FRANKIE MAN, FRANK PISANI, TODD CHARLES

COMEDIAN - FRANKIE MAN
The man who "Variety" called America's Funniest" Man was born Frank Schreilber. After World War II, while appearing at the Concord Hotel, Grossingers, and other venues in the Catskills, Frankie Schreiber got to know the regular crowd of comedians, including Lenny Bruce and Buddy Hackett. The latter frequently made fun of his sartorial formality, referring to him as "the funny little man with the tie" which soon became shortened to just "the funny little man ." Thus he discovered his show-business name, Frankie Man. Even while making a living as a musician, Man was practicing omedy bits in his spare time. One night, when he was 28, at a club in Queens called the Boulevard, the scheduled comic failed to show up and Man stepped forward to take his place. The evening went so well, he says, that he decided to stick with comedy.

COMEDIAN - FRANK PISANI
Frank Pisani hasn't been himself lately. That's because he's having so much fun being other people, like Jimmy Durante, Liberace and George Burns. Doing impressions is nothing new for Pisani, who began wowing his classmates when he was in elementary school. Since then, Pisani has made a career of doing impressions. He entertains on the corporate party circuit with his "Ultimate One Man Show" and a Las Vegas-style review featuring Solid Gold dancers.
Following an audition in San Francisco in 1990, Pisani was selected to play Tony Bennett in a Rick Springfield movie, "Hard to Hold," in which he sang "San Francisco." Frank Pisani does about 35 voices in all, but concentrates on about a dozen, with his favorites being Burns, Durante and Liberace. He admits laughingly that when he is learning a new character, "Sometimes I'll do one voice and another voice will come out." He's sure to be a hit at any party or event.

COMEDIAN - TODD CHARLES
From Off-Broadway to national TV, Todd Charles' stage show combines backgrounds in stand-up and musical comedy, theatre, circus arts, magic and music. You may find him spinning a tale or a tune, balancing a ladder or a chair on his chin, spinning plates on his Viking helmet, or spinning a ball on his BANJO, WHILE PLAYING IT!

Accompanied by his own studio-produced soundtrack, Todd takes you "to the islands" for a little Jamaican Juggling and "to the Far East" to experience the art of the Chinese Diablo. Then, it's on to a mystery storybook land.... "A land far, far away"....inside of his musical Hand-Shadow Theatre! There, he performs over a dozen Hand-Shadow Impressions on cue, while narrating an hilarious fictional story from beside the shadow screen!

This is a show full of sharp wit, whimsical fun, and wonderful things like: crashing cymbals, American flags, raining confetti, and Rock & Roll! With cameos by Ed Sullivan, Steven Spielberg's "E.T.", President Nixon, and Bart Simpson, the audience will never know what's next! There's even a juggling rabbit and an opera singing elephant! (State of the art digital equipment allows Todd to control the audio cues while performing.)

Throughout the show, Todd treats the crowd to a bit of "serious foot-stompin' banjo"! To that, he adds just the right touch of magic and audience participation, which may include an on-stage assistant chosen from the audience.

Todd rounds out the show with his own hearty rendition of "Dueling Banjos", in which he duels with the audience, a burping baby, and barn-yard animals that sing on cue and zoom around his head on a spinning helmet, leaving the audience roaring with side splitting laughter!!!


Performing since childhood, Todd Charles has had the privilege of working with such greats as actor, Kevin Bacon, and casino mogul/TV producer, Merv Griffin. At age 15, Todd joined the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus, and just 3 years later he was performing for John Lennon, Mick Jagger, and Andy Warhol at the Electric Circus in New York City.

Todd majored in music at the University of South Florida, while beginning his career nationwide as a professional comedian. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, he was cast in the role of Martini the Magician in Georg Osterman's Off-Broadway show, "ON THE LAM". While continuing on the comedy-club circuit, Todd began working on FOX TV'S "Comedy Tonight", where he was granted the rare opportunity to work with George Burns and Frank Zappa.

Todd has also appeared on TNN'S "THE STATLER BROTHERS SHOW", CNBC's "BREAK A LEG", ABC'S "AMERICA'S FUNNIEST PEOPLE", "THE JERRY LEWIS MDA TELETHON", "ED McMAHON'S NEXT BIG STAR", as well as appearances on MTV, VH-1, HBO, & SHOWTIME. In addition, he's been heard on radio shows across the country, and appeared in international publications, including THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE DAILY NEWS, MAGIC MAGAZINE, and ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.

From 1995 to 1996, Todd was cast by Merv Griffin as the comedy headliner in the year long revue show, "WAHOO BABY", at Resorts Casino & Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. And, from 1997 to 1998, Todd performed his stage show throughout Canada on GWE'S "ILLUSIONS" TOUR, which raised over one million dollars for the International Association of Fire Fighters.

Currently, Todd spends much of his time touring and performing for corporate functions, casinos, resorts, theaters, cruise ships, and festivals. From November 2000 through January 2001, Todd was the Headlining Star of Razzle Dazzle at the Carousel Dinner Theatre in Akron, Ohio, and recently returned from Singapore, where he was a Headliner in the Singapore International Comedy Festival.

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