"WHO IS THIS GUY?"
"I am proof that bourbon isn’t the only good thing from Kentucky!"
So says "Big Daddy" Jeff Wayne. Born and raised in the Northern most portion of the Bluegrass state, Wayne came from a poor but stupid family. When he was 14 years old he was bitten by the showbiz bug, and as soon as he was able moved as far west as he could without drowning. Forsaking college, he went to earn his education at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. "Higher learning" consisted of touring the comedy clubs on the road, finishing school tours of Europe and working cruise ships.
"Big Daddy" became a headliner on the comedy circuit and did all the cable television shows (HBO, Showtime, A&E, MTV, etc.). In the world of stand-up comedy, as a comedian, writer, and booker of several Los Angeles clubs, Wayne worked in varying capacities with Judd Apatow,
Jim Carrey, Roseanne, Sam Kinison and hundreds of others.
Wayne made his leap into theater when he wrote and starred in his one-man show, Big Daddy’s Barbeque. A critical and popular success, Wayne has toured with the show for over 10 years, and performed it over 1,000 times. Variety wrote, "Wayne is a one-man riot." Wayne writes his own material which has a distinct quirky outlook, probably because he bases most of his ideas on the philosophy of Ayn Rand, his "shero." Other influences are Joseph Campbell, Yukio Mishma, W.C. Fields and the Marx Brothers.
Wayne has been described as having a face like Fred Flintstone and an attitude like Al Bundy. He has been celebrated in such diverse publications as The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York Times and Sondags B.A. (Oslo!), not just for being funny, but for having amazing audience communication. A divorced father of three, Wayne collects vintage showbiz memorabilia, plays a bad game of golf, and hangs with his "dogs" (cannine). Parent, Raconteur, Jokester, Duffer, World Traveler, lover of the grape, showbiz geek, rabid news watcher, Wayne confesses he is all of that, "...and I still don’t know what the hell it is all about!"
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