MY BIO -2004 Instead of me trying to be clever and writing a cutesy, unfunny bio or using the boring bio my manager wrote I thought I’d reprint every bio I’ve ever had from the different stages of my “career”. Note: these are real and WERE not WRITTEN BY MY BUDDY, PATTON OSWALT.
My first bio from the “Laughs Unlimited International Unlimited Laff Riot Unlimited” Competition Flyer (1988)
Brian “The Pirhana” Posehn has been wowing local crowds since he started comedy last year. “The Pirhana” brings a fuel-injected, good-time rock ‘n’ roll vibe that’ll have you wishing you invited him to your next beer party or summertime hang-out. You'll be quoting his incisive quips - “Rambo? More like Ram-blow!” A seasoned road comic at 22 years of age, he’s performed both here at the Sacramento Laughs Unlimited and at our Davis location. He’s one of three rotating emcees on our Southern Northern California Laff Train tour, starting in July and featuring headliners Gary Muledeer, Shirley “Good Times” Hemphill and Mark V. McCullum (“The Wabbit Slayer!”). Poshen has also opened for Greg Kihn and George Lynch's Lynchmobb and is a regular on KZMQ’s Morning Zoo Asylum Funhouse Party Circus Monkey Fart Hour.
1992 bio (self-written)
Brian’s career has exploded since appearing on MTV’s 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour. His TV appearance has led to feature performances at Cobb’s, the Punchline in San Francisco and the Punchline in Sacramento. He also tri-headlined at Rooster T. Feathers, along with two other comedians he appeared with on MTV’s 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour. His MTV 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour has also been broadcast overseas, and segments from his MTV 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour were also heard on the Alex Bennett show. One of the three reruns of his MTV 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour segment was broadcast directly after an episode of Yo! MTV Raps, which is a favorite show on the MTV network, where Brian has appeared on their 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour as a comedian.
Clubs: Feature performer, Cobb’s, Punchline (all locations except Walnut Creek), Tommy T’s (all locations except San Leandro, San Ramon, Hercules and Burlingame) Fubars, Sniggers, Ripsnorts, Gut Busterz, Guffaws, Chortles, Giddy’s, Loopers, Hiccups, Loopy’s, Cask ‘n’ Cleaver (Lodi), Papa Chubby’s and F.B. Tuxford Skidoo’s, Esq.
Tri-headliner, Rooster T. Feathers, “A Night of 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour Favorites” (featuring comedians from MTV’s 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour)
TV: MTV 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour (tape available on request)
Mr. Show bio (1998)
Brian Posehn was born in 1937 in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Known as “The Baby Who Survived the Hindenburg!”, he quickly became the toast of Broadway, and was soon writing sketches for Fanny Bryce, The Pep-Steppers, and a then-43 year-old Billy Crystal. Disillusioned by Evil Knievel’s failure to jump Snake Canyon in 1974, he retired from show business to devote his time to beekeeping. 24 years later, he’s excited to be writing sketches for the “television box”, but is still keeping liquor in the attic in case Prohibition comes back. He is a Cancer.
Mr. Show fansite (2000)
(from a fat guy on the now-defunct www.emotionlotion.com Mr. Show fansite)
Brian Posehn: This guy was the hunchback, and the dude wearing the diaper in the Gibbon’s ads, and a bunch of other characters. I imdb’d the guy, and it turns out he also wrote on Trashed and The Man Show, which both sucked. He was also on Empty Nest, Friends, Seinfeld, a shitload of cartoons (he was a cartoon bear in Brother Bear) and a bunch of shitty movies. But he was also on Just Shoot Me and Bernie Mac, which were good, so who knows? Still, the guy’s pretty funny, and I can’t see him ending up on some shitty sitcom, much less creating one.
From MediaWeek’s “Top 25 Sitcom Hopefuls” Issue (2009)
Brian Damage: Comedian Brian Posehn has parlayed his wildly popular Skittles Superbowl ad into a TV series at the WB. The 1/2 hour workplace comedy will involve the travails of a psychiatrist who’s crazier than his patients, and usually ends up getting life advice from them. The cast is rounded out by Alan Havey, Judy Gold and Dat Phan. It will air Wednesdays at 8:30 after Oswalt My Gum! and before Capatch Things Up.
LaffHoles Comedy Club “Funny Failures!” Upcoming Calendar Blurb (2016)
Dive in, the laughing’s fine this weekend at LaffHoles! Greg Kihn, the host of Greg’s Gang morning show at WBAT, will host three (count ‘em!) headliners Tuesday through Sunday. Chris Hardwick (UPN’s Boner Cove) Boris Hamilton (FOX’s Hey Asshole!) and Brian Posehn (The WB’s Brian Damage) will take the stage. You definitely missed them on the small screen, but you don’t want to miss them, or our award-winning triple-spice crab puffs! Please note that Friday at midnight is No Tick-ee No Laff-ee Asian Comedy with Dat Phan, and Saturday midnight is the Jew Gotta Be Kidding Kosher Komedy Kavalcade.
Please note: Mr. Posehn will not sign copies of his un-aired pilot unless they were purchased from his website.
Next week: “Menace to Sobriety” New Year’s Eve Bash with Patton Oswalt and Dozer from FOX TV’s The Racist!