1970s and 1980s Chris Rush wrote for
National Lampoon Magazine in the early 1970s, During his time at the Lampoon he was involved in another comedy magazine titled
Drool, which came out with just one issue in 1972. He left the magazine when he was signed to
Atlantic Records by
Ahmet Ertegun to release his first comedy album,
First Rush in 1973. In 1974 he once again contributed to a comedy magazine titled
Harpoon. Towards the later years of the 1970s; Rush, was involved with
Head Magazine. Rush opened for musicians and bands including
B.B. King,
Meat Loaf,
Talking Heads,
Twisted Sister and
Electric Light Orchestra while becoming a frequent performer at
comedy clubs, theaters and
colleges throughout the United States and Canada. He performed at such venues as
The Bottom Line,
Caroline's,
The Improv and
The Comedy Store. In 1979 he was awarded "Best Male Comic" by the Association of Comedy Artists. He released his second album
Beaming In in 1981. His performances landed him on national television with appearances on
Comedy Tonight, Night Flight and
Apt. 2C, a pilot for
HBO starring his
mentor and
friend George Carlin 1990s and 2000s In the early to mid-1990s, Rush was involved in a series of shorts made for
Comedy Central's show
Small Doses, titled
Food for Thought. It starred
Patton Oswalt and
Blaine Capatch as two bumbling store clerks and Chris as the manager. He was asked to contribute to
Tim Allen's book ''I'm Not Really Here'', which was released in 1996. He released an additional comedy album in 1997. During this time, he made sporadic stand-up comedy appearances. He worked on Bob "Wolf" Wohlfeld's show in the late 1990s on
PYX 106 with ''The Wakin' Up with the Wolf Show
, where he was a co-host. Some of his bits were put onto an album released by the show, titled Chris's Head.'' The relationship ended though when the station decided to fire Rush on December 21, 1998, after apparently speaking to management about Wohlfeld's behavior towards him and others. On October 1, 2007, Rush released his first book,
Milking the Rhino (Dangerously Funny Lists). In April, 2009 Chris launched a
one-man show titled,
Bliss: An Evening of Laughter with Chris Rush, which was financed by George Carlin.
Discography Television •
Apt. 2C –
HBO •
The Bob McLean Show •
Canada AM – (Multiple appearances) •
Comedy on the Road –
A&E •
Comedy Tonight –
Comedy Central • ''
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert'' •
Late Night with David Letterman •
Showtime Comedy Club Network –
Showtime •
Small Doses – Comedy Central •
Spotlight Cafe •
Stand-Up Spotlight –
VH-1 •
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Morning Zoo on
WMMR,
Esoterica with Johnny Rizzo on
WPKN, where he contributed a monthly call-in segment discussing recent events,
Dr. Demento, who will sometimes play Chris' comedy routines and he's also appeared on
Opie and Anthony. ==References==