Where in the world am I today?: Aruba
Prologue: I first met Kevin in September 2006 as we boarded the CROWN Princess in St. Thomas. Kevin was had a bouncy leprechaun-like step and we became friends in a heartbeat. His comedy primarily focuses on relationships and when he’s not doing comedy shows he also does lectures. He can often be found sitting at a round table in Horizon Court on whatever Princess Ship he happens to be performing having ‘round table discussions’ as he likes to call them.
Stats:
Birthday: September 28, 1951
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Started Performing/Working in the Industry: Austin Texas, 1981
Discipline: Stand-up Comedian
Website: http://www.staytogether.us
Video Link: http://www.staytogether.us/clips.html
Venues Worked: Cruise Ships, Comedy Clubs, TV, Radio, and one Industrial Film for Clark Equipment Corporation – Fork lifts (nice!)
Hot 10 Questions:
- What’s your favorite color? • Pink
- What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream • Vanilla
- What makes you laugh? • My Children
- Who were your biggest inspirations when you got started? • Bill Cosby, George Burns, Lucille Ball
- If you could describe yourself as a character from Whinnie the Pooh, who would it be? • The love child of Tigger and Owl
- Apart from the entertainment industry, name one other job you’ve had. • Soldier in the US Army – Platoon Sergent
- What’s something you haven’t done yet that you’d like to try? • Fly a single engine plane from North Carolina to Bourget Field in France to retrace the steps of Charles Lindbergh
- What’s the best thing about being a performer? • Making people laugh
- What’s the hardest thing about being a performer? • Being away from your family
- Why do you keep performing? • How could you not??? Because it’s part of who I am be it on stage or off.
The Nugget:
Pick one nugget of wisdom you’ve picked up from your career in Show Business to share with the World.
Kevin Huges’s Three Rules of Comedy –
- Nobody thinks they’re funny, your friends think your funny. So you’ve already proven you can make someone laugh.
- Since you can make your friends laugh, consider your audience your new friends
- Don’t write what you think the audience thinks is funny, write what you think is funny and convince the audience to see it your way.
–Kevin Huges
