Joel Hayden (April 8, 1798 – November 10, 1873) was an American politician who served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1863 to 1866.

In 1857, Amherst College accepted a gift from Joel Hayden – a bronze neo-classical sculpture named after Sabrina, Goddess of the Britons.

External links[link]

• Joel Hayden at Find a Grave

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Hayden Black (born 27 July 1976) is an English comedian and writer best known for critical and commercial comedy Internet hits Goodnight Burbank and Abigail’s Teen Diary.

Life and career[link]

Black left a career as an on-air promo producer for the networks to form his own production company Haydenism Inc. Since forming in 2005 he has created, written and acted in some of the most popular shows the web has seen. The Guardian calls him “one of Internet comedy’s brightest stars”.

His first show, Goodnight Burbank, has picked up numerous awards and nominations and has been called a “wicked satire, bracingly funny… competitive with the very best that networks have to offer” by the LA Times and “one of my favorite shows” by the Wall Sreet Journal’s Walt Mossberg.

In 2007 Black launched Abi’s Teen Diary (also known as Abigail’s X-Rated Teen Diary) about a 13 year old girl with a fictional genetic condition that gives her the appearance of a man in his thirties. It too was nominated for awards and was called "silly, funny & sometimes poignant" by the Manchester Evening News and "cutting-edge comedy" by Fortune magazine.

In 2009, Black created a six-part comedy for Babelgum.com called The Occulterers. A comedy-horror, it co-starred Black alongside Ellen Sandweiss (The Evil Dead), James C. Leary (Buffy), and Camden Toy (Buffy/Angel). He also shot a pilot for The Cabonauts, a sci-fi musical comedy co-starring Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols.

Black released the first-ever half-hour comedy created for the internet in April 2011 in the form of a rebooted Goodnight Burbank. Along with Black it co-stars Laura Silverman, Dominic Monaghan, Miracle Laurie and John Barrowman.

Goodnight Burbank made IMDB's Top 50 TV series to premiere in 2011.^[1]

References[link]

The Guardian

Wall St Journal

LA Times

Manchester Eve News

The Fortune

External links[link]

• IMDB page
• podcasternews.com
• tubefilter.tv

Chris Cayzer (born Christopher Ashley Luke Araneta Cayzer^[1] on 29 December 1986^[2]) is a Filipino-Australian soul, R&B and acoustic singer, actor, DJ and VJ. He is currently an actor and performer for GMA Network, after deciding to switch from TV5.

Biography[link]

Family Background[link]

Chris Cayzer was born Christopher Ashley Luke Araneta Cayzer on 29 December 1986 to Filipino parents Khristine Araneta Cayzer and Reggie Hizon Cayzer.^[3] His mother is from Zamboanga and his father from Manila.^[4] He has an older sister, Patricia,^[5] who is currently based in London.

Cayzer was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia.^[4]

Early life[link]

During his youth in Australia, Cayzer worked two jobs.^[6] He was a clerk at K-Mart, and at the same time held down a job as a post master in Australia's post office. These two taxing jobs prompted him to take a much needed vacation in the Philippines.^[6]

He travelled with his father to the country, both to relax and at the same time help out in their family business. Whilst in the country, he got an unexpected break in local show business, as an actor and recording artist.^[6]

After graduating from high school, Cayzer packed left Australia for the Philippines to continue his tertiary education there, as well as pursue his musical career.^[4]

Career[link]

In 2006, Star Records decided to create sub-label NuGen Music, which supposedly services more sophisticated pop music.^[7] Cayzer became the first artist record under NuGen Music. In fact, it was Cayzer’s music that gave Star Records the idea of finally establishing a sub-label.

Cayzer names John Mayer and his Room for Squares album as his major musical influence.^[1] His other musical influences include Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, James Taylor and Kenny Rankin. Cayzer's father Reggie was a big fan of jazz artists like George Benson, Lee Ritenour and Kenny Rankin, who also influenced Cayzer's music.^[1] The result is an interesting blend of pop, folk, acoustic and jazz.

In the same year, he released his debut album. The first track off the record was "I Got You", which according to Cayzer is based on personal experience. Other songs in the album are "Holding Out", "All I Dream About", "Dream Away", "Midsummer Love Affair" and a remake of Lisa Loeb’s "Stay".^[7] As way of introducing Cayzer to the public, Star Records also had him contribute a track (a remake of Neocolours’ "Hold On") in the Gold Bituing Walang Ningning OST.^[7]

According to Cayzer, writing much of his own music boosts his confidence as an artist.^[1] He is also currently a host and performer of SOP on GMA Network.

In 2009 he was cast for prime time series on GMA Network called All My Life, co-starring with Kris Bernal and LJ Reyes.

Cayzer's second solo album entitled "You're the Only Thing" is due for release under the Warner Music Philippines label on August 29, 2009. The first single of the album is a self-composed Tagalog song called "Loko".

In 2010, Cayzer moved to the TV5 network.

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Movies[link]

Music videos[link]

Discography[link]

Awards and citations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris Cayzer Official Website
• Chris Cayzer at the Internet Movie Database
• Chris Cayzer on Myspace

Sam McMillan
Pseudonym	Sammy J
Birth name	Samuel Jonathan McMillan
Born	(1983-07-02) 2 July 1983 (age 28) Australia
Medium	Stand-up, radio, television
Nationality	Australian
Years active	2003-present
Genres	Musical comedy
Influences	Lano and Woodley, Tom Lehrer, Tony Martin, Shaun Micallef, The Mighty Boosh, Ross Noble, Adam Hills[1][2][3]
Spouse	Hannah McMillan
Website	http://www.sammy-j.com/

Sam McMillan (born 2 July 1983) is an Australian musical comedian and writer who performs under the stage name Sammy J. He embraces a variety of media in his comedy, including the use of video and self-composed music. He has released three CD compilations of his comic songs, "The Burden of Popularity", "Sammy J - Live?" and "Sticky Digits", with his latest one "Skinny Man, Modern World" bringing it to 4. He has performed at comedy festivals in Australia and Britain and has appeared on various Australian television shows.

He currently performs with Heath McIvor (aka Randy, a purple puppet) as the duo Sammy J & Randy.

Personal background[link]

McMillan studied law at the University of Melbourne for two and a half years, where he also directed and appeared in the Melbourne Law Comedy Revue.^[4] He says he was more interested in writing jokes than studying, and halfway through the course decided to drop out. He subsequently completed a media degree and began to pursue a full-time comedy career.^[5]

He performs under the stage name Sammy J, a condensation of his full name, Samuel Jonathan McMillan. According to McMillan, his stage name originated as a high school nickname which he says he gave to himself "when I was trying to manufacture a bit of popularity... My family and friends were reluctant to adopt it but I pushed and pushed, using it at every opportunity, and eventually started using it on stage."^[6]

He attended The Peninsula School, Mt Eliza, and can sometimes be seen wearing his uniform during performances which reference his school days.

Career[link]

In 2006, McMillan took the Best Newcomer award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his debut solo show, "Sammy J's 55 Minute National Tour".^[1] He has since performed solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne comedy festivals, as well as starring in the Comedians' Theatre Company's production of Breaker Morant at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.^[7] In 2008, he collaborated with puppeteer Heath McIvor on a musical, "Sammy J and the Forest of Dreams". The show, which stars McMillan and 14 foul-mouthed puppets operated by McIvor, is an adult fairy tale parodying the format of Disney children's movies. It revolves around the lead character—Sammy J—and his discovery of a portal in his kitchen cupboard which leads him to the magical Forest of Dreams.^[8] "The Forest of Dreams" was well-received by critics in Melbourne, earning a nomination for the festival's Barry Award for the most outstanding show and winning The Age Critics Award for the best local act.^[9]

At the 2008 Melbourne Fringe Festival then-25 year-old McMillan launched "The 50 Year Show", the first in a series of live comedy shows which he plans to reprise every five years, ending in 2058 when he will be 75. McMillan describes the show as "a living, breathing comedic time capsule. Every five years we can observe the world, make predictions, see how the world's changed." It includes segments such as a 50 Year Soap Opera, a 50 Year Story; and the 50 Year Dancers, a group of five year-olds performing a routine which they will repeat at each show. McMillan first conceived the idea for "The 50 Year Show" in 2007 while sitting on a London bus full of elderly people and wondering how he could make his mark.^[3]

In 2009 McMillan premiered a new solo show, "Sammy J: 1999", at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. McMillan plays his fifteen-year-old self in the one-man musical, which illustrates his life at the dawn of the new millennium. He acknowledges that it may have been more commercially sensible to do a sequel to "Sammy J and the Forest of Dreams" with McIvor, given the success of that show, but says that he and McIvor wanted to challenge themselves instead by both doing solo shows. McMillan performed the new musical in April as a part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.^[6] In the same year, McMillan released a CD of his comedic songs, including some new material as well as some of his more popular pieces.^[6]

In 2010 he reunited with Heath McIvor (aka Randy the purple puppet) to create Ricketts Lane, which won the Barry Award for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It then played at the Sydney Opera House.The two then debut the sequel, Bin Night, in 2011 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. So far it has received many positive reviews.

He has appeared on various Australian television shows, including Spicks and Specks, Good News Week and Stand Up Australia, and was featured on the Laughapoolooza DVD released in Australia by Madman Entertainment. He has also written and performed on The Comedy Channel's satirical news show The Mansion.^[10]

Discography[link]

Music

• The Burden of Popularity (2005)
• Sammy J - Live? (2006)^[1]
• Sticky Digits (2009)^[6]
• Skinny Man, Modern World (2012)

DVDs

• Sammy J In The Forest Of Dreams (2010)
• Sammy J - 58 Kilograms Of Pure Entertainment (2011)
• Sammy J and Randy BIN NIGHT (2012)

Live shows

2012

• The Inheritance (Adelaide Fringe, MICF, Sydney)

2011

• Potentially (Edinburgh)
• Bin Night (Adelaide Fringe, MICF, Sydney)
• Sammy J & Randy Arena Spectacular (Perth)

2010

• Ricketts Lane (Adelaide, Melbourne,Brisbane, Sydney, NZ, Edinburgh)
• Skinny Man, Modern World (Edinburgh,Melbourne Fringe)

2009

• 1999 (Adelaide, MICF, Edinburgh)

2008

• Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams(Adelaide, MICF, Brisbane, NZ,Edinburgh, London)
• The 50 Year Show (Melbourne Fringe)
• Sammy J’s Wagon of Friendship(Famous Spiegeltent)

2007

• 58 Kilograms of Pure Entertainment(Adelaide, Melbourne, Edinburgh)
• Breaker Morant (Edinburgh Fringe)
• La Clique (Famous Spiegeltent)

2006

• Sammy J's 55 Minute National Tour (MICF)
• Cyclone (Melbourne Fringe Festival)
• Sammy J's Weak and Randy (Butterfly Club)

2005

• Three Minute Walk (MICF)
• Laughapoolooza (MICF)
• 2005 Melbourne University Law Revue

2004

• The Comedy Zone(Melbourne International Comedy Festival)
• 2004 Melbourne University Law Revue

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sammy J at the Internet Movie Database