background
On a cold day in January, a legend, and by legend I mean a country boy, was born in Tennessee. Before there is any confusion, I would like to answer some questions: 1.Yes I have all my teeth. 2. Yes my family and I all wore shoes (although I am guilty of an occasional “ no shoes, no shirt” at the local gas station during the summer).
Kindergarten can be traumatic for children, and it doesn’t help dressing them up in a bear suit to sing “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”. This was my first entertainment experience. However, bear suit or not, I had found my calling: entertainment.
Middle school was no different. If I wasn’t getting laughs doing impressions of my steroid injected gym teacher, or reenacting “Back to the Future” scenes, I was on stage singing “Blue Velvet” in front of all my peers during my 8th grade ensemble performance, creepy.
As I became more mature, and by mature I mean hideous (bowl haircut and braces), I found that I could not stay away from the stage. Sure I had braces, and would blow the excess food out of them after lunch to cause a scene, but who didn’t? After football or track practice, I would go straight to rehearsal for the school play (which wasn’t considered the most masculine thing to do by my coaches). Through my school plays and talent shows, I realized that acting was where I was headed.
Continuing to grow as an actor, I enrolled at the University of Tennessee where I quickly got involved at the regional theater. However, school isn’t cheap so I was in need for a scholarship. So after auditioning for the school’s mascot (yes there were auditions), I received a full ride on a men’s athletic scholarship as “SmoKey “ the blue tick hound.
Immediately after college, I packed my bags, kissed mom and pops goodbye, and headed to New York. I am living in New York trying to “make it” as an actor/comedian. Of course like all actors/comedians, you must have a day job. Once again to pay the bills I resorted to what I know which is putting on a big furry costume. I performed as the mascot for the New Jersey Devils for two seasons until I received a job as a Production Assistant on the show Best Week Ever for VH1. See, I told you Kindergarten is traumatic. I mean one bear suit, and look what happens to a kid.
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