- Frangela
Frangela is a Los Angeles-based comedy duo comprised of
African-American comedian s,Frances Callier andAngela V. Shelton , both ofThe Second City . Callier and Shelton regularly appear on theVH1 weekly comedy news review, "Best Week Ever " and theNPR radio show, "Day to Day ".March 12–14, 2008, they were brought in at the last minute to fill in on the "
Stephanie Miller Show ".Stephanie Miller and her "mooks" were on vacation for the entire week (March 10–14, 2008), but with a great deal of breaking news happening in the week, it was felt that live shows would be needed. During this time, theEliot Spitzer prostitution scandal was in the news andGeraldine Ferraro resigned theHillary Clinton Presidential campaign because of her remarks on the candidacy ofBarack Obama . Audience response to Frangela was so popular that the duo appears on the show's third hour on Fridays in the segment, "Fridays with Frangela."They are now the designated "regular fill-in hosts" for the
Stephanie Miller Show and in that capacity, they hosted the show from Monday, June 30, 2008 through Friday, July 4, 2008 whileStephanie Miller , Jim Ward andChris Lavoie were on vacation. They also hosted the show from Monday, September 8, 2008 through Friday, September 15, 2008, filling in during another vacation week for the cast of the show, as Stephanie and her co-hosts had just broadcast live on location from both political conventions the two weeks prior.References
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* [http://frangela.com/ Frangela official website]
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