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life is not about finding yourself....... it is about creating yourself!!
Here's a list of some of the comedians that have influenced me to pursue comedy, George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Charlie Chaplan, Bob Newhart, and Jackie Gleason.
Jack Bauer, Jason Bourne, My Parents, The men and women of our Armed forces! Dean Martin, Johnny Carson, Martin Luther King jr., Humphrey Bogart, Steve Jobs, John Wayne, Ghandi, Elvis, Houdini, Charlie Chaplin, Clint Eastwood, Harriet Tubman, Louie Armstrong, Abrham Lincoln, Jesus, Buddah, Jose Quervo, Hugh Hefner, Mother Theresa, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robison, Stephen Spielberg, Lance Armstrong, and Anyone who makes the Planet a better place to live.
I love art house films, character driven dialouge based movies.... I like a great story!! If the movie is tied in with a fast food resturaunt in any way, I wait til it comes to DVD, and then even sometimes then I won't watch it!! But here are a few movies I own Beckett ( Peter O'toole & Richard Burton in thier prime) could be one of the best screenplays ever written if your into English history. Braveheart, Godfathers 1 and 2 only! True Romance, A Bronx Tale, Big Fish, My Favorite Year, Rocky 1, Cinderella Man, GO, Soliders in the Rain, Casablanca, The Story of US , Goodfellas, Million Dollar Baby, Fight Club. Adaptation, Pulp Fiction, The Last Samuri, Resevoir Dogs, Shawshank Redemption, The Last Detail, One who flew over the Cuckoos nest, The Party, Young Frankenstien, Spinal Tap, plus I love to watch documentaries. and I haven't been to the movies in a while , NETFLICKS ROCKS!! need I say more....... the movies come to me I don't go to them.
I love Tivo and I don't really watch a lot of tv, but here are a few on my Tivo, 24 ( JackBauer is a bad man!!), Entourage, Law & Order SVU, Modern Marvels, The Daily Show, David Letterman, The Actors Studio, Rescue Me, King of Queens, Court TV, Forencic Files, Justice Files, The New Detective and Cold Case on A&E, The Home makeover show on ABC that always make you cry, anything educational and Football on Sundays! and that's it ! I hate reality television I believe it to be the downfall of modern civilization, everyone wants thier 15 minutes of shame I call it the Jerry Springer effect. I wouldn't hire any of those idiots on the apprentice to run any company I owned.
Ventriloqism for dummies, Tommyland, An Underground Education, Reading for dummies, Where did I Go Right ..... your nobody in this town till someone wants you dead! by Bernie Brillstien, Loitering with Intent by Peter O' toole. Many Lives, Many Masters. The reuninting of Soul Mates .....only love matters and Messages from the Masters, (all three by Brian Weiss PhD.) everything by Charles Bukowski, The Idiot's guide to being a complete idiot, Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge ect..) Jack kerouac, How to Think Like Davinci, Dave Barry, David Mamet, Eugene O'Niel, John Patrick Shanley, and the list goes on.... I am a voracious reader, I love to read! I can read 4 books a week if I am in the mood, these are just some recent ones and Authors I like to read.
I've appeared on television a few times. Maybe you've seen me on King of Queens (recurring), Monk, Lucky, Reno 911, ER, Tough Crowd, Angel, Once and again, Heist, Premium Blend, or even Comedy Central presents.
I've also appeared in such films as Mr & Mrs Smith, Dark Room, Room 6, The Italian Job, Coyote Ugly, One Hour Photo, Go, Velocity Rules, The Fair, Where the hell is Robin Goodfellow?
Check out some of my comedy albums...
Animal Instincts , Stand Up Records 2001
Pandemonium , Stand Up Records 2005