Dolphy (1928–2012), Filipino actor known as "Comedy King"
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Kings of Comedy, a 2004 reality TV series about competing stand-up comics
comedy | Stephen King | King's College London | King Arthur | King | Comedy Central | Nat King Cole | Burger King | B.B. King | The Lion King | King Lear | Martin Luther King, Jr. | King Edward VII | King Crimson | Larry King Live | King of the Hill | king | Larry King | King's College, Cambridge | King Kong | King's College | Martin Luther King | London King's Cross railway station | Carole King | King Edward's School, Birmingham | William Lyon Mackenzie King | The King and I | Divine Comedy | Martin Luther King Jr. | King's Lynn |
In the years leading up to the song's recording/release director Martin Scorsese had released both Raging Bull (1980) and The King of Comedy (1983).