Where in the world am I today?: North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prologue: Officially met Joe at the Kingston Buskers Rendezvous in the early 90s… At the time he was a gangly kid from Halifax who had grown up watching the best of the best at the Halifax Buskers Festival in it’s heyday in the late 80s, and was just starting out on his own. I loved his energy… Still do, for he’s got a spectacular ability to make you laugh as he trips over his own body… Guess he never grew out of that gangly-ness and here’s hoping he never does.
Stats:
Name: Joe Cobden
Birthday: October 7, 1978
Place of Birth: Hospital
Started Performing/Working in the Industry: 1990
Discipline: I wish I had more
Website: http://www.joecobden.com
Video Link: http://www.joecobden.com/site/videos
Venues Worked: Massey Hall, France, on the street here and there
Hot 10 Questions:
- What’s your favorite color? • The Canadian one. It has a “u” after the second “o”.
- What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream and why? • Vanilla, because everything scares me.
- Name one movie that would make it to your Top 10 all-time great films. • The Third Man
- What was your favorite toy from childhood? • The thing on the outside of the house that records stuff (the gas meter?). I thought it was a computer.
- Who were your biggest inspirations when you got started? • Anyone who was at the ’88 or ’89 Buskers’ Festival in Halifax, especially Waldo, Rudy from Los Payasos Mendegos, and Ivan Lendl.
- From the world of animation what one character do you most identify with or see yourself in? • Whatever comes out next.
- Apart from the entertainment industry, name one other job you’ve had. • Mayor of the World.
- What’s something you haven’t done yet that you’d like to try? • Destroying this computer.
- What’s your least favourite thing about being a performer? • The fear and the hurt.
- If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? • You have 3 wishes.
The Nugget:
Pick one nugget of wisdom you’ve picked up from your career in Show Business to share with the World.
“Crank it out.”
–Joe Cobden, Dreamer
