Alan Whitney Brown

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Alan Whitney Brown (born July 8, 1952 in Charlotte , Michigan ) is an American comedian .

He became known as a comedian through his appearances on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. There he was the partner of Dennis Miller and appeared as a newscaster, who brought funny comments under the title The Big Picture . A selection was also published as a book. He currently works for Air America Radio .

He previously worked on The Daily Show , also as a joke news anchor. Brown began his career as a street artist ( juggler and musician ).

Brown has been married to blues musician Carolyn Wonderland since 2011 .

Well-known sayings

  • “There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a billion people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you. ”- from Saturday Night Live
    (In China there are over a billion people. It's not easy there To be an individual. If you think about it, more than a billion people, that is, if you are one of a kind under a million, there are still 1,000 people who are just like you.)
  • "I think our bombs are smarter than our high school students - at least they can find Kuwait." - from Saturday Night Live
    (I think our bombs are smarter than our students - at least they find Kuwait.)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Big Picture: An American Commentary . Harper Collins, 1991. ISBN 0-06-096825-7
  2. ^ Report from the New York Times wedding of March 13, 2011 (English), accessed January 31, 2017