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Howard Moore, Long Island
, New York Howard has been performing since 1990. He mixes all the elements of an impressive showman: good looks, sharp dressing, great build, and a unique voice. Howard attended Stonybrook College and majored in English. He has a quick, witty brand of humor, with imaginative sketches and characters dealing with past and present issues. He is extremely well known for playing off the crowd. Howard is the creative consultant and host of his own show “The Uptown Comedy Connection,” which is on the east coast comedy circuit. Howard has appeared on over 15 talk shows including Sally Jessy Raphael, Phil Donohue, Geraldo, and Charles Perez. Other television credits include BET ComicView, BET Comicview Tenth Anniversary, Channel 9 Comedy Update, Comedy Central Stand Up, and New York ’s “Comic Justice.” |
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Buddy Big Mountain , Buena Park , California
(seen here with Awesome Fox) Buddy Big Mountain , a self taught ventriloquist, is the first internationally recognized Native American Master Ventriloquist Puppeteer. His hilarious blend of Native American comedy, ventriloquism, singing, magic and his beautiful hand crafted Marionettes has delighted audiences around the globe. Buddy is a registered member of the Mohawk of Kahnawake Tribe of Canada and the Iroquois Nation. He is part Comanche, Apache from his father side and Mohawk, Welsh and English from his mother side. Being very proud of his family's heritage, earned him as one of the most popular role models today for his contribution on supporting his heritage as a Native American Indian. |
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David Graham, St. Louis , Missouri David’s 1992 stage debut was a reluctant “Open-Mike” appearance at the Funny Bone Comedy Club in St. Louis , MO. It just happened to be a contest. He just happened to win. He was hooked. His brand of physical, high-energy comedy led him to appear on the ABC- TV series “ America ’s Funniest People”, and later on Comedy Central’s “Comic Justice”. He is currently touring the Midwest and looks to do BET’s “Comic-View”, and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” during the next year. |
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Damon Williams, Chicago , Illinois Damon has appeared on numerous television shows including BET’s ComicView since 1994 and his own one-hour special. He has been featured on BET Live and most recently hosted several episodes of the legendary Showtime at the Apollo. In 1999, he performed for over 300,000 fans as the opening act for the Kings of Comedy Tour, which established him as one of the nations most recognized comics. In 2000, he performed at the US comedy Arts festival in Aspen , Colorado, and during the summer he headlined the Cedric the Entertainer Comedy Revue. He has performed at numerous colleges and universities. His comedy is universal and appeals to all ages. |
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Susan Dale, Manhattan , Kansas Susan Dale is the founder of the Freedom Girls Foundation and host for Comedy for Freedom. She is an ADD Dyslexic true blonde. She is creatively funny and she has an interesting background. Her “dyslexic blonde” insights carries her humor to another level. Being a waitress and a comic makes her very personable and able to serve up great dishes of humor for every man’s palate. Susan has performed at the Loony Bin in Oklahoma City, the Tulsa Comedy Club, and Bushwackers in Manhattan, Kansas. Promising a menu full of laughs, she notes that her kid is kind of quirky too. She gets that from her mother. |
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John Fannell, Tulsa, Oklahoma John Fannell performs at comedy clubs, colleges and corporate events throughout the country. He has appeared in concert with Bret Butler, Weird Al Yankovic and the Righteous Brothers. He co-starred in the independent film, “Male to Order” – his quirky view of family, dating and life in general is guaranteed to make you laugh. |
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Cheryl Henke, Oak Park, Illinois Cheryl is from Chicago and has performed stand-up since 1987, but in a fortunate turn of events, Cheryl exited the corporate sector with new-found freedom to “explore new career opportunities,” she launched her own comedy career full-time in June 2004. Known for her light-hearted comedic style that entertains and without offending anyone, Cheryl brings her Midwest upbringing and the antics of dieting, dating and everyday life into a refreshing blend of clean humor that appeals to all audiences. |
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Michele Van Dusen, Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois Michele is a stay at home mother of four boys. She entered into comedy while still dealing with the struggles of motherhood, home schooling and her weight issues. Michele has performed at the Loony bin in Oklahoma City, the Tulsa Comedy Club and the Barrel of Laughs in Oak Lawn, Illinois. She is a regular at the Friendship Coffee House in Tulsa. Come out and see this mother shine a light on her secret crazy life. |
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William Nickerson, Aberdeen, Maryland William has been a comedian for three years and has appeared at the Inprov Experiment in Tulsa, The Loony Bin in Oklahoma City, Club Voodoo in New Orleans, Summerstage at the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa and various private parties and clubs. He has also worked with Jay Leno and Rudy Ruettiger. |
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Jason Brown, Stillwater, Oklahoma Jason was born on a cold and gray Chicago morning...in the ghetto. And his momma cried. Because, you see, if there's one thing that she didn't need, it was another little hungry mouth to feed...in the ghetto. Actually, Jason wasn't born in Chicago, that was a lie...meant to deceive the government. Jason was really born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jason is proud to live in Tulsa and he will continue to live there until the city council has him banished. |
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Steve Mills, Marysville, Ohio Steve has lived and worked in Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma. Highlights of his career include the Deep Deuce in Bricktown and the Loony Bin Comedy Club in Oklahoma City. He has performed at the Funny Bone Comedy Club, Ohio State University Campus and has been a finalist in the Funniest Man in Ohio contest in Columbus. |
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Rob Neville, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rob is a native Oklahoman, educated but unpolished. His influences include Will Rogers, Bill Cosby, Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Conan O’Brian, Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin and even the Simpsons. Called “Comedy for the Greater Good,” Rob’s brand of smart, laugh-at-yourself humor tells the stupid truth. |
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Kyle Kubiak, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Kyle is the self proclaimed glam slam king of white trash comedy. He shares his skewed view of life as a single while-trash-trailer-dwelling father. He has an extensive knowledge of 80’s hair bands, wrestling, and NASCAR. He is a regular at Oklahoma City’s Loony Bin, has performed for our troops at Tinker Air Force Base, was voted the second funniest person in Wichita, Kansas, and was a feature comic at Oklahoma City Comic Fest 2004. |
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GrapeTop, Nashville, Tennessee and New
Jersey GrapeTop is actually Michael Porter. Michael was born in 1965 in Nashville. His father was originally from Trenton, New Jersey and shortly after Michael’s birth, the Porter family moved to New Jersey. In 1967, Michael was diagnosed with a rare muscle disease and was not supposed to live past four years of age. Through the faith and love of his family and friends, Michael survived and lived a fairly normal life. In 2001, Michael has the opportunity to enter a talent show at his church, and GrapeTop: The Stand-Up, Sit-Down Comedian was born. GrapeTop has performed at Tulsa Comedy Club, Gypsy Coffee House in Tulsa, shows in Houston and Las Vegas in the Laugh Across America contest. |
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JMAC, Atoka, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma JMAC, no hyphens, no commas, no spaces, or periods, grew up in Atoka, Oklahoma. Other products of the area include Reba McEntire and Jerry Cantrell (of Alice in Chains). In high school, JMAC was once cast as a jailer in the play, “Addict.” As it turns out, he actually was jailed for being an “addict.” When JMAC was 17, he was asked do to a music show at the local radio station called “Teen Talk.” Being seen, but not heard, wasn’t enough, so it was then he made a major life decision: To Infect The Nation with Rockstar Comedy. He’s been bartending, writing, learnin’, livin’ and lovin’ for more than five years and recently began his portion of the journey with energized performances at the “Loony Bin” in Oklahoma City. |
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Jason Emmert, Tulsa, Oklahoma Jason was born in Tulsa, but has lived in Texas and Minnesota. Jason graduated from NSU with a Bachelor’s in Finance, but do not let that fool you, he is funny. He made his debut at The Improv Experiment, and continues to do Improv shows. If you did not see Jason at The Improv Experiment, you might have seen him locally at The Tulsa Comedy Club, The Looney Bin in Wichita or Oklahoma City, all the way to the Far East (well, the East Coast at least) in Raleigh, NC at Charlie Goodnight's. Jason's sarcastic, off-the wall attitude and outlook towards every day life will strike your funny bone and open your eyes to a different light. |
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Darren LaCroix, Auburn, Massachusetts Darren is the World Champion of Public Speaking. He outspoke 25,000 contestants from 14 countries in 2001. He is a self-proclaimed student of comedy and is living proof that humor is a skill that can be learned. Darren interviewed CEO’s and business owners who made humor part of their business plan, developing an innovative technique of customizing humor that reveals the common frustrations and pet peeves about an organization. His book Laugh and Get Rich: How to Profit from Humor in Any Business has been translated into three languages and is a mainstay on business bookshelves. Darren will open Comedy for Freedom with his remarks about the freedom we enjoy and share as Americans. |
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