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About Me

Hi, my name is Kehau and I'm a Hawaiian stand up comic far away from Hawaii! I remarried five years ago and moved from Honolulu, a city on a small island (O'ahu) to Adelaide, South Australia, a city on a really really big island. Since then I've been hitting the comedy circuit here in "Oz" traveling the major cities as well as in Adelaide. Lucky for me, comedy is strong here in Australia with a lot of incredible talent. I'm just happy they let me share the stage! If you're in the neighborhood, stop by one of the shows. Kehau --
[noun]:

A beat poet working the streets

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

My Interests

reading, writing, comedy, art

I'd like to meet:

You! Or alternately, an old geezer about to croak with lots of money who will leave it to me when he goes. And Mel Brooks, comedy genius.

Music:

Anything as long as it's good...but lean towards Hawaiian classics,jazz, R & B, Motown, and the dreaded Broadway musical.

Movies:

My favorite film of all time has to be Young Frankenstein. I'm ashamed to say I know the dialogue by heart. In my defense, I'm not the only one. My friend Stan and I can do the entire movie. We don't do the Rocky Horror thing and dress up or anything That would be sad, and slightly creepy.

Television:

Afraid I am one of those National Geographic, History and Discovery channel geeks. And of course, the Comedy Channel. I am also easily tempted by anything faintly Agatha Christie.

Books:

For pleasure reading, mysteries. Tend to like some of the classic writers (Christie, Sayers,et.al) and historical series, like the ones featuring Gordianus the Finder of ancient Rome or Brother Cadfael in 12th century Britain or Sister Fidelma in 14th century Ireland. (Hmmm...guess you can never escape Catholic school.) It's a disappointment when you have to wait for the next book to come out. Especially tough waiting for Agatha. Other books that clutter my bookshelves show my interest in history, biography, and philosophy of all kinds. Basically, I read a lot of stuff!

Heroes:

My first and biggest hero is my Dad, Edward Kauaowaiakea Lee (Sr.) who gave me a love of music and entertaining, nurtured my creative talent and encouraged my sense of humor. He was a kind, loving, highly intelligent and accomplished person who overcame poverty and negative circumstances without it ever affecting his positive spirit and warm personality. I have yet to meet anyone like him. I miss him every day.

My Blog

Comic lament

I had a chat with a fellow comic. He was lamenting the fact that he wanted to move up so he was doing everything he could...helping to leaflet for shows to show he was a 'team player', adjusting...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:41:00 PST

Earl: What’s in a Name?

Earl's back again. He always seems to show up when meals are being served, or when you're trying to have a private conversation. He's annoying and rebellious. He's a daily irritation...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:42:00 PST

The annual mucus festival is here

Bleh...in between coughing, sneezing, and blowing my nose, life goes on. I'm on my second box of tissue which I found after using an intermediate solution: a roll of toilet paper...very soft, wi...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:35:00 PST

Perusing the personals and massage ads...

In search of new material, did my usual search of the evening papers. Nothing exciting...unless you count that government official sniffing that woman's chair...wtf? So I thought I'd cruise the...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:10:00 PST

I had a fight with MySpaz and I won...I think.

If you missed me the past two weeks...please say you did, I'm so sensitive...it's because my MySpace site was compromised, and it wouldn't let me sign in because I had changed my email address (months...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:48:00 PST

New Material cha-cha

Did my first gig last night since taking a break after the Adelaide Fringe craziness. It’s nice to take a break, but it’s good to get back to work as well. Paychecks are a joyo...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:39:00 PST

Titters! nominated for another People’s Choice award

"Titters!" was nominated for another Adelaide Fringe Festival ’People’s Choice’ award, which this year has been renamed the Fringe Rave award. To be on the list two years runni...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:36:00 PST

Raves for Titters! at the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival

Our showcase for this year's Adelaide Fringe stars Kate Burr, Geraldine Quinn, Penny Ashton, Kehau Jackson, and Hannah Gadsby with host Sheridan Stewart with special apprearance by Tracy Crisp. ...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

Titters! returns to the Adelaide Fringe Festival

The Adelaide Fringe Festival is coming around again next month, the official start date is February 22. But the women of "TITTERS!", always ahead of our time (ha, this coming from the world's be...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:21:00 PST

Theres competition, and theres Competition

The Rove show is coming to town as part of the national Snickers Golden Nut Awards Search for a Comedian, and they're setting up residence for one night in Adelaide at the Rhino Room where a group of&...
Posted by Kehau Jackson on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:32:00 PST