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Rich Brooks

Opening for Jim Gaffigan on his National Tour.

About Me

STAND UP COMIC AND DISAPPOINTING UNDER-ACHIEVER. Jim Gaffigan (the funniest comic working today) has kindly allowed me to open for him on his national tour. It is truly a privilege to work for Jim and perform in-front of smart, hip audiences. (Otherwise I'd be telling dick jokes to drunk townies at some Elks Club.) I am originally from Tennessee and now live in New York City. During my adult life, I have been fired from a wide variety of jobs: Grocery boy, Telephone Operator, Farm Worker, Flight Attendant (don't judge me), Stereo Rep, U.S. Senate Aide, Environmental Activist, Lawyer, Bartender and Waiter. So I am really hoping this comedy thing works out. My comedy is fairly smart and fairly clean. I am occasionally heard on SIRIUS Radio and I have done a few movies--all of which have gone straight to video. (And not even video stores--just video.) I have only received two offers for TV--one a really, really bad reality show and the other a really, really bad sitcom.

My Interests

Trading my food stamps for cd's and comic books.

I'd like to meet:

The merciless God who left me with my ex-girlfriend's three cats.

Music:

Everything--and I mean everything.

Movies:

Blade Runner, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Big Lebowski, O' Brother Where art Thou, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, The Verdict, Slingblade, The Secret Lives of Others, Fight Club, Memento, V for Vendetta, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Gladiator, The 40 year old Virgin, Defending Your Life, Jerry McGuire, Tender Mercies, Coal Miner's Daughter, Love Actually, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Caddyshack, Trading Places, Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, Wedding Crashers, Swingers, Any Given Sunday, Godfather, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Schindler's List, Place's in the Heart, Shawshank Redemption, RAging Bull, Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential, Glen Gary Glen Ross, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, Dead Men Don't Wear PLad, The MAn with 2 Brains, The Jerk, Bowfinger, Resorvoir Dogs, Sin City, Full Metal Jacket, Grapes of Wrath, The Life of Brian, Rushmore, Ground Hog Day, Big Fish, Shaun Of the Dead, Hannah and her Sisters, Something that God Made, Chinatown, The Shining, Terms of Endearment, The American President, The Big Picture, Twelve Monkeys, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Being There, Patton, A Face in the Crowd, The Third Man, It's a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, Platoon, Superbad, True Grit, Happy Gilmore, The Natural, The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor, The Fisher King, The Blues Brothers, Driving Miss Daisy, Primary Colors.

Television:

24, South Park, RENO 911, The Office, Deadwood, Frontline, Big Love, Entourage, West Wing, NYPD Blue, Law and Order, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Studio 330 on CMT, any Animal Planet/Discovery/National Geographic show involving Gorillas, Bears, Tigers, Lions or Dolphins; any Jim Gaffigan Comedy Special, Campus Ladies, re-runs of Mr. Show, News Radio and Kids in the Hall, Thick of It (BBC Amercia).

Books:

Yes, I have books. (I swear.)

Heroes:

Bill Hicks, Johnny Cash, Randy Newman, George Clinton, Neil Young, Rosa Parks, Jim Gaffigan, Richard Pryor, Christopher Buckley, Chris Rock, Bono, The Coen Brothers, Christopher Guest, Spike Lee, Sheryl Crow, Martin Luther King, Brian Regan, John Riggins, Margaret Cho, Robert Klien, Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart, DEVO, The Smothers Brothers, Dandy Warhols, Southern Culture on the Skids, Ricky Gervais, Will Ferrel, Vince Vaughn, Merle Haggard, Reggie Miller, Joan and John Cusack, Billy Bob Thorton, Matt Groening, Mike Judge, Kids in the Hall, EmmyLou Harris, George Washington, Seymour Hersh, Ze Frank, Albert Brooks, David Milch, Amanda Cogdon (to name a few.)