In 1979, Perry Kurtz became close with Robin Williams as a regular improv partner doing 2 hours every week for 8 years, and then as a guest improvisor at his large shows until 2014, became best friends with Rodney Dangerfield & Milton Berle in '83, headlined most of the major US Comedy Clubs and Events starting in '85, appeared on The Tonight Show, America's Got Talent, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and a few national commercials.