"Funniest Comedian MICHAEL PATRICK KING vs BILL KIRCHENBAUER"

Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1952) is an American director, writer, and producer of television and film. King was born to an Irish-American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was raised as a Catholic. He attended Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, for three years. In 1975, King moved to New York, did comedy, and wrote plays. He also was a member of a comedy improv group called The Broadway Local which mostly performed at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. They were considered to be the in-house Improv group there. He eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he found work writing for the television series Murphy Brown, and was nominated for several Emmys. He wrote for the HBO show, The Comeback, as well as for broadcast shows Will & Grace, Good Advice, and Cybill. He may be best known for his work on the HBO series Sex and the City, which was created by Darren Star. King wrote all the season premieres and finales of Sex and the City (except its pilot, written by Star, and the fifth-season finale, which King co-wrote with Cindy Chupack). He directed the show's film adaptation, and its follow-up, Sex and the City 2. He is featured on The Other Network Writers Room, an audio series for aspiring comedy writers. In 2008, his production company signed a deal with DreamWorks. He is openly gay and lives in Greenwich Village. He owns Arcade Productions, a production company.

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William Alfred Kirchenbauer (born February 19, 1953) is an American actor and stand-up comedian who has appeared in television shows and films since the 1970s, most notably performing as a regular on Make Me Laugh and Fernwood 2 Night. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Coach Graham Lubbock on the series Growing Pains and starring in the spin-off series Just the Ten of Us (ABC - 47 episodes 1988-1991). Kirchenbauer was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of Hester Elaine (née Andrews) and Alfred Ellsworth Kirchenbauer, who served in the U.S. Army. In 1978, Connie Stevens introduced Bill for his stand-up appearance on Season 1, Episode 24 of The Comedy Shop with Norm Crosby... Using items on stage in innovative ways, the mic stand became a giant rubber-tipped dart and he became "chewing gum" which ended up stuck on the bottom of the barstool to the amusement and laughter of the studio audience. He has had recurring roles on Fernwood 2 Night and America 2-Night as singer Tony Rolletti; on Mork & Mindy as the geeky, obnoxious self-professed "ladies' man", womanizer Todd Norman "T.N.T." Taylor; and on Clueless as Coach Bullock. He was a semi-regular panelist on the revival of Match Game in 1990 and also on Super Password. Kirchenbauer has also appeared in movies such as Gorp, Stoogemania, The Story of Us, The Alternate, Boogie Nights, and Unbeatable Harold.

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