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kid dave

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm cool as shit. Really. That's all you need to know.

My Interests

Mountain bikes, airplanes, hang gliders, dogs, beer, women, chewing tobacco and funnel cake. In no particular order.

I'd like to meet:

Charles Bukowski, Edward Abbey, Jack Daniel, Wyatt Earp, Charles Goodnight, Sophia Loren, Thomas Jefferson, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Jerry Jeff Walker, Edward Teach (Blackbeard the Pirate), Stephen Hawking.

My Blog

20 years in comedy!

This month marks the 20 anniversary of my ditching the day job in order to pursue the the glamerous lifestyle of the travelling standup comic. Damn, time does fly. The first 3 years on the road, I liv...
Posted by kid dave on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:26:00 PST

Willie is 75!

My peeps,   The man, Willie Nelson, turns 75 years old this week.  I first saw Willie live back in the early 1980's at his 4th of July picnic at the Pedernales country club, near Austin, TX...
Posted by kid dave on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:52:00 PST

Road comedy hall of fame

Originally posted in Shecky!magazine.com in Oct, 2003   People, I believe the time has come.  After travelling nearly half a million miles around this grand country of ours in performance of...
Posted by kid dave on Thu, 31 May 2007 06:25:00 PST

"Plus Air" originally posted in SheckyMagazine.com in January, 2002.

Imagine, if you will, this comedy road gig travel day scenario.  You toss your road gear into your car, drive a leisurely 7 minutes in mid day traffic to the airport, through the front entrance, ...
Posted by kid dave on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:41:00 PST

"You sure are lucky!" originally posted on Sheckymagazine march 2003

"You Sure Are Lucky!"This past February marked my 15th year working the road as a standup comic. In that time, I have met thousands of people in bars, restaurants, airports, stuck elevators... you kno...
Posted by kid dave on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:49:00 PST

"Office in the Sky" orig. posted on Sheckymagazine.com

"Office in the Sky"I did something today that road comics don't do very often. No, I didn't marry a non-waitress. I bought a house. All by myself. No wife with a good job, no parent to cosign, no tric...
Posted by kid dave on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:38:00 PST

"Runnin' With Tater Salad" orig. posted on Sheckymagazine.com

"Runnin' With Tater Salad"I first started doing standup in Arlington, Texas in the fall of 1986. My act consisted of a couple of brilliantly forgettable bits concerning the functions of my lower torso...
Posted by kid dave on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:35:00 PST