Rich Hall

Rich Hall

Birth : 1954-06-10, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

History

Richard Travis Hall (born June 10, 1954) is an American comedian, writer, documentary maker and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as Fridays, Not Necessarily the News (popularising the "sniglet" neologism), and Saturday Night Live.

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Rich Hall

Movies

A Christmas Number One
Poet
Meg, a music manager, travels from New York to London to manage a boy band, Five Together, and find them a Christmas number one to bolster their flagging career. She finds a song on the internet posted by an ailing thirteen-year-old girl, Nina, and tries to obtain permission to have the song re-recorded by Five Together, but she discovers she has competition from the songwriter, Nina’s uncle Blake. What follows is a romantic comedy about two worlds colliding – with a young woman at the centre who desperately wants her uncle to find love and for his song to hit the number one spot by Christmas Day.
Rich Hall's Red Menace
2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Rich Hall examines the relationship between the West and the USSR in his inimitable fashion.
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
Writer
In this sobering look at the current state of the American Dream, comedian Rich Hall explains how the US viewed and treated labour throughout its history and why this inevitably led to the economic and social problems Americans face today. Award-winning comedian Rich Hall explores the American dream and the dictum that came over with the very first pilgrims who set foot on Plymouth Rock - work hard and you will succeed. With his sharp wit and acerbic insight, Rich looks at how Americans strive to achieve this dream and how it's been explored and perpetuated by politicians, industrialists, artists, writers and film-makers.
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
Self
In this sobering look at the current state of the American Dream, comedian Rich Hall explains how the US viewed and treated labour throughout its history and why this inevitably led to the economic and social problems Americans face today. Award-winning comedian Rich Hall explores the American dream and the dictum that came over with the very first pilgrims who set foot on Plymouth Rock - work hard and you will succeed. With his sharp wit and acerbic insight, Rich looks at how Americans strive to achieve this dream and how it's been explored and perpetuated by politicians, industrialists, artists, writers and film-makers.
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
Himself
Award-winning comedian Rich Hall takes a country music journey from Tennessee to Texas to look at the movements and artists that don't get as much notoriety but have helped shape the genre over the years. With the help of prominent performers and producers including Michael Martin Murphey, Robbie Fulks and Ray Benson, Rich explores the early origins of country music in Nashville and Austin. He visits the rustic studios where this much-loved sound was born and discovers how the genre has reinvented itself with influences from bluegrass, western swing and americana.
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
Writer
Award-winning comedian Rich Hall takes a country music journey from Tennessee to Texas to look at the movements and artists that don't get as much notoriety but have helped shape the genre over the years. With the help of prominent performers and producers including Michael Martin Murphey, Robbie Fulks and Ray Benson, Rich explores the early origins of country music in Nashville and Austin. He visits the rustic studios where this much-loved sound was born and discovers how the genre has reinvented itself with influences from bluegrass, western swing and americana.
Rich Hall: 3:10 To Humour
Catch the king of rapid fire wit perform his sell out ‘3:10 TO HUMOUR’ show. Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony. Renowned for his expertly crafted tirades, quick fire banter with audiences, and delightful musical sequences, Rich Hall’s plain-spoken growling indignation and acerbic observations have an unerring talent for hitting his targets with precision every time, leaving his audience hanging on every word and winning him fans all over the globe. Recorded in London’s West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, ‘3:10 TO HUMOUR’ is Perrier Award winner Rich Hall at his best.
Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match
Himself
An examination of the sordid machinations involved in becoming president of the United States. Rich Hall looks back at some of the dirtiest and nastiest presidential campaigns of the past, proving that the 2016 race to the White House is not the first time the contest has got personal.
Rich Hall's California Stars
Writer
Rich Hall takes the viewer on a skewed but keenly-eyed journey to the Land of Dreams.
Rich Hall's California Stars
Himself
Rich Hall takes the viewer on a skewed but keenly-eyed journey to the Land of Dreams.
Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas
Himself
Comedian Rich Hall goes to the Lone Star state in search of the real Texas and asks what it means to be a Texan. From the Alamo to the oil industry and everything in between, Rich explores the landscape, the people and the true heart of this historic state.
Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian
Comedian Rich Hall goes in search of the real American Indian, a people who have too often been stereotyped. This image portrayed through cinema and literature is not a true representation of the Native American, giving Rich the opportunity to redress the balance. With the help of Native American, Dallas Goldtooth, Rich explores a different idea of what the American Indian is and what life is like for them today. He not only questions the screen image of the 'savage Indian' in films such as Soldier Blue, Stagecoach and A Man Called Horse, but looks at the written one, through literature such as The Last of the Mohicans, Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets with comedy glitterati Alan Carr, David Walliams, Noel Fielding, Rob Brydon and her Doctor Who co-star, David Tennant, all of whom reflect on the greatest comedy moments in recent history. As well as showcasing all the most entertaining, memorable comedy of the time, the documentary also features newsreel and pop culture archive that contextualises the gags. It reveals not just what was funny, but why it was funny. Catherine's journey provides new insight and revelations and features anecdotes from some of the biggest names in comedy.
Arthur Christmas
Idaho Man (voice)
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
Rich Hall's The Dirty South
Writer
Comedian Rich Hall looks at how Hollywood has got the Deep South all wrong.
Rich Hall's The Dirty South
himself
Comedian Rich Hall looks at how Hollywood has got the Deep South all wrong.
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
Director
Hell No I Ain’t Happy is the first time that Rich Hall and his jailbird uncle, Otis Lee Crenshaw, have appeared together on one DVD. Recorded on one fantastic night at London’s legendary Hammersmith Apollo during his sell out UK tour, Rich Hall’s acerbic comic genius proves to be the perfect host to the hard living country musician Otis Lee Crenshaw, whose songs may not make the top of the country charts, but are right on the money when it comes to laughs.
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
Himself
Hell No I Ain’t Happy is the first time that Rich Hall and his jailbird uncle, Otis Lee Crenshaw, have appeared together on one DVD. Recorded on one fantastic night at London’s legendary Hammersmith Apollo during his sell out UK tour, Rich Hall’s acerbic comic genius proves to be the perfect host to the hard living country musician Otis Lee Crenshaw, whose songs may not make the top of the country charts, but are right on the money when it comes to laughs.
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
Writer
Hell No I Ain’t Happy is the first time that Rich Hall and his jailbird uncle, Otis Lee Crenshaw, have appeared together on one DVD. Recorded on one fantastic night at London’s legendary Hammersmith Apollo during his sell out UK tour, Rich Hall’s acerbic comic genius proves to be the perfect host to the hard living country musician Otis Lee Crenshaw, whose songs may not make the top of the country charts, but are right on the money when it comes to laughs.
Rich Hall's How The West Was Lost
Himself
Comedian Rich Hall goes west to find out what killed off that most quintessentially American of all film genres, the western. Through films such as The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Little Big Man, The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven, Rich charts the rise and fall of America's obsession with its own creation myth - the Wild West. He explores how the image of the cowboy as a moral, straight-talking heroic figure was created by Hollywood but appropriated by Washington, as one president after another sought to associate themselves with this potent symbol of strength and valour.
Comedy Central Presents: Southern Gents of Comedy
Otis Lee Crenshaw
Southerners have their own brand of humor, and this Comedy Central stand-up showcase features some of the best funnymen from below the Mason-Dixon Line, including Ron White, Vic Henley, Otis Lee Crenshaw and Steve McGrew. In addition to the undeniably hilarious performances, you'll enjoy behind-the-scenes footage and deleted scenes that were too raunchy for the final cut -- though all of it's guaranteed to be laugh-out-loud.
Comic Aid
Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sale – the DVD features the entire uncut show for all those unfortunate enough to have missed out on tickets. The 3 hour show sees Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Graham Norton, Julian Clary, and Lily Savage host a stellar comic line-up that includes; Lee Evans, Dawn French, Jimmy Carr, Ardal O’Hanlon, Johnny Vegas, Bill Bailey, Bo’ Selecta! star The Bear, Jo Brand, Jon Culshaw, Omid Djalili, Otis Lee Crenshaw, Eddie Izzard, The League Of Gentlemen with Miranda Richardson, Alistair McGowan, Dylan Moran, Dave Spikey, Simon Pegg & Jessica Stevenson. Psychological illusionist Derren Brown and international percussion sensation Stomp also present their own unique blend of stage entertainment.
Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars: London, Not Tennessee
Otis Lee Crenshaw
This Perrier Award winning show was recorded over two nights at London's Comedy Store in front of an almost riotous audience. Live on stage Redneck comedian and ex con Otis Lee Crenshaw performs his whisky laced songs, with thoughts on Women, Trailer Parks and Southern white trash. Otis relives his memories of prison life through sharp one liners and songs, as ever accompanied by his band The Black Liars, with Orson Carson on guitar and Alvy Ronson on double bass.
Man on the Moon
Club Patron (uncredited)
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Stan
A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors goes awry, as legions of murderous zombies are unleashed upon a suburban neighborhood.
Million Dollar Mystery
Slaughter Buzzárd
A dying man in a roadside diner tells the other patrons about money he has hidden in four places. But instead of directions, he leaves them only with clues they must solve in order to claim the loot. Released with a promotional tie-in for Glad-Lock brand bags.
Vanishing America
While thumbing through old comic books in his parents' attic, 30-year old Rich Hall remembers that the Junior Seed Sales Club of America still owes him a basketball from when he was eight. Rich then sets out on a journey across America to claim his prize, only to find that there's not much America left out there anymore.
One Crazy Summer
Wilbur
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.