| Born on New Year’s day in the nation’s capital
and with a last name that begins with the letters A-b-e, Milt has always been at the front of one line or another. Before
he was one year old Milt’s family moved west in a covered station
wagon, and despite living his entire life in California he has
yet to refer to anyone as ‘dude’.
It was in College that Milt first started to perform; eventually
writing, directing, and acting in his own plays for students
and faculty. After graduating with honors from San Jose State
University, Milt moved to San Francisco in search of a career
in stand-up comedy and a reasonably priced apartment, no easy
task in San Francisco. “I’m beginning to think that Adam and
Eve’s real punishment wasn’t so much that they had to leave
the garden, as it was that they had to find another place…”
A headlining stand-up comedian for over twenty years, Milt has
performed throughout the United States and Canada in venues
ranging from corporate engagements to cruise ships, from television
to bars masquerading as comedy clubs under names like ‘Ha Ha
a Go Go.’
Milt now lives in a small town outside Portland, Oregon with
his wife, Janie, and their three kids; Kelsey, Noah, and Ellery
where they have next door neighbor with a rooster that, ‘Apparently
is blind. This bird has no idea when the sun rises, but takes
shots at it all night long.”
With almost a dozen television appearances, including “An Evening
at the Improv”, Showtime, and PBS, not to mention several television
commercials, Milt is an active member of both professional acting
unions, S.A.G. and A.F.T.R.A. Milt Also tours in the show 4
stand-up Dads, and has also recently published a book of humorous
short stories, “Stories from the Delux.”
(quoted from a recent interview)
What got you started in stand-up comedy?
“The
brochures were very alluring. There was also a campus recruiter
who had set up a booth with a banner reading; Wanna make fun
of people and sleep ‘till noon?’ I became a victim of aggressive
marketing.”
How would you describe your comedy?
“Observational,
anecdotal. Neither divisive or derisive. I stay away from cheap
shots because there is nothing worse than telling a joke you’re
not proud of, and it doesn’t work. A good portion of my material
comes from stories and observations about my wife and kids.
I have a wonderful marriage and family life but it doesn’t sound
exactly like that in my show, there’s no humor in ‘we all loved
each other today and we were happy, happy, happy’.” A favorite
joke of yours?
“A
friend of mine spent his entire life trying to find the secret
to immortality… you know what his dying words were? ‘No, that’s
not it’.”
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