuring KevOnStage and Monét X Change)
Drapetomaniax: Unshackled HistoryShow Notes
Humor in live performance has been around since the beginning of time. In the 1800s this kind of entertainment mostly showed up as live theater and minstrel shows filled with skits, costumes, singing, dancing, and yes, blackface. But performer Charley Case dared to do things differently. Without costume or props Charley Case simply stood there telling jokes and funny stories in the repeated cadence of a set-up, filler, and punchline - inventing what we now know as stand-up comedy.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OTHERtone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Sturdivant
Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Timmhotep Aku
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
This episode features
“A Tale of Paris” - Billy Wiliams
“Saxophone Sobs” - Ernie Erdman, Rudy.Wiedoeft, and Pietro Frosini,
"The People's Court aka The Big One" - APM Music
“AB2YO” - Suzi Analogue
Cast:
Charlie Case KevOnStage
AI Jo Monét X Change
Vaudeville Announcer Roderick Morrow
Boss Noleca Radway
Judge Andrea O'Brien Vives
Announcer 1 Homero Radway
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