Bill Bellamy Using his experiences growing up in Newark, Bill Bellamy
started doing stand-up while he was a student at Rutgers University.
Bellamy quickly discovered how much he enjoyed making people laugh,
and began honing his skills at small comedy clubs around the country
and was soon making waves in the New York clubs like The Improv, The
Comic Strip, and at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Two short years
later, Bellamy earned a spot on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam where he
notoriously coined the phrase “Booty Call.” The now famous
late-night rendez-vous moniker became the name for his first comedy
special for Showtime; Booty Call and it was instantly one of the
network’s top-rated specials. On the heels of the success of that
special, and in the years following, Bellamy became a staple on MTV as
one of the first “VJs” on the network. He hosted several of their
programming blocks, including MTV JAMS and MTV BEACH HOUSE, while
interviewing everyone from the late Kurt Cobain to Janet Jackson. In
1996, Bill landed his own series, The Billy Bellamy Show. Bellamy also
continued to star on the big screen in addition to garnering coveted
guest roles in several prominent television series.
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