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David Ridings

Comedian, Poker Player, Republican, and Food Lion VIP

About Me



My three minutes of fame on the Bob and Tom Show
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Places You've Seen Me:

    Zanies (Nashville) IMPROV (Kansas City) Comedy Caravan (Louisville, KY) Funny Farm (Atlanta) Punchline (Atlanta) The Comedy Catch (Chattanooga, TN) Comedy Zone (Knoxville, TN) Funny Bone (St. Louis) South Street (Jackson, TN) Comedy Tennessee (Memphis) Stardome (Birmingham, AL) Joke Factory (Anniston, AL) JW Marriott Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas) Grand Princess Cruise Ship (Somewhere in the Carribean)


Places You've Haven't Seen Me:

  • Gyms or Health Clubs
  • Wild Oats Grocery Store
  • Anywhere there is Kareokee


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    My Interests


  • Comedy
  • Public Speaking
  • Tennessee Vols Football
  • Poker [cash games & tournament style]

  • and simply... Inspiring the Uninspired!
  • I'd like to meet:

    Comedy Club bookers, agents, event planners, and whoever (besides my mama) that could use an experienced comedian, MC, host, or humorist for their events.

    Music:

    I still rock out to 80's hard rock mainly but I like a lot of different kinds of music except that techno-club-rave-take extascy and bad mouth your mama kind of crap!

    Movies:

    Young Guns I & II, Rudy (although I hate Notre Dame), Wall Street and Boiler Room (because I was a stock broker right out of graduate school), With Honors, A Bronx Tale to name a few.

    Television:

    Entourage, the Soporanos (HBO) Weeds (Showtime) Old Norman Lear stuff (All in the Family, Good Times, etc.) I am an absolute Brady Bunch fanatic! If it's on and I'm awake, I'm watching it. Classic Saturday morning cartoons (I mean CLASSIC) such as Fat Albert, Scooby Doo (pre-Scappy Doo of course), The Herculoids, Superfriends et. al.

    Books:

    Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (I have A.D.D. I can't get too involved).

    Heroes:



    Any man or woman who wears a uniform and defends our country.

    My Blog

    Being a Comic Has Its Perks!

    I knew my day would come.  All my hard work and talent would pay dividends!  It seems than for no other reason than my sheer talent, there are literally hundreds of gorgeous 22 year-old girl...
    Posted by David Ridings on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:44:00 PST

    Comedy in Kansas City

    I performed at the Kansas City IMPROV over the Christmas holiday and had a great time. It was a Wednesday night and I performed with Mike Smith and Skip Clark. There were also a couple of other great ...
    Posted by David Ridings on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:53:00 PST

    RIDO's Myspace Rules to Live By

    I got that bulletin about 10 things NOT to do on Myspace and conspicuously absent were MY rules so here they are for ya'll: 98% of teens won't stand up for Jesus but almost as many won't stand up to ...
    Posted by David Ridings on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:55:00 PST

    Hollywood is an Evil Place

    Well as most of you know, my Hollywood movie career has been postponed for awhile.  On my first day of shooting Bernee, what was to be my first feature film, I was replaced.  The director to...
    Posted by David Ridings on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:01:00 PST

    Comic Sues Jews for Jesus

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't they be using JESUS on their pamphlets?  I'm pretty sure he's more famous than Jackie Mason..and he was Jewish too!   David   NEW YORK (AP) -- Say...
    Posted by David Ridings on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:51:00 PST