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| Joel |
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Joel loves improvising and his time with The Chuckleheads is always time well spent. Joel has been doing improv since college when he worked with The Future Waiter's of America. Joel is recently from Florida and has found a great new home in Charlotte.
When Joel is not improvising he is acting in local theater, when he is not improvising or acting he is teaching. When he's not doing any of those he can usually be found glued to his computer screen playing World of Warcraft. All in all he's a pretty dull and shallow guy.
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| Ryan |
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Ryan is looked up to by many in the cast, primarily because of his height. He has been told he looks like the stars of many popular TV shows and feature films, including Friends, Ed, The Practice, Say Anything and Rambo (at least from the neck up), as well as a popular televangelist. A long time improv-er, he also plays guitar, writes music and is an aspiring (aka hack) fiction writer. A motivational speaker by day, he seeks to make the world a better place, or at least a little less damn depressing. He thanks his many funny friends and family members for their comedic inspiration (intentional or otherwise).
Check out Ryan's solo music at www.myspace.com/thechuckleheads, with the caveat that he never claimed he could sing. Ryan (and his parole officer) also highly encourage you to check out Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Charlotte and Hands On Charlotte for a chance to give a little somethin' somethin' back.
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| Scott |
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People always ask me, "Chris, (I don't know why they call me Chris, but I digress) why improv comedy ? Why not a respectable art form like mime or Bancockian rooster dancing ? My answer is always the same, "Go f*** yourself !" Or on the rare occasion when I'm sober enough or not high as a zeppelin, I'll explain, "When you are born and raised a circus geek as I was, no other art form will accept you." My life (so far) has taken me from the rough and tumble streets of New Brighton, Pennsylvania (a stone's throw from Pittsburgh) to the Queen City of Charlotte, North Carolina. My improv life has included stints with (a group whose name I am forbidden to speak of by a legally binding restraining order) to the PinkTurtle Sketchprov Experience to the Actor's Crib to the Chuckleheads. It's been an intoxicating ride indeed. When I'm not improvising, (and let's face it isn't life just one big constant improvisation) my hobbies include: nude charcoal self-portraiting; non-mountainous yodeling; the ancient Chinese self defense art of Wang Chung; and performing my one man show, "Don't look at me, don't talk to me, don't touch me" to non-English speaking Pakistani exchange students at local Arby's restaurants. I think that everyone should have a motto or a creed that they live by and mine is "daddy love me." I'm just going to leave the money on the nightstand, take a quick sponge bath, and get dressed. It was nice to "meet" you Chartruse.
(In Scott's non-improv life he is very boring person with a very active imagination. He takes pride that he and his cast are very responsible, mature adults (except for Charla.) The only downside of that is that reality doesn't lend itself to a very humorous bio. If his bio offended you or makes you not want to hire our group for your special event or come to our show, he apologizes.)
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| Linda |
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When Linda arrived on The Chuckleheads’ doorstep she was already an accomplished juggler—of her roles as wife, mom, homemaker, professional musician, piano teacher, etc., etc., etc. She decided to add improv to her life after seeing a live performance (thank you, CPR Improv, for the inspiration!). Linda arrived in Our Fair City via her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, home of The World’s Most Nearly Perfect Food: Chesapeake Bay blue crabs steamed with beer, Old Bay and rock salt. But we digress.
Linda’s favorite improv games, shockingly, involve music. She loves rhyming games as well. She is apparently much easier to live with when she’s doing improv because her husband is constantly encouraging her to “please, for the love of God, get out of the house and go do some comedy.” Linda is proud to call herself by the esteemed name “Chucklehead.”
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| DeAngelo aka Pookie |
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Pookie (real name DeAngelo) is a native Charlottean. He's a teacher, DJ, Football coach (Carolina Bulldogs Semi-Pro), drives a pink limo, is a full time student, a father, a husband, and Co-Founder of the Boys to Men Foundation. (Helping young boys learn how to be men).
He started improv when Joel started working at the same school he was teaching at. His greatest accomplishment in comedy was coming in second place for the Class Clown Award his senior year in high school. (He tried so hard!!)
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| David |
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Coming off a guest starring arc on "The Wonder Years," at age 7, David thought he was on the road to fame and fortune. After his parents made a few bad career choices, putting him in movies with various talking animals, David hit a downward spiral. After years in obscurity, David attempted a comeback on a little known show called "The Teletubbies." However, his 'Tubby, a blue one called "Doo doo," was killed off after the pilot episode.
Resorting himself to a life out of the limelight, David has made adjustments in his career and now works behind the camera as a director on such television programs as "Jon and Kate Plus 8" and "18 Kids and Counting." He has also directed and produced many short films that have been featured in festivals and on television.
In a chance encounter with Scott P, David was recognized from his Fred Savage-tainted glory days. After lots of crying, David agreed to become a member of The Chuckleheads after Scott promised international stardom. Here's to riding the wave...
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| Ted |
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Ted Delorme is baffled why everyone loves Raymond. In the past year, he played a dancing jester, a competitive lover, a tightly-wound divorce mediator, an atheist lecturer, a bible-thumping lawyer and Mark Twain. His free audiobooks for LibriVox.org have been downloaded over 118,000 times.
He also does improv comedy with The Chuckleheads, is recording a music/comedy cd and is writing material for his upcoming stand-up comedy debut. He plans a nap in the near future. He likes nerdcore hip-hop, computers, his wife, his cats, salt and not sleeping.
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