Argus Hamilton

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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|birth_name=Argus James Hamilton III

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|birth_place=Poteau, Oklahoma, United States

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|medium=Stand-up, television, writing

|nationality=American

|active=1980–present

|genre=Character comedy, observational comedy, wit, satire, political satire, black comedy, sarcasm

|subject=American culture, American English, everyday life, philosophy, human behavior, American politics, religion, psychology, pop culture, family

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|website=http://www.argushamilton.com/argus.htm

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|child=Argus Hamilton grew up a Methodist minister's son in Spiro, Oklahoma City, Lawton, and Ponca City, Oklahoma. Argus skipped the 2nd grade and graduated from Ponca City High School. He attended The University of Oklahoma, majoring in History.

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Argus Hamilton is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and host of The Comedy Store Tonight starring Argus Hamilton.{{cite web| title=Argus Hamilton| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/840367/Argus-Hamilton|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130144609/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/840367/Argus-Hamilton|url-status=dead| department=Movies & TV Dept.| newspaper=The New York Times| archive-date=2013-01-30}}{{cite magazine| magazine=Time| url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1708394,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207145453/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1708394,00.html| url-status=usurped| archive-date=February 7, 2008| title=Comedy at the Edge Excerpt| first=Richard| last=Zoglin| date=January 30, 2008}}{{cite web| work=All American Speakers| title=Argus Hamilton|url=http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Argus-Hamilton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203223714/http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Argus-Hamilton|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2013}} Hamilton began his stand-up comedy career at The Comedy Store.{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/11/19/boot-camp-for-tickling-funny-bone/| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| title=Boot camp for tickling funny bone|date=November 19, 2012| first=Dana| last=Feldman}} His specialty was to make funny comments on the news of the day.

Robin Williams called him "the Will Rogers of the Baby Boom".{{cite web |url=https://okcrotary.club/humorist-argus-hamilton-interviewed-by-dr-bob-blackburn/ |title=Humorist Argus Hamilton – Interviewed by Dr. Bob Blackburn |website=Rotary Club of Oklahoma City |accessdate=April 20, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-21-ca-4467-story.html |title=Comedian turns news to laughs |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 21, 1987 |first=Thomas K. |last=Arnold |accessdate=April 20, 2022}}