Allan Johnson

Earthworm Jim may be a big shot with his own cartoon and action figures. But the worm with the Schwarzenegger body has not forgotten where he came from: video games....

Being a comic isn't just standing up there on stage and telling jokes. Some of the really dedicated standups want to discover where their joke-telling abilities can lead them. For...

Writing a story on comedian Bobby Slayton has to be one of the easiest assignments in the world. All you have to do is ask him what's going on: "You...

This year turned out to be very, very sweet for George Lopez as far as his comedy goes. But don't get him started on what he saw in the comedy...

There was a time when the phrase "catch a rising star" meant more than just a chain of comedy clubs scattered across the country that spun off a legendary New...

With the name Talent, you just know this guy has to be funny. But the Talent almost didn't happen right away. When Talent (that's his middle name, so that's the...

Now here's a guy with some serious hair: Kevin Sorbo of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys." Kevin is proof that you can be a manly man with a long mane. Besides,...

Is "Toy Story" THE movie of the Christmas season? "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" may want to argue that point. But if anything, "Toy Story" is a big-time history-maker: Four...

And you thought a joke was only made up of a premise, setup and punchline. That's just too easy when you talk about Brett Leake's brand of comedy. Leake, a...

Here's a face we haven't seen in a while: Jake Johannsen. The storyteller with a quirky point of view hasn't worked the Chicago area since New Year's Eve in 1990,...