Talk:The Credibility Gap

Photos

The photos are now in chronological order, but perhaps the photo of the more famous line-up should be on the top of the page, with the earlier photo in the section on Lew Irwin and The Credibility Gap. But that would be better if someone could find and post a photo of all 4 in the more famous line-up (i.e. including Richard Beebe). DougHill (talk) 19:04, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

The second photo (LA Times) possibly shows Michael McKean on the left as the "Unidentified Person". See: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/harry-shearer-remembers-david-lander-1234847187/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.67.178.131 (talk) 17:53, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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Cliff Vaughs

@Vintagent: I can't read much from the source you cited. Neither Clifford Vaughs nor his obituary nor any of the other sources cited on the page mentions an association between Vaughs and the Gap. The only reliable source I could find was Lew Irwin on Richard Beebe which mentions Irwin's owning a company with Vaughs but not his being in the Gap. So for now I've requested better sourcing, but the claim should come off the page if we cannot find it. DougHill (talk) 00:08, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

@DougHill: The Archives link is indeed useless, I didn't realize it would not show the full article if you were not a subscriber, only Vaughs' name. Charles Fleming, who wrote the LA Times obit, did not know Cliff's contribution to TCB, but Cliff mentioned it himself several times. It took some digging to find that LA Times reference. I have now modified the citation without a link to the Archives. Is it necessary to post the clipping from the LA Times? Here is a link to the clipping in my GDrive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1saKa6NvCWmMOYJSKA-LFQm0r-Qw3gTIi?usp=sharing Vintagent (talk) 10:30, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

I believe that we should link it. (You have archived the original page, so I'll link it as an archive.) But the article doesn't support the claim of Vaughs as a Gap member; nor do these liner notes nor other sources on the page. So I'll edit it to say what these sources do support. DougHill (talk) 22:31, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

I'll try putting this info (these sources and what they support) on the Cliff Vaughs page also. Perhaps some of the editors there can clarify what happened, and can add some sources we can use here. DougHill (talk) 01:37, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

The Pitchel Players

Michael McKean says that only Michael McKean and David Lander played with the Pitchel Players, but not as The Credibility Gap

https://web.archive.org/web/20160601183346/https://michaelmckean.com/2016/06/01/the-reality-building/

"The Credibility Gap, an improvisational troupe that was a holdover from the Pitchell (sic) Players. Its members included Harry Shearer along with Michael McKean and David Lander, who were a year away from starring as Lenny and Squiggy on the ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley." - Budd Friedman

<ref name="Budd/Improv/26">{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Budd |last2=Whetsell |first2=Tripp |author1-link=Budd Friedman |title=The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up |date=19 September 2017 |publisher=BenBella Books |isbn=978-1-942952-44-2 |url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2017/10/04/exclusive-book-excerpt-from-budd-friedmans-the-improv-an-oral-history-of-the-comedy-club-that-revolutionized-stand-up/ |language=en |chapter=Chapter 26: My Early California Adventures |via=The Comic’s Comic}}</ref>

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