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name	Defamation
director	Yoav Shamir
producer	Sandra ItkoffKaroline LethPhilippa KowarskyKnut Ogris
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''Defamation'' (; ) is a 2009 documentary film by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Shamir. The film examines antisemitism, and in particular the way perceptions of antisemitism affect Israeli and U.S. politics. The film won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

Content

The film examines whether "'anti-Semitic' has become an all purpose label for anyone who criticizes Israel and the possibility that some Jews' preoccupation with the past -- i.e., the Holocaust -- is preventing progress in the here and now. Shamir decided to make this film after a critic of an earlier film accused him of antisemitism.

Filmmaker Yoav Shamir states in the beginning of the film that as an Israeli he has never experienced antisemitism himself and wants to learn more about it since references to antisemitism in countries all over the world are common in the Israeli media.

The film includes interviews with Abraham Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, John J. Mearsheimer, co-author of ''New York Times'' Best Seller ''The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy'', Norman Finkelstein, a critic of Israeli government policy as well as many others. The film also follows a group of Israeli high school students on a class trip to Europe where they tour Auschwitz, as well as a number of other notable Holocaust locations.

The film notes that in 2007, the ADL reported a spike in antisemitism, claiming that there were 1,500 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, yet when Shamir contacts the ADL they can only list minor incidents such as websites with inflammatory comments, letters from employees denied time off for a Jewish holiday, or people offended by a cop's use of the word "Jew". A case presented concerns a group of African American boys, aged between 10 and 12, who pelted a school bus with rocks, breaking two windows.

Shamir also interviews a rabbi who says that the hypervigilance of the ADL inflames relations between Jews and non-Jews in the United States. He also finds that among his interviewees there is more sensitivity to antisemitism among secular Jews than religious ones.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes lists 13 positive and 3 negative reviews, giving it an 81% approval rating.

After the film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement denouncing the film, stating that it "belittles the issue (of antisemitism) ... and cheapens the Holocaust. It is Shamir's perverse, personal, political perspective and a missed opportunity to document a serious and important issue."

''New York Times'' reviewer Neil Genzlinger states that while these ideas deserve a thorough and dispassionate discussion, Shamir has not provided it in this film. "...it feels like just another day on the Op-Ed page."

References

External links

''Defamation'' from First Run Features.com

''Defamation'' from Hartley Film Foundation

Category:2009 films Category:Israeli films Category:English-language films Category:Hebrew-language films Category:Israeli documentary films Category:2000s documentary films

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Yoav Shamir is an Israeli documentary filmmaker most noted for the films Checkpoint and Defamation. Shamir's films have received awards from independent film festivals including Best Feature Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Best International Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Shamir's viewpoint of Israeli political policies in his documentaries made him a focal point of criticism and garnered accusations of anti-semitism.

Personal life

Yoav Shamir was born in Tel Aviv in 1970. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a BA in History and philosophy. He obtained a MFA in cinema with honours.

Controversies

After the success of Checkpoint, Shamir was referred to as the "Israeli Mel Gibson" by American journalists and accused of antisemitism. This inspired him to do a project about contemporary antisemitism, the film Defamation.

Filmography

''Hashmatsa'' (International title: ''Defamation'') (2009)

''Flipping Out'' (2008)

''5 Days'' (2005)

''Machssomim'' (International title: ''Checkpoint'') (2003)

External links

Yoav Shamir at IMDb

References

Category:Living people Category:Israeli documentary filmmakers

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Name	John Madden
Alt	Susan Collins and John Madden
Position	Head Coach (retired)
Birth date	April 10, 1936Austin, Minnesota, United States
Highschool	Jefferson High School (Daly City, California)
College	College of San Mateo, Cal Poly SLO
Draftyear	1958
Draftround	21
Draftpick	244
Coachdebutyear	1967
Coachdebutteam	Oakland Raiders
Coachfinalyear	1978
Coachfinalteam	Oakland Raiders
Pastcoaching	Oakland Raiders (1967–1968)(linebackers coach) Oakland Raiders (1969–)(head coach)
Highlights	1969 Pro Football Weekly AFL Coach of the Year Super Bowl XI victory (1976) 103–32–7 (regular season record) 9–7 (playoff record) 112–39–7 (overall record)
Stat1label	Win-Loss Record
Stat1value	103–32–7
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John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former American professional football player in the National Football League, a former head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League and later the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He is also widely known for the long-running ''Madden NFL'' video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988.

Madden broadcast with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s, on CBS and later Fox. He was also the last color commentator for ABC's ''Monday Night Football'' before it moved to ESPN in 2006. His last regular role was as a commentator for ''NBC Sunday Night Football''.

Madden has also written several books and has served as a commercial pitchman for various products and retailers. He retired from broadcasting on April 16, 2009 in order to spend more time with his family.

Early life

John Madden was born in Austin, Minnesota, to Earl Russell Madden and Mary Margaret (Flaherty) Madden. His father, an auto mechanic, moved the Madden family to Daly City, California, a suburb of San Francisco, when he was young. He attended middle school at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and then Jefferson High School, graduating in 1954.

John Madden married Virginia Fields on December 26, 1959. They live in Pleasanton, California, and have two sons, Joseph and Michael. Joe played football at Brown University and Mike attended Harvard University where he started at receiver on the football team.

Playing career

A football standout in high school, he then played college football at Oregon and the College of San Mateo before transferring to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he played both offense and defense for the Mustangs while earning a BS in Education in 1959 and an MA in Education in 1961. He won all-conference honors at offensive tackle, and was a catcher on Cal Poly-SLO's baseball team. Madden was drafted in the 21st round (244th overall) by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1958, but a knee injury in training camp a year later ended his playing career before he ever got a chance to play.

Coaching career

College coaching

In 1960, he became an assistant coach at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, and was promoted to head coach in 1962. Following the 1963 season, he was hired as a defensive assistant at San Diego State, where he served through 1966. During that final campaign, the Aztecs were ranked among the top small college teams in the country. While at SDSU, Madden coached under Don Coryell, whom Madden credits as being an influence on his coaching and who he feels will one day be included in the Hall of Fame.

Professional coaching

Building on that success, Madden was hired by Al Davis as linebackers coach for the AFL's Oakland Raiders in 1967, putting him in the Sid Gillman coaching tree. He helped the team reach Super Bowl II that season. A year later, after Raiders head coach John Rauch resigned to take the same position with the Buffalo Bills, Madden was named the Raiders' head coach on February 4, 1969, becoming professional football's youngest head coach at the age of 32.

Madden's Raiders reached and lost five AFC title games in seven years, which left the Raiders with the same image that the Dallas Cowboys had previously had—as a team unable to "win the big one." Despite a 12–1–1 mark in 1969, the team lost 17–7 to the Kansas City Chiefs in the final American Football League championship game. Three years later, in what appeared to be a last-minute victory over the Steelers instead became a part of football lore when Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" gave Pittsburgh a 13–7 win. Then, in 1974, after defeating the two-time, and defending Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins in dramatic fashion, the Raiders lost again to the Steelers in the AFC Championship game.

In 1976, the Raiders went 13–1 in the regular season, and escaped the first round of the playoffs with a dramatic and controversial victory over the New England Patriots. In the second round of the playoffs they defeated the Steelers for the AFC Championship. On January 9, 1977, Madden's Raiders finally captured their first Super Bowl with a convincing 32–14 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

The Raiders lost the AFC Championship Game in 1977 to the Denver Broncos with Madden battling an ulcer for most of the season. He retired after the 1978 season when the Raiders failed to make the playoffs.

Madden retired as a Super Bowl winning head coach and was the youngest coach ever to reach 100 career regular season victories, a record he compiled in only ten full seasons of coaching at the age of 42. He is still the coach with the most wins in Raiders history.

Madden's overall winning percentage including playoff games ranks second in league history. He won a Super Bowl and never had a losing season as a head coach. Madden has a winning record as a head coach against other future Hall of Fame head coaches.

Television

From 1979 through 2008, Madden worked as a color commentator/analyst on NFL games for all four major American television networks.

CBS Sports

After working lower profile contests for CBS during his first two years, he was elevated to the network's top football broadcasting duo with Pat Summerall in 1981, replacing Tom Brookshier. The team of Madden and Summerall would go on to call eight Super Bowls together (five for CBS and three for Fox). On occasions in which Summerall was unavailable (during the CBS years, Summerall was normally scheduled to commentate on U.S. Open tennis tournament during the early weeks of the NFL season), Madden would team with the likes of Vin Scully and subsequently, Verne Lundquist. On their final CBS telecast together (the NFC Championship Game on January 23, 1994), Madden told Summerall that while CBS may no longer have the NFL (for the time being, as CBS would eventually regain NFL rights in 1998 by outbidding NBC for the rights to AFC telecasts), at least they have the memories. On ABC's final ''Monday Night Football'' telecast in 2005, Madden used a similar choice of words.

Fox Sports/ABC Sports

When the Fox Network gained the rights in 1994, the pair shifted to that network with Madden reportedly making $8 million per year. Following his appearance during Super Bowl XXXVI in February 2002, Madden left Fox to become a commentator on ABC's ''Monday Night Football'', working with longtime play-by-play announcer Al Michaels.

NBC Sports

In 2005, Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports, announced that Madden would do color commentary for NBC's Sunday night NFL games beginning with the 2006 season, making him the first sportscaster to have worked for all of the "Big Four" U.S. broadcast television networks. Madden also reached the milestone of calling the Super Bowl on all of the "Big Four" broadcast networks when he appeared on the 2009 broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII. On October 13, 2008, NBC announced that Madden would not be traveling to the October 19 ''Sunday Night Football'' Tampa Bay Buccaneers–Seattle Seahawks game in Tampa, Florida, marking the end of Madden's 476-weekend streak of consecutive broadcast appearances. Madden, who travels by bus because of a fear of flying (see below) decided to take the week off because he had traveled from Jacksonville to San Diego, and would have had to go back to Florida before returning to his Northern California home. Madden was replaced by ''Football Night in America'' studio analyst Cris Collinsworth for the game, and returned for the following telecast on November 2, 2008 in Indianapolis (the NFL does not schedule Sunday night games for one week in October, as not to overlap with the World Series taking place roughly around the same time).

Retirement

On April 16, 2009, Madden officially announced his retirement as an NFL broadcaster after 30 years saying "It's time." Cris Collinsworth was announced as his replacement.

Style

Madden's lively and flamboyant delivery has won him critical acclaim and fourteen Sports Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Event Analyst. His announcing style is punctuated with interjections such as "Boom!", "Whap!", "Bang!" and "Doink!"', and his use of the telestrator, a device which allows him to superimpose his light-penned diagrams of football plays over video footage. Madden's use of the telestrator helped to popularize the technology, which has become a staple of television coverage of all sports.

Thanksgiving

Madden was also known for working the annual Thanksgiving Day games for CBS and later Fox. He would award a turkey or turducken to players of the winning team. He would also award a turkey drumstick to players of the winning team during the Thanksgiving Day game, often bringing out a "nuclear turkey" with as many as eight drumsticks on it for the occasion. The drumsticks served as an odd take on the "player of the game" award. Madden stopped announcing the Thanksgiving Day games after he moved to ABC in 2002, but the tradition continued. Fox, CBS, and the NFL Network present the Galloping Gobbler, the All-Iron Award, and the Pudding Pie Award, respectively, to the Game MVP.

All-Madden

In 1984, Madden took the advice of NFL coach John Robinson – a friend of Madden's since elementary school – and created the "All-Madden" team, a group of players whom Madden thought represented football and played the game the way he thought it should be played. Madden continued to pick the All-Madden team through the 2001 season when he left to move to ABC and ''Monday Night Football''. Madden added his "Haul of Fame" for his favorite players, he created a special 10th Anniversary All-Madden team in 1994, an All-Madden Super Bowl Team in 1997 and an All-Time All-Madden team in 2000. ''All Madden'' was also the title of Madden's third best-selling book (after ''Hey, Wait A Minute I Wrote a Book'' and ''One Knee Equals Two Feet'').

Madden explained, "What does it mean to be 'All-Madden'? It's a whole range of things. For defensive linemen and linebackers, it's about Jack Youngblood playing with a busted leg, Lawrence Taylor wreaking havoc on the offense and Reggie White making the other guy wish he put a little more in the collection plate at church. It's about a guy who's got a dirty uniform, mud on his face and grass in the ear hole of his helmet." ABC Sports stated, "the All-Madden Team has become synonymous with greatness."

Other NFL greats who have been on various All-Madden teams are Howie Long, Dan Hampton, Ronnie Lott, Richard Dent, Jackie Slater, Andre Tippett, Walter Payton, Mark Bavaro and Bruce Smith among many others.

Fear of flying

Madden's fear of flight is well known. Two different theories have developed as to the cause. One theory relates to the October 29, 1960 Cal Poly football team plane crash that claimed the lives of sixteen players, the team’s student manager, and a football booster. Having graduated from Cal Poly-SLO only two years prior, Madden lost many friends in the accident. However, it is known that Madden flew up until 1979, when he had a panic attack on a flight originating in Tampa. Madden, however, stated once in an interview that his fears were not about turbulence, flying, or heights, but primarily claustrophobia. He also once noted that when he did fly, traveling all over the United States did not allow him to see anything.

During his ''Saturday Night Live'' hosting appearance in the early 1980s, a short film aired depicting Madden making the journey to New York to host SNL by train. In the mid-1980s Madden was a frequent rider on Amtrak's ''Lake Shore Limited''. However, beginning in 1987, he has traveled around the country in a customized coach-bus, which he has dubbed the ''Madden Cruiser''. The Madden Cruiser shells are manufactured by Motor Coach Industries. The coach sponsors over the years have included Walker Advantage Muffler and Outback Steakhouse. The most recent coach, Madden's sixth, was built in 2005.

That bus was a Greyhound™ vehicle and the work on the vehicle was instigated by the former Greyhound President and CEO Mr Fred Curry. Mr Curry was a fromer executive for Contental Trailways. As a side bar there was a three year contract for the use of the bus, and Greyhound drivers from accross the country competed to be the driver for "The Madden Cruiser".

Because of this, Madden has never done commentary during a Pro Bowl, which was held in Hawaii until 2010. Likewise, Madden has never called any pre-season game held outside of North America, even if his play-by-play partner was on the telecast.

Madden found an unexpected use for his bus in New York after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when he provided transportation for former ice skating champion Peggy Fleming, whose flight home to Los Gatos, California had been grounded.

In contrast to Madden's own fear of flying, his wife Virginia holds a private pilot license.

Honors

The Pro Football Hall of Fame honored Madden with its Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2002. In August 2005 the Hall's Veterans' Committee selected Madden and Rayfield Wright as candidates for entry into the Hall in 2006. Madden was inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 5, 2006.

Madden was placed as number two on David J. Halberstam's list of Top 50 All Time Network Television Sports Announcers by Yahoo! Sports.

On August 25, 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced that Madden would be one of 13 California Hall of Fame inductees in The California Museum's yearlong exhibit. The induction ceremony was on December 1, 2009 in Sacramento, California.

Radio

Madden does a 6–9 minute on-air chat on KCBS radio in San Francisco with an anchor person every weekday morning at 8:15am Pacific Time, with recorded repeats throughout the day. Podcasts are available at http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/tag/john-madden/ and on iTunes.

Madden has also aired sports commentaries in syndication on the Westwood One radio network in the United States.

Advertising

In recent years he has appeared in a variety of radio and television commercials including Ace Hardware, Outback Steakhouse (the current corporate sponsor of the ''Maddencruiser'' – see below), Verizon Wireless, Rent-A-Center, Miller Lite, Sirius Satellite Radio and Tinactin. In particular, the Miller beer advertisements cemented Madden's image in the public eye as a bumbling but lovable personality. He had a brief movie role playing himself in the 1994 youth football film ''Little Giants'' and in the 2000 film ''The Replacements''. Madden appeared in a 1999 episode of The Simpsons "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday". Madden also hosted an episode of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1982 with musical guest Jennifer Holliday. As well, Madden was featured in the Irish band U2's music video for the song "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of". In the video, Madden is commenting on a fake football game featuring Paul Hewson as the kicker who misses a short kick to win the game.

He has also recorded radio and television public service announcements for a number of causes, including the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation of San Francisco (based on the health experiences of his wife, Virginia Madden).

To minimize travel to studios, Madden built Goal Line Productions in Pleasanton, Calif., a facility that is now managed by his son, Joe. The facility features a sound stage, one of the largest in Northern California.

''Madden NFL'' video games

In addition to his real-world exploits, Madden lends his voice, personality and name to the ''Madden NFL'' series of football video games, which has been around since 1988, published by Electronic Arts. The games, the most recent being ''Madden NFL 12'', have consistently been a best seller so much so that they have even spawned TV shows where people compete playing the video games. Despite Madden's retirement as a broadcaster in 2009, he still continues to lend his name, as well as provide creative input, for the game.

Head coaching record

1 !1970 Oakland Raiders season 4 !1971 Oakland Raiders season 4 !1972 Oakland Raiders season 3 !1973 Oakland Raiders season 4 !1974 Oakland Raiders season 2 !1975 Oakland Raiders season 3 !1976 Oakland Raiders season 1 !1977 Oakland Raiders season 3 !1978 Oakland Raiders season 7 103

rowspan="2"	Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular Season !! colspan="4"|Post Season
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
1969 Oakland Raiders season>OAK	1969 AFL season>1969		12	|	1	.923	1st in AFL Western	1	1	.500	Lost to Kansas City Chiefs in AFL Championship
OAK||1970		8	|	2	.667	1st in AFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to History of the Indianapolis Colts>Baltimore Colts in AFC Championship Game
OAK||1971		8	|	2	.667	2nd in AFC West	–	–	–	–
OAK||1972		10	|	1	.750	1st in AFC West	0	1	.000	Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in Divisional Round
OAK||1973		9	|	1	.679	1st in AFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Miami Dolphins in AFC Championship Game
OAK||1974		12	|	0	.857	1st in AFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Championship Game
OAK||1975		11	|	0	.786	1st in AFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Championship Game
OAK||1976		13	|	0	.929	1st in AFC West	3	0	1.000	Won Super Bowl XI
OAK||1977		11	|	0	.786	2nd in AFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Championship Game
OAK||1978		9	|	0	.563	2nd in AFC West	–	–	–	–
colspan="2"	Total	|	32	7	.763	|9||	7	.563

See also

Bang Cartoon

Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

Holy Roller (American football)

List of American Football League players

Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award

References

External links

Madden's official website

John Madden at pro-football-reference.com

Madden's daily show on KCBS radio

EA Sports Madden video game

John Madden Quotes

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Coordinates	38°01′47″N84°29′41″N
name	Frank Caliendo
birth name	Franklin Caliendo
birth date	January 19, 1974
birth place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
medium	Stand-up comedy, television
nationality	American
active	2000–present
genre	Observational comedy
subject	Impersonations, popular culture
influences	Jonathan Winters,Robin Williams
notable work	''Frank TV''''Fox NFL Sunday''
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Franklin "Frank" Caliendo (born January 19, 1974) is an American comedian and impressionist, best known for his work on the Fox Network television series ''MADtv'', and has been the in-house prognosticator for ''Fox NFL Sunday''. In 2007 and 2008, he performed his impersonations on his own show, ''Frank TV'', which aired on TBS. He is known for his impressions of Charles Barkley, NFL color commentator John Madden, sportscaster Jim Rome, comedian Robin Williams, actor William Shatner, and United States Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and for his frequent appearances on ''The Bob & Tom Show''. He has performed as many as 120 impressions. He currently has a show in Las Vegas.

Biography

Early life and career

Caliendo was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he attended Waukesha South High School. He is of Italian ancestry. After graduation from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Caliendo began performing stand-up comedy, taking a job as a master of ceremonies at a local comedy club. Within a year he was headlining. He made his network series debut on the 2000-2001 sketch comedy series ''Hype''. He gained significant national exposure on the comedy series ''MADtv''.

Caliendo has performed stand-up on such series as cable's ''Premium Blend'', ''The Late Show with David Letterman'', ''Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn'', ''The View'', ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. He was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties in 2004.

His signature 'John Madden' impression is frequently seen on Fox NFL Sunday, The Best Damn Sports Show Period and ''Mohr Sports''. Caliendo has also appeared on Comedy Central's Comedy Central Presents, as well as many radio shows, including the WDVE Morning Show with Jim Krenn and Randy Bauman in Pittsburgh PA, The Dan Le Batard Show, The Junkies, Bob & Sheri, The Bob & Tom Show, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Opie and Anthony, The Don and Mike Show, Rise Guys, Bubba the Love Sponge, The John Boy and Billy Big Show, The Howard Stern Show, Mike and the Mad Dog, Elliot in the Morning, ''The Sports Inferno'', The Rick and Bubba Show, The Roe Conn Show, Preston and Steve, The Glenn Beck Program, and ''Holmberg's Morning Sickness'', and ''Lamont & Tonelli on 107.7 The Bone in San Francisco.''

''Frank TV''

For two short seasons, Caliendo starred on ''Frank TV'', his own sketch show on the TBS that began airing in November 2007. Frank was its host and performed in sketches in full makeup as characters he impersonated. Frank joked that he "wanted the show to be called ''The Chappelle Show'' [ sic ], but the lawyers wouldn't allow it," referring to the publicity he would likely receive from naming his show after another popular comedian.

In early 2008, TBS announced that they ordered eight more episodes, which ran later that year. The show ended after the fifteenth episode, which aired on December 23, 2008.

''MADtv''

Caliendo officially joined the cast of ''MADtv'' in 2001 as a repertory performer, for the seventh season, and as ''MADtv's'' equivalent to ''Saturday Night Live's'' Darrell Hammond. In 2002, Caliendo replaced Will Sasso as the impersonator of George W. Bush, but he won audience members over with an offbeat impersonation of former Fox sports announcer John Madden and also many other Fox personalities. Both became some of the cast member's most popular impressions on ''MADtv'', and were featured quite prominently during his tenure. Frank also did the announcing for the best of scenes on the MADtv season 1 DVD, and the announcing for the Season 2 DVD release which was cancelled due to poor sales of the first season DVD.

In August 2006, Caliendo announced he would not return to ''MADtv'' for its 2006-2007 season.

''Fox NFL Sunday''

On November 5, 2000, Caliendo appeared on ''Fox NFL Sunday'', as a guest to comedian Jimmy Kimmel. He performed his increasingly noteworthy John Madden impression and was well-received. He returned again the same season on January 7 during the playoffs.

In 2001 and 2002, Caliendo returned as a semi-regular guest on ''Fox NFL Sunday''. He frequently appeared impersonating Madden or occasionally as pundit Jim Rome during some of Kimmel's prognostication skits. At times he appeared live in the studio with the main hosts.

In 2003, Kimmel departed the program, and Caliendo was named his permanent replacement. As the prognosticator for the ''NFL on Fox'', he gives his predictions ("Cold Hard Picks") for the day's NFL games. Typically these come during a skit (usually a one-man skit), where he does one of his famous impersonations. For example, for the first week's ''Fox NFL Sunday'' of the 2006 NFL season, he impersonated James Brown, who left the show in the off-season to join ''The NFL Today'' on CBS. He also imitates the cast of ''Fox NFL Sunday'' on occasion, most frequently Terry Bradshaw.

''The Comebacks''

Caliendo appeared in the 2007 film ''The Comebacks''. He impersonates John Madden and Al Michaels in the championship game between the ''Comebacks'' and ''The Unbeatables''. His Character is "Chip Imitation".

White House Correspondent's Dinner

Caliendo’s impression of President George W. Bush earned him an invitation to perform during the 2007 annual White House Correspondents Dinner.

''The Comedy Festival Presents: Funniest Movies of the Year 2008''

During The Comedy Festival Caliendo hosted a special called ''The Comedy Festival Presents: Funniest Movies of the Year 2008'' where, from Caesars Palace, Caliendo introduced the top ten list for funniest films of 2008 based on an Internet poll.

Television and film appearances

! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
	Hot in Cleveland	Kenny	Season 2 episode 13 "Unseparated at Birth"
	''The Comedy Festival Presents: Funniest Movies of the Year 2008''	Himself/Host
''Fox NFL Sunday''	Himself/Various	2000–present
	''The Comebacks''	Chip Imitation
''The 2007 White House Correspondents Dinner''	Himself
''Frank TV''	Host: Various	2007–2008
''Frank Caliendo; All Over the Place''	Himself
	Mind of Mencia	George W. Bush	Voice Only
	''Comedy Central Presents''	Himself
''National Lampoon Live: New Faces - Volumes 1 & 2''	Himself/Host
''Wisconsin Born & Bred: The Entertainers''	Himself
	''MADtv''	Himself-Various	Appeared in 117 Episodes (2001–2006)
''Late Friday''	Himself
		Himself/Various

In addition he has been a frequent guest of the Fox News Channel show Huckabee.

Notes

External links

Official website

Official MADtv site

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