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A headliner across the world, he can be heard on his CDs, EAT HERE AND GET GAS (2000) and LIVE FROM JIMVILLE (2003). He is two time winner of the MAC (Manhattan Assn. of Clubs & Cabarets) Award for Outstanding Comedian and the Backstage Magazine BISTRO Award for Outstanding NY Comedian. He has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in films, and his one-man comedy "SOUTH PATHETIC," a play about the worst community theater in the South, was presented at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, NYC'S Revelation Theater, as well as other theaters around the country.
He recently returned from Canada on the JUST FOR LAUGHS Comedy Tour, and has performed at the Montreal Comedy Festival many times as well as other worldwide comedy festivals.
He was in residence at the University of the South as a Tennessee Williams Fellow in writing and performance. He produces and hosts COMEDY CARES, the only standup comedy benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which has featured Joy Behar, Darrell Hammond, Cory Kahaney, John Pinette, Colin Quinn, Kate Clinton and Julie Halston. For more info, visit www.broadwaycares.org.
He is one degree away from Kevin Bacon - he appeared in Radioland Murders with Mary Stuart Masterson, who appeared in Digging to China with Kevin Bacon. His guilty pleasures include "Extreme Makeover," disaster & "Airport" movies, the Miss America Pageant, the Lawrence Welk Show, and cheesy true crime novels. He is a member of Actor's Equity, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, The Dramatists Guild, and the Friars Club.
Jim David "Live From Jimville"
Now out on Stand Up! Records, Jim David's ''Live from Jimville'' is a chance for the casual listener to reconnect with his inner curmudgeon. When you begin to lament the youths and their inability to navigate a library with its books and papers and librarians and whanot, David's got a riff on Beowulf that'll have you ready for knee-slapping good times. Dismayed at Britney Spears, less for her outfits and more for her inability to carry a tune in a paper bag? Jim David's your man. And still tickled pink by the droning pronouncements of a train announcer on the commuter line (not drowned out by your iPod, because you've never figured out them thingamijiggers)? Hop on, next stop's Ronkonkoma!
But just when you've been lulled into thinking you're in store for a series of hilarious but accessible one-liners to share with friends and family, Jim David will take a sharp left turn and shock your knickers right off it's just one of the many joys of Jimville. With a slow, charming North Carolina drawl, David nudges you right up to the edge... and then pushes you off with nary a warning. Handling even his missteps with aplomb, David skips right through a derailed joke with a blithe, ''What? I think I just had a stroke!'' Perfectly, charmingly aghast and declaring that he doesn't care, David even requires three takes on one joke, but manages to keep the audience laughing long enough to segue into a new routine so deftly you'd never have noticed the mistake in the first place. Clearly in command of both his repertoire and his audience, Jim David's both a skillful comedian and a welcoming host here in Jimville. Now if it weren't for these damn kids these days...
1. Plantain Coated Mahi Mahi 2. Cheese In The Face 3. 50 Lbs. Of Paprika 4. Take Me Drunk, I'm Home 5. Rub Her Face Into The Pavement 6. A Mild Stroke 7. The Bubbling Gene Pool 8. Cocktails for Israel
9. Some Of Them Do 10. Vietnam Vet Blood Pressure 11. You Like That T-Bone Steak, Dont'cha 12. The Worst Thing I've Ever SeenJim David "Eat Here and Get Gas"
Listening to the remastered version of Jim David s record Eat Here and Get Gas (originally self-released in 2001), now out on Stand Up! Records, is a lot like coming home from a hard day, slippin' into a cozy pair of pajamas, and turning around to notice that the ass is missing. Soon, of course, you discover that the new, easy access PJs are better than ever; heck, they're downright refreshing. David's subversive, witty routines start off at a comfortable pace, but when he slips into an English accent and a falsetto, watch out! You're about to have an image of the Queen Mum's nether regions - and her entreaties to enjoy all of their amenities - burned onto your retinas, whether you ve signed up for it or not.
With over 20 years of stand-up comedy experience under his belt, along with work in theater and on the toughest stage of them all, a high school classroom, David can clearly work an audience in front of him night by night or listening at home, in their cars, or wherever fine comedy records are sold. He's at his finest when he's on the attack, but don't worry, David's an equal-opportunity mocker. Be you from Maine or Mississippi; black, white, or yellow; the matriarch of a revered royal family or a Wal-Mart greeter, wait your turn. Never mean-spirited, David peppers his set with wry observational humor, like a twisted Jerry Seinfeld, and serves as your tour guide on a journey into a world that can happily post signs outside truck stops reading, Eat Here and Get Gas. When the world is this funny on its own, it's a great surprise to look at it through Jim David's lens.
1. I've Seen You, You Ugly 2. The Grin of the Mollusk 3. 80,000 Lesbians 4. Champagne Virgins 5. Horrors of the White Man 6. Trash de Blanc 7. I'll Have the Breast 8. Losin' My Legs 9. A Jetsons Coloring Book 10. Lord of the Flies Academy 11. Who's Your Daddy? 12. Those Wacky Brits 13. Political Fashion Show 14. Jumbo Prawns 15. Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen
