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Currently, I am a Talent Manager\/Producer (1999-present) as well as a consultant for the legendary Ice House Comedy Club and talent producer for the Ice House Comedy Club main showroom (2008-present). \u00a0In addition, I talent produce tapings for Comedy Time (2005-present) at The Ice House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n History: \u00a0Following graduation from Hollywood High School, three years at Valley State, then two years at UCLA and graduated from their film school. \u00a0I spent nearly a year\u2019s tour of duty in Vietnam while serving in the Navy reserve, then 11 years in market research for the entertainment industry before purchasing The Ice House in Pasadena, CA in 1978 with partners Bob Fisher and Marc Weingarten. In 1982, I sold my interest in the club to Bob Fisher, who still owns the club. \u00a0While I was there, stand-up comedy became the main source of success for the club, before that it was basically variety, folk music, etc. \u00a0 [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Currently, I am a Talent Manager\/Producer (1999-present) as well as a consultant for the legendary Ice House Comedy Club and talent producer for the Ice House Comedy Club main showroom (2008-present). \u00a0In addition, I talent produce tapings for Comedy Time (2005-present) at The Ice House.\u00a0History: \u00a0Following graduation from Hollywood High School, three years at Valley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judges-spotlight"],"yoast_head":"\n
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In 1984, I opened my own comedy club in West Los Angeles, IGBY\u2019s Comedy Cabaret. \u00a0Top comedians and celebrities were regulars at the club. \u00a0IGBY\u2019s enjoyed lots of notoriety with multiple television shows for Fox, and various HBO and Showtime specials and single artist tapings. \u00a0I sold it in 1996. \u00a0In 1998, I scouted talent for NBC in the U.S. and Canada. \u00a0In 1999, I signed his first clients to a management contract and guided them to become series regulars, one on Reba and one on Reno 911. \u00a0I was also a talent producer on Fox Television\u2019s 30 Seconds to Fame (2002), Fast Track to Fame (2010) on the Speed Channel and Staan\u2019 Dup (2013) for STARZ. \u00a0I have also been a talent consultant on various television projects for NBC, FOX, HBO and Showtime; and a producer of both stand-up comedy series and pilots e.g. L.A. Comic Strip, Comic Strip Live, Comedy Express and Comedy Outside In. \u00a0I Executive Produced radio shows and filled in as an on air host on CRNi (2000-2001). \u00a0I was one of the Executive Directors of the 3rd, 4th and 5th annual Las Vegas Comedy Festivals and was a consultant to the New York Comedy Expo in 2007 and 2008. \u00a0In addition to all this, I\u2019ve scheduled talent for military bases as well as comedy clubs in California, Hawaii, Nevada and Texas. \u00a0
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And my current client, Will Vought seen on Bones, The Good Wife, Wilfred, writing on a spec project with Paul Reiser and consultant for Wayne Brady. \u00a0Soon to be seen on Gotham.<\/span><\/p>\n