Larry Charles, who also worked on the TV shows ‘Fridays’ and ‘The Arsenio Hall Show,’ said cocaine is ‘how the work got done.

Charles got his start writing for the comedy series “Fridays,” an “SNL” knockoff that aired on ABC on Friday nights from 1980 ...

A select few actors got their start doing standup and/or comedy before making the leap to acting. Arguably one of the ...