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Billy Reno

"Let me win. If I can't, let me be brave in the attempt" -Special Olympics Oath- "Let me win. If I d

About Me

Writer for The Onion News Network, SNL's "Weekend Update", Uncategorical comedian everyman tourist in life and wonderful father according to Dilfhunter.com

My Interests

My fam, my posse, comedy, originality, risk, Wacky Packages, good weather and a powerful engine.

I'd like to meet:

David Spade, Frank McCourt, all secret descendents of Jesus, Abe Lincoln in a piano bar

Music:

Molly Hatchet, Skynard, Boston, Led Zep, The Kelly Family, Pre-Brinkley Billy Joel, Sinatra, Tom Jones, Humperdinck, Diamond, Serge Gainsbourg. Royal Crown Revue, Slipknot, Fear Factory and The Donnas for working out. Not buying any new music until Frances Bean Cobain drops one.

Movies:

Boogie Nights, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Napolean Dynamite, Spiderman, Annie Hall, Take The Money And Run, Sleeper, Iron Monkey, Enter the Dragon, and all the ones I've appeared in that actually paid me.

Television:

Arrested Development (R.I.P.), My Name Is Earl, I Dream of Jeannie, CBS Sunday Morning, Conan, Letterman, Daily Show, Colbert Report, SNL, Mr. Show, The Venture Bros.

Books:

Bukowski, Fante, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Elliot (The Shroud of the Thwacker), Jonathan Lethem

Heroes:

My Wife Kathleen, Chris Elliot, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Robert Smigel, James Downey, Alan Zweibel, Bruce Vilanch, Billy Crystal, George Carlin, Woody Allen, Brando, Dean, Nicholson, Hopper, NYPD (not LAPD) and FDNY who don't drunkenly bash each other with metal chairs on New Year's Eve.

My Blog

That’s MY Baby Girl!!

Amelia Francine scores her first goal in her first game EVER! Her team, the Green Iguanas, went on to win 6-4! ...
Posted by Billy Reno on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:47:00 PST

Thank You For...

...last night! It seems maternity wards and funerals receive the most visitors. The Last Billy Club broke the attendance record and all of the comics kicked serious ass. The presence of a bartender wo...
Posted by Billy Reno on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:19:00 PST

Begorrah! It’s a special St. Pat’s Billy Club!

After drinking lousy green beer and shamrock shakes at Mickey D’s all day, you might want to take a well deserved laugh break at, yeah, you guessed it, The Billy Club!! I can’t promise fu...
Posted by Billy Reno on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:26:00 PST

The Billy Club Brings It...

...Monday, March 10. We're taking a collection for Nader's campaign fund! A sound investment! Then I'm investing in a tanning salon in Harlem. Come on down to the basement and get dry with a dry marti...
Posted by Billy Reno on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:58:00 PST

I Know You Missed Us...

We're back on Monday, March 3, after a four week hiatus! It's been way too long! That's why we're treating you to some of the finest stand-up comics in the NYC for this all stand-up all the time laugh...
Posted by Billy Reno on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:52:00 PST

The Billy Club Monday Feb. 4!

We'll service your Superbowl hangovers with crippling laughter and a cheap night out in tonight's birthday edition of our fabulous all stand-up all the time showcase . We are most gratitudinal for yo...
Posted by Billy Reno on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:12:00 PST

The Billy Club Monday Jan 21!

Hey Gang,Sleep in tomorrow, "Have a dream."! Enjoy the day, then come and yuk it up like a mofo!The Billy ClubMonday, Jan. 21 8PM (Get there early)Ochi's Lounge @ Comix (downstairs)353 W. 14th Street ...
Posted by Billy Reno on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:15:00 PST

The Billy Club Returns Tonight Mon. Jan 7!!

On tonight's show, we're going to thoroughly investigate Britney Spears' mental state, because apparently, there aren't enough celebrity doctors doing that. Paging Dr. Joyce Brothers! Oh wait, is she ...
Posted by Billy Reno on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:32:00 PST

My Wife’s Favorite Candy...

...isn't Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls. It's the most disgusting confection in the world...chocolate covered cherries. Leetle embryonic maraschino cherries floating in their own amniotic fluid encase...
Posted by Billy Reno on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:43:00 PST

"The Billy Club" Mon, Nov. 12

Hey Party Perps,As my brethren of the Comedy Quill walk the picket line, I'm working my tail off to bring you an amazing live comedy show for next Monday! For Free!! I'm curating and hosting a bi-we...
Posted by Billy Reno on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:40:00 PST