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| caption = ''Showtime at the Apollo '' title card
| rating = {{TV-PG}}
| birthname = Gabrielle Bell
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| birthdate = 1976
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| location = [[London, England]]
| runtime = 60 min (with commercials)
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| creator =
| nationality = American
| executive_producer =
| area = Artist, Writer
| alias =
| director =
| presenter = [[Talent (comedian)|Talent]]
| notable works = ''Lucky'', ''The Books of...''
| judges = none
| awards = [[Ignatz Award]], 2004
| bandleader = Ray Chew and the Crew
| location = Apollo Theater (New York City)
| country = United States
| network = syndication
| first_aired = September 12, 1987
| last_aired = Present
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes =
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| website = http://www.apollotheater.com
| imdb_id = 0240272
| tv_com_id = 4104
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'''Gabrielle Bell''' (b. 1976 in [[London, England]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[alternative comics|alternative cartoonist]] known for her [[surrealist]], melancholy [[semi-autobiographical]] stories.


'''''Showtime At The Apollo''''' (formerly '''''It's Showtime at the Apollo''''') is a [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] [[music]] [[television show]], first broadcast in [[September 12]], [[1987 in television|1987]]<ref>[http://www.tv.com/show/4104/summary.html Premiered: September 12, 1987]</ref><ref>[http://www.wistelevision.com/apollo.html It’s Showtime at the Apollo began its successful 15-year run in 1987, but the show’s beginnings reach all the way back to 1913.]</ref>, and is produced by the Apollo Theater. The show features live performances from both professional and up-and-coming artists, and also features the Amateur Night competition made popular at the famous [[Apollo Theater]] in the [[Harlem]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]], where the show is recorded.
==Biography==
When Bell was two, her American mother divorced her British father<ref name="D&Qbio">[http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/artBio.php?artist=a43ccf74f415ab Bell bio at Drawn and Quarterly website.] Retrieved Sept. 4, 2008.</ref> and took Gabrielle and her brother back to the United States. Ending up in a relatively isolated rural town in [[Mendocino County]], Bell writes that she "grew up ... spending a lot of time reading, walking in the woods, and making up stories."<ref name="D&Qbio" /> As a teenager Bell attended a college program for low-income and at-risk students hosted by [[Humboldt State University]], where she took classes in [[Shakespeare]] and composition. When Bell was seventeen she traveled in Europe, including England, where she met her British relatives. Later moving to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], Bell took art classes at the [[City College of San Francisco]], worked in a series of dead-end retail jobs, and began [[self-publisher|self-publishing]] her comics. In 2003, she moved to New York to live with her then boyfriend.<ref name="D&Qbio" />


Although tapings happen on Wednesdays, the show usually airs on weekends.
== Works ==
=== Books of... ===
From about 1998 to 2002, Bell annually [[self-publisher|self-published]] a 32-page comic, each of whose titles began with "Book of...", including ''Book of Insomnia'', ''Book of Sleep'', ''Book of Black'', ''Book of Lies,'' and ''Book of Ordinary Things.'' Many of the stories from those comics were collected in ''When I'm Old and Other Stories'', published by [[Alternative Comics (publisher)|Alternative Comics]] in 2003.


=== ''Lucky'' ===
==Hosts==
Various famous [[R&B]], [[soul music|soul]], and [[hip hop music|hip hop]] performers have appeared on the show, which has had a number of hosts, including [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Rick Aviles]], [[Sinbad (actor)|Sinbad]], [[Mark Curry (actor)|Mark Curry]], [[Steve Harvey]], [[Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson|Mo'Nique]], [[Christopher "Kid" Reid]], and [[Anthony Anderson]]. [[Kiki Sheppard]] served as co-host from [[1987 in television|1987]] until [[2002 in television|2002]].
In 2003, Bell began the self-published semi-autobiographical <i>Lucky<i> series, of which the third won a 2003 [[Ignatz Award]] for Most Outstanding Minicomic. ''Lucky'' details Bell's day-to-day existence in a
frank and good-humored manner, as she navigates a world of dilapidated rental apartments, low-paying jobs, yoga classes, roommate misadventures, and artistic frustration. These snippets of daily life in the [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]] section of [[Brooklyn, New York]], are comforting in their familiarity; by settling into the rhythm of the artist's daily life, the reader experiences the heft of small victories and simple pleasures. ''Lucky'' tells of the anguish of nude modeling; sex-obsessed, adolescent art students; and Bell's own foibles.


From [[1989 in television|1989]] to [[1991 in television|1991]], Sinbad served as the permanent host. After Sinbad left, the show reverted to a series of special guest hosts. In [[1993 in television|1993]], [[Steve Harvey]] began a seven year stint as the permanent host. At the start of the [[1998]]-[[1999 in television|99]] season<ref>[http://www.tv.com/showtime-at-the-apollo/show/4104/episode_listings.html?season=12&tag=nav_bar;12 Season 12]</ref>, Harvey and Kiki Sheppard hosted a series of ''"Best of..."'' episodes until late [[1999#October|October]] because production was delayed due to a labor dispute. After Harvey left in [[2000 in television|2000]], he was replaced by [[Rudy Rush]]. Rush was joined by new comedic dancer [[C.P. Lacey]], who replaced [[Howard Simms|Howard "Sandman" Simms]], who had died.
''Lucky'' was collected by [[Drawn and Quarterly]] in fall 2006, and launched as a new series (vol. 2), also by Drawn and Quarterly, in 2007.


===Change of production===
=== ''Cecil and Jordan in New York'' ===
After a dispute with the Apollo Theater Foundation in [[2002 in television|2002]], the original producers<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840377/ Percy Sutton .... executive producer (unknown episodes, 1987-2002)]</ref><ref>[http://www.imdb.com/company/co0020039/ Bob Banner Associates]</ref> left to start a rival show called '''''Showtime in Harlem'''''<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358880/ "Showtime in Harlem" (2002)]</ref><ref>[http://www.tv.com/showtime-in-harlem!/show/30803/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;title;1 When "Showtime at the Apollo" was revamped in 2002, Rudy Rush and Kiki Shepard were ousted and given their own show, "Showtime in Harlem."]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030926092526/http://www.showtimeinharlem.com/ Official site of Showtime in Harlem]</ref> later known simply as ''Showtime''<ref>[http://www.wistelevision.com/showtime.html SHOWTIME Starring: Rudy Rush and Kiki Shepard]</ref>. ''Showtime in Harlem'' was produced at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]. ''It's Showtime at the Apollo'' is currently produced by [[de Passe Entertainment]] and was hosted once again by Sinbad, who briefly returned to the show in [[2006 in television|2006]] while Mo'nique was on maternity leave. [[Whoopi Goldberg]] became the new host for the [[2006 in television|2006]]-[[2007 in television|2007]] season. At times, comedian [[Talent (comedian)|talent]] and actor [[Anthony Anderson]] have hosted during the 2006-2007 season.
Bell's newest book is ''Cecil and Jordan in New York'' (Drawn & Quarterly), a collection of Bell's short comics work that has been published in various anthologies, including ''[[Kramer’s Ergot]]'' ([[Buenaventura Press]]), ''Mome'' ([[Fantagraphics]]), and ''Drawn and Quarterly Showcase Book Four''.


==Reruns==
==== Michel Gondry ====
Weekly reruns of select episodes from the show's first fifteen seasons (unrelated to the latest version) are syndicated to TV stations across the country, while about a few dozen episodes from Seasons 1 through 10 currently air Monday through Friday on [[TV One]].
''Cecil and Jordan in New York'''s title story, in which a young woman turns herself into a chair so as not to be too much of a bother to those around her, is being adapted into a short film, ''Interior Design'', by director [[Michel Gondry]] as part of the forthcoming ''Tôkyô!'' trilogy set for fall 2008 release.


==Partial list of notable guest performers==
Bell and Gondry also collaborated on ''Kuruma Tohrimasu'', a collection of drawings and photographs made during the production of ''Interior Design''. Conceived of as a thank-you gift for the film's cast and crew, ''Kuruma Tohrimasu'' is published as part of Drawn and Quarterly’s Petits Livres series.
*[[Teena Marie]]
*[[Trina]]
*[[Ciara]]
*[[Patti Labelle]]
*[[Melba Moore]]
*[[Breakfast Club (band)|Breakfast Club]]
*[[Adam Sandler]]
*[[LL Cool J]]
*[[Tiffany Evans]]
*[[Beastie Boys]]
*[[Regina Belle]]
*[[Stephanie Mills]]
*[[Natalie Cole]]
*[[Run-D.M.C.]]
*[[Freddie Jackson]]
*[[Exposé (band)|Exposé]]
*[[Whodini]]
*[[Al Jarreau]]
*[[David Sanborn]]
*[[David Alan Grier]]
*[[Troop (band)|Troop]]
*[[Martin Lawrence]]
*[[Vanessa L. Williams]]
*[[LeVert]]
*[[The Boys (band)|The Boys]]
*[[Keith Sweat]]
*[[Tracie Spencer]]
*[[Perri "Pebbles" Reid|Pebbles]]
*[[Trey Songz]]
*[[John Henton]]
*[[New Kids on the Block]]
*[[Al B. Sure!]]
*[[Guy (band)|Guy]]
*[[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]]
*[[Kool Moe Dee]]
*[[After 7]]
*[[Vesta Williams]]
*[[MC Hammer]]
*[[DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince]]
*[[Chris Rock]]
*[[Mariah Carey]]
*[[Jeffrey Osborne]]
*[[Monie Love]]
*[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
*[[Chubb Rock]]
*[[Surface (band)|Surface]]
*[[Kim Coles]]
*[[Gerald Levert]]
*[[Eddie Levert]]
*[[Eartha Kitt]]
*[[BeBe Winans]]
*[[CeCe Winans]]
*[[Donna Summer]]
*[[Another Bad Creation]]
*[[Boyz II Men]]
*[[Malcolm-Jamal Warner]]
*[[Kris Kross]]
*[[Jimmie Walker]]
*[[Raven-Symone]]
*[[Gia Farrell]]
*[[Naughty by Nature]]
*[[Chuckii Booker]]
*[[TLC (band)|TLC]]
*[[R. Kelly]]
*[[Keith Washington]]
*[[El DeBarge]]
*[[Paula Abdul]]
*[[Mary J. Blige]]
*[[The Fugees]] (group member [[Lauryn Hill]] was an Amateur Night contestant in [[1988]])
*[[D'Angelo]]
*[[Faith Evans]]
*[[Hootie & the Blowfish]]
*[[Nas]]
*[[Kirk Franklin]]
*[[Dru Hill]]
*[[Aaliyah]]
*[[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]]
*[[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]]
*[[India.Arie]]
*[[Nappy Roots]]
*[[T.I.]]
*[[Gabriel Iglesias]]
*[[Tyrese Gibson]]
*[[3LW]]
*[[Marques Houston]]
*[[Kurtis Blow]]
*[[Styles P]]
*[[Sean Paul]]
*[[Floetry]]
*[[Billy Paul]]
*[[Omarion]]
*[[Pretty Ricky]]
*[[Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd]]
*[[Jim Jones (rapper)|Jim Jones]]
*[[B2K]]
*[[SWV]]
*[[Shanice]]
*[[Kelly Rowland]]
*[[LeToya Luckett]]
*[[Cam'ron]]
*[[Mary Wilson]]
*[[Soulja Boy]]
*[[The DEY]]
*[[Ashanti (singer)]]
*[[Jessica Sanchez]]
*[[B5 (band)|B5]]


=== Anthologies ===
==References==
{{reflist}}
Bell is a regular contributor to [[Fantagraphics]]' quarterly anthology ''[[Mome (comics)|Mome]]''. She has also contributed to publications such as ''[[Stereoscomic]]'' (Stereoscomic), ''[[Bogus Dead]]'' (Alternative), ''Orchid'' ([[Sparkplug Comics]]), ''The Comics Journal Special Editon'' 2005 (Fantagraphics), ''Scheherazade'' ([[Soft Skull Press]]), and [http://shoutmag.net ''Shout!'' magazine].


==External links==
== Bibliography (selected) ==
*{{imdb title|id=0240272|name=It's Showtime at the Apollo}}
*{{Tv.com show|id=4104|title=It's Showtime at the Apollo}}
*[http://www.apollotheater.com/ Official Apollo Theater website]
*[http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/showtime-apollo-general-comments/1009 Jump The Shark » Forums » Shark Discussions » TV Shows: A - Z » I » It's Showtime at the Apollo]
*[http://www.wistelevision.com/apollo.html It's Showtime At The Apollo Seasons I - XV]


[[Category:1987 television series debuts]]
* ''When I'm Old and Other Stories'' (Alternative Comics, 2003) ISBN 978-1891867439
[[Category:1980s American television series]]
* ''Lucky'' (Drawn and Quarterly, 2006) ISBN 978-1897299012
[[Category:1990s American television series]]
* ''Lucky'' vol. 2. (Drawn and Quarterly, 2007, ongoing)
[[Category:2000s American television series]]
* ''Cecil and Jordan in New York: Stories by Gabrielle Bell'' (Drawn and Quarterly, 2008) ISBN 978-1897299579
[[Category:First-run syndicated television programs in the United States]]
* ''Kuruma Tohrimasu'' (Drawn and Quarterly, 2008) ISBN 978-1897299593
[[Category:Singing competitions]]

[[Category:Variety television series]]
== Notes ==
[[Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television]]
<references />
[[Category:Music television series]]

== Sources ==
* [http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/artBio.php?artist=a43ccf74f415ab Bell bio at Drawn and Quarterly website.]
* [http://www.indyworld.com/bell/index.html Bell mini-site at Alternative Comics website.]
* [http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2007-A-Co/Bell-Gabrielle.html Bio at Notable Biographies.]
* Epstein, Daniel Robert. [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=e638925f2562823281e8655ed1c69a69&threadid=5868&highlight=gabrielle+and+bell "Not Old Yet — Gabrielle Bell," Newsarama (Sept. 25, 2003).]

== External links ==
* [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/feature.onpoetry.html?id=179402 Bell's adaptation of Emily Dickinson's "It was not death, for I stood up." "The Poem as Comic Strip #2," Poetry Foundation (PDF).]
* Berlatsky, Noah. [http://hoodedutilitarian.blogspot.com/2007/11/real-gabrielle-bell.html "The Real Gabrielle Bell," The Hooded Utilitarian (Nov. 5, 2007).]
* Clough, Rob. [http://www.sequart.com/columns/index.php?col=9&column=1658 "Deadpan: Gabrielle Bell's ''Lucky'' (Dec. 13, 2006).]
* Cronin, Brian. [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/25/a-month-of-art-stars-gabrielle-bell/ "A Month of Art Stars — Gabrielle Bell," Comic Book Resources (Sept. 25, 2008).]
* Meginnis, Mike. [http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue040712/bellsjournal.html "'The Hole,' and Other True Fictions," The Webcomics Examiner.]

=== Interviews ===
* [http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=453&Itemid=87 Interview from ''Mome'' vol. 2 (July 17, 2005).]
* [http://www.bookslut.com/features/2007_01_010460.php January 2007 Bookslut interview (Jan. 2007).]
* [http://www.smithmag.net/memoirville/2007/01/08/an-interview-with-gabrielle-bell-author-of-lucky/ SMITH Magazine interview (Jan. 8, 2007).]
* [http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/094_bell/094_bell.htm Paul Gravett interview (Jan. 19, 2007).]
* [http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2008/07/29/interview-gabrielle-bell-pt-1/ Daily Cross Hatch interview, part I (July 29, 2008).]
* [http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2008/08/04/interview-gabrielle-bell-pt-2/ Daily Cross Hatch interview, part II (Aug. 4, 2008).]
* [http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2008/08/12/interview-gabrielle-bell-pt-3-of-4/ Daily Cross Hatch interview, part III (Aug. 12, 2008).]
* [http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2008/08/19/interview-gabrielle-bell-pt-4-of-4/ Daily Cross Hatch interview, part IV (Aug. 19, 2008).]

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Revision as of 13:36, 10 October 2008

Showtime at the Apollo
File:Showtime@theApollologo.png
Showtime at the Apollo title card
Presented byTalent
Judgesnone
Country of originUnited States
Production
Production locationApollo Theater (New York City)
Running time60 min (with commercials)
Original release
Networksyndication
ReleaseSeptember 12, 1987 –
Present

Showtime At The Apollo (formerly It's Showtime at the Apollo) is a syndicated music television show, first broadcast in September 12, 1987[1][2], and is produced by the Apollo Theater. The show features live performances from both professional and up-and-coming artists, and also features the Amateur Night competition made popular at the famous Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, where the show is recorded.

Although tapings happen on Wednesdays, the show usually airs on weekends.

Hosts

Various famous R&B, soul, and hip hop performers have appeared on the show, which has had a number of hosts, including Whoopi Goldberg, Rick Aviles, Sinbad, Mark Curry, Steve Harvey, Mo'Nique, Christopher "Kid" Reid, and Anthony Anderson. Kiki Sheppard served as co-host from 1987 until 2002.

From 1989 to 1991, Sinbad served as the permanent host. After Sinbad left, the show reverted to a series of special guest hosts. In 1993, Steve Harvey began a seven year stint as the permanent host. At the start of the 1998-99 season[3], Harvey and Kiki Sheppard hosted a series of "Best of..." episodes until late October because production was delayed due to a labor dispute. After Harvey left in 2000, he was replaced by Rudy Rush. Rush was joined by new comedic dancer C.P. Lacey, who replaced Howard "Sandman" Simms, who had died.

Change of production

After a dispute with the Apollo Theater Foundation in 2002, the original producers[4][5] left to start a rival show called Showtime in Harlem[6][7][8] later known simply as Showtime[9]. Showtime in Harlem was produced at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It's Showtime at the Apollo is currently produced by de Passe Entertainment and was hosted once again by Sinbad, who briefly returned to the show in 2006 while Mo'nique was on maternity leave. Whoopi Goldberg became the new host for the 2006-2007 season. At times, comedian talent and actor Anthony Anderson have hosted during the 2006-2007 season.

Reruns

Weekly reruns of select episodes from the show's first fifteen seasons (unrelated to the latest version) are syndicated to TV stations across the country, while about a few dozen episodes from Seasons 1 through 10 currently air Monday through Friday on TV One.

Partial list of notable guest performers

References

  1. ^ Premiered: September 12, 1987
  2. ^ It’s Showtime at the Apollo began its successful 15-year run in 1987, but the show’s beginnings reach all the way back to 1913.
  3. ^ Season 12
  4. ^ Percy Sutton .... executive producer (unknown episodes, 1987-2002)
  5. ^ Bob Banner Associates
  6. ^ "Showtime in Harlem" (2002)
  7. ^ When "Showtime at the Apollo" was revamped in 2002, Rudy Rush and Kiki Shepard were ousted and given their own show, "Showtime in Harlem."
  8. ^ Official site of Showtime in Harlem
  9. ^ SHOWTIME Starring: Rudy Rush and Kiki Shepard

External links

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