Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: Budd Friedman The list of performers who got their feet wet working for the Improv's benign dictator reads like a "Who's Who" of comedy. Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Klein, Stiller & Meara, Barry (one of the piano players) Manilow and Charlie (The Wiz) Smalls, to name a few. Ever the entrepreneur, Friedman produced a political/satirical revue in New York entitled, "What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a Place Like This?", played a night club owner/MC in an episode of the "Doc" sitcom, played himself in "Diary of a MENU Quote from the Biz