Jay Marshall, who died Tuesday in Chicago at age 84, was the official dean of the Society of American Magicians, as well as perhaps the foremost comedy magician of his generation. A skilled ...

Jay Ward Marshall, beloved husband of the late Frances Ireland, nee Ahrens; loving father of James (Carole) and Sandy (Susan) Marshall; dear grandfather of James, Sandy Jr., Christopher, Steven and ...

The biggest laugh ever on the Carson show was a guy named Bill Mann who did a line–“I’d like to meet an old-fashioned girl: one with gonorrhea.” The longest single laugh recorded on the Carson ...

In The Aristocrats, the documentary in which nearly 100 showbiz types relay their versions of the eponymous filthy bit about a family of incestuous vaudevillians, executive producer Penn Jillette ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Magician-ventriloquist Jay Marshall, dean of the Society of American Magicians, a 14-appearance veteran of the Ed Sullivan television show and the first entertainer to open for Frank ...