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About Me

When you start talking to yourself at the age of ten, you got to know trouble is going to follow you from there on out. Someone should have told Dave.Dave Robison began practicing as a ventriloquist at 10. By the time he was 16 he was pretty popular in his small Mississippi town, entertaining at birthday parties, banquets, and civic functions. Local press coverage was the norm for Dave as a teenager, and Dave often thought of taking his local celebrity-hood to the next step and to become a star outside of his hometown by going "on the road".Dreams of a stand up comedy career were put on hold with an early marriage, early kids, and early debt, along with trading a multitude of jobs with periods of unemployment. Dave finally settled in to becoming an industrial video producer and Public Relations professional.Then in 1999, Dave discovered the Internet, it was like the modem cord was injecting sweet bliss into his veins. He couldn't have been more excited if it had been an Amway meeting. (Oh yeah, did we mention Dave sells Amway too? Yep, it only gets worse)Now, from Mobile, Alabama comes Dave Robison, a confessed Internet-aholic, tired of making people LOL with a keyboard inside a chatroom; and ready to walk out on a stage with a microphone in his hand, rather than a computer mouse.Dave is not alone on stage going through AOL withdrawal without assistance. Breaking him down, so he can build him back up, is Dave's comedic partner of 20-some years, Skyler Leglantier.Although made of wood, Skyler is the most animated piece of pine on stage and he has an attitude made for spontaneous combustion. Don't think MuppetÂ® when you hear this puppet.Comedy by Skyler and Dave from Mobile, Alabama is available once again for corporate events, college campuses, and nightclubs. (Sorry folks, Skyler won't do kids' birthday parties anymore)Read The Blog: On The Road With Dave

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

David Letterman, Aaron Sorkin, Richard Bach, Jay Johnson.Every comedian should pay this kid to be in their audience.

My Blog

Friday Night In New Orleans

I know it's the new year, but I'm still stuck in the Christmas season of 2008. Specifically, I have more to say about my anniversary trip to New Orleans the weekend before Christmas.You'll have to bea...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:35:00 GMT

Happy New Year 2009

It's 2009!!!Happy New Year From "On The Road With Dave"!I know what you are craving. You wanna a Year-In-Review entry whereby you can take a look at some of the "goings-on" of yours truly in 2008. Wel...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:54:00 GMT

Noel At The Hotel Monteleone / Part 2

Walking into our room on the fourth floor of The Hotel Monteleone brought back that relaxed feel that I had prior to our problems at check-in. We had stayed at the Monteleone several years ago before ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:41:00 GMT

Noel At Hotel Monteleone /Part 1

Just about every two months, my family gets the "New Orleans itch" and we make a drive over to the "Big Easy" for a day trip. We spend the day walking in The French Quarter--sweating, eating, shopping...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Christmas In New Orleans

Just saying the name of the city brings to mind images of Mardi Gras, drunken parties, graveyards, bare-breasted women, voodoo, and in recent years; destruction, poverty, and a slow rebirth.I've been ...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:01:00 GMT

Happy Anniversary!!!

25 years seems like a long time. A quarter of a century. More than a generation. One score and five.And yet, it has passed by for me in the blink of an eye. And in that blink, I can remember all the h...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:28:00 GMT

In Pursuit Of A New pillow

In which Dave rambles on and on about the joys of sleeping on a cotton pillow and searching for raw cotton:I can't sleep on any other pillow except my own. I travel with it. In hotels, I throw the cha...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:48:00 GMT

Ventriloquist Gives Voice To Autistic Boy

Comedians talk about finding their "voice" all the time. Authors learn to write in a unique "voice". Singers fear losing their "voice".Ventriloquists share all these attributes. We develop a comedic "...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:16:00 GMT

I Will Make Fun Of Obama

I'm not analyzing Obama's victory over McCain. I'm leaving it to the pundits much smarter than me. But I am a blogger and I have opinions. So, at my regular "off MySpace" blog over the past week I hav...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:11:00 GMT

Thanks, Covington, Louisiana

Last Friday and Saturday night I had the opportunity to perform at The Gut-Buster Comedy Room in Covington, Louisiana. It rocked!I was contacted about a month ago by Terry Comeaux, comedian and booker...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:31:00 GMT