Ester Goldberg

Ester Goldberg (sometimes spelled "Esther") is a character created and portrayed by actor/comedian/producer Michael Airington. As a fictional charactershe is a widowed star of radio, cabaret and nightclubs as well as a former make-up artist, gossip columnist and music maven.

The Ester Goldberg character originated in Nashville morning radio on STAR 106 as part of the zany morning show crew. After the station was bought by CLEAR CHANNEL, the crew was disbanded and Airington took the character to Washington, DC, where she hosted local shows called "The Feud", "Scream, Lose or Draw" and the Las Vegas styled "The Big Show". Goldberg was honored December 2, 2003 when the city declared "Ester Goldberg Day" for helping to raise almost a quarter of a million dollars for different charities. She/he came into the Federal Courts when a rival nightclub and drag persona, Lena Lett, began hosting a game show similar to "The Feud", which was at that time called "The Feygele Feud". A lawsuit was eventually brought to the federal courts, where Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson (who oversaw the break up of Microsoft) was assigned the case. The case was settled with Airington winning and "JR's Bar and Grill" (where Goldberg was the headliner) purchasing the "Feygele Feud" name.cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A8057-2002Jun6&notFound=true |title=We're Farklempt - Talk Amongst Yourselves! |last=Leiby |first=Richard |date=2002-06-07 |accessdate=2007-03-29 |work=Washington Post] Airington then called his show "The Feud". JR's "Feygele Feud" was canceled shortly thereafter due to poor attendance.

Ester Goldberg had an initial six week run of her "Big Show" in Washington DC. The show was extended and played the WASHINGTON PLAZA. A wildly popular success in the nation's capital, her fast-moving and hilarious Big Swanky After Dinner Show, played to packed houses and thrilled audiences with a captivating mix of diverse musical numbers and side-splitting comedy.

Brazen and glamorous, The Big Show--debuted Feb 9th 2007 in Los Angeles in the main room of the World Famous Comedy Store on the fabulous Sunset Strip. "Ester is America's answer to Dame Edna. The show Played ten weeks.

The character is now based out of Hollywood, California. Ester was recently signed by KoldCast EMV , having officially launched its new media television network, KoldCast TV (www.KoldCast.tv), on March 17th, has ordered 24 original episodes of “Showbiz Schmooze with Ester Goldberg,” a spin-off of the largely MySpace Blog, “Views From A BROAD.” Hosting this three-episode-a-week, 3-minute dish on show business and celebrity is actor and comic, Michael Airington, in character as the persistently irreverent and always charming 73-year-old International Glamour Puss of All Media, Ester Goldberg. New episodes of “Schmooze” will be available on-demand 7 days a week with original episodes releasing on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s exclusively on KoldCast TV, beginning APRIL 7, 2008.

Her THATS ESTERTAINMENT live video streaming talk show broadcasts on www.Ustream.tv can be seen Sunday evening at 6pm pacific at [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thats-estertainment] . Ester's show will be returning to the sunset strip soon.

External links

* [http://www.estergoldberg.com// Web Site]
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* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A24357-2003Apr3&notFound=true Washington Post Story]

* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/

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