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his fresh brand of humor that is universal in its appeal, Andres
breaks down barriers of what an audience expects from a Latino
comedian. While charming the audience with his story telling
ability, which is an amusing cross between hilarity and reality,
Andres always keeps the flow of laughs hard and steady. His
act has been critically praised as "ethnic humor,"
never invading poor taste or becoming mean-spirited for the
sake of a laugh. "I don't really do much topical stuff;
it's all about what I'm feeling," states Fernandez.
A native New Yorker, Andres says that his comedy routines mainly
draw on experiences in his own family, cultural differences
among people and conflicts between genders and generations.
Andres further illustrates this fact by saying "My mom
is Dominican born and raised in New York. But my dad is really
the 'ethnic' one. So a lot of my humor has to do with my take
on my father and the way he was... which was not like all the
other dads in the neighborhood. I mean he trimmed the hedges
with a machete!"
Fernandez, a father of two, says that comics Bill Cosby and
Richard Pryor influenced him the most in his childhood. "My
friend and I snuck into this theater when we were kids expecting
to see a movie, but instead this guy comes out on stage and
just started talking about his life." That guy was Richard
Pryor. "That's the day when I realized that I wanted to
do the same thing with my life, and that's what I've been doing
ever since."
Fluent in Spanish, Andres has performed as a member of the Copa
Comedy Troupe at the Copacabana, a sketch player in "El
Barrio" at Caroline's, and is a ligit stage actor with
the Puerto Rican Repertory Theater. Classically trained at the
William Esper Studios, Andres combines his love for acting with
his stand-up comedy to give his audiences a show they will never
forget. Andres also has several television appearances to his
credit, including NBC's Friday Night, Showtime's Latino Laugh
Festival, Comedy Central's Stand Up Stand Up, a starring role
in the Paramont / UPN pilot "American Family" and
feature roles in soap operas on ABC, CBS and NBC.
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