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==Career== Demme's media career may have begun with a radio show at [[WSUC-FM]] (SUNY-Cortland), a mix of comedy and talk radio with the usual sidekick, as well as some music and was widely listened to on and off campus.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} His career had modest beginnings—starting as a production assistant at MTV, he later became a producer in the On-Air Promotions Department and created the cable network's hip-hop show ''[[Yo! MTV Raps]]'' (with Peter Dougherty), and directed other projects for them, including the black-and-white rants starring then-unknown [[chain smoking|chain-smoking]] comedian [[Denis Leary]].{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} Over the course of his career, he established a group of actors that he chose to work with on more than one occasion. The most frequently used of these was Leary, whom he directed as a lead or star in Leary's stand-up specials ''[[No Cure for Cancer]]'' and ''Lock n' Load'', as well as the films ''[[Who's the Man?]]'', ''[[The Ref]]'', and ''[[Monument Ave. (film)|Monument Ave.]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/filmgrph/denis_leary.htm | title=Denis Leary Filmography | access-date=30 March 2024 | work=The Washington Post Entertainment Guide}}</ref> Leary produced the 2001 crime drama film ''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'', which starred [[Johnny Depp]] as George Jung and was directed by Demme.<ref name="New York Post (April 2001)">{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Megan |title=Just Say 'Blow': Director Ted Demme Captures the Glitz and the Agony of a Big-Time Drug Dealer |url=https://nypost.com/2001/04/01/just-say-blow-director-ted-demme-captures-the-glitz-and-the-agony-of-a-big-time-drug-dealer-2/ |access-date=18 January 2020 |work=New York Post |date=April 1, 2001}}</ref>
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