BIO

JOEY FRIEDMAN

BIOGRAPHY

JOEY PLAYED A COMPUTER GEEK IN "THE PIRATES OF SILICON
VALLEY" FOR TBS, FOR WHICH HE DID NOT REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL
MAKEUP.

JOEY LAUNCHED AN INTERNATIONAL TUMULT WHEN HE CALLED IN
TO BILL O'REILLY'S RADIO SHOW (DECEMBER 3, 2004) TO DISCUSS
THE DIFFICULTIES THAT JEWISH SCHOOLCHILDREN IN AMERICA
EXPERIENCE AROUND CHRISTMAS, PROMPTING O'REILLY TO TELL
JOEY, "IF YOU'RE REALLY OFFENDED (SIC), YOU GOTTA GO TO
ISRAEL (SICK)". THE INCIDENT PROMPTED LETTERS FROM THE ADL
AND A NY CONGRESSWOMAN, AND WAS REPORTED ON THE
"WEEKEND UPDATE" SEGMENT OF "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
(DECEMBER 11, 2004)

MADE THE NATURAL TRANSITION FROM SOFTWARE ENGINEER TO
COMEDIAN. WHEN ASKED BY CIVILIANS TO TELL THEM SOMETHING
FUNNY, HE REPLIES, "MY PARENTS SPENT $100,000 FOR ME TO GET
TWO ENGINEERING DEGREES FROM M.I.T., AND I'M WORKING AS A
COMIC. THAT'S FUNNY! THEY DON'T THINK SO, BUT I DO."

JOEY WORKS EXCLUSIVELY CLEAN, HAVING GROWN UP WATCHING
THE COMICS ON JOHNNY CARSON'S TONIGHT SHOW, AS WELL AS
WATCHING OTHER LEGENDARY COMEDIANS, SOMETIMES IN
PERSON. HE HAD THE PLEASURE AND HONOR OF MEETING VICTOR
BORGE, RED BUTTONS, BUDDY HACKETT, PETE BARBUTTI, DON
KNOTTS, STEVE ALLEN, MOREY AMSTERDAM, GENE PERRET, AND
OTHERS. OTHER INFLUENCES INCLUDE GROUCHO MARX AND THE
MARX BROTHERS, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO, ALLAN SHERMAN, FOSTER
BROOKS, AND BILL COSBY.

WHILE ATTENDING A TAPING OF THE TONIGHT SHOW (DECEMBER 8,
1990), JOEY GOT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY FROM THE AUDIENCE ON AIR
WITH JOHNNY CARSON, AFTER A REFERENCE TO M.I.T. DURING A
BIT. WHEN JOEY APPLAUDED THE MENTION OF HIS ALMA MATER,
JOHNNY ASKED IF HE WAS FROM M.I.T. WHEN JOEY SAID YES,
JOHNNY COMMENTED, "WELL, YOU APPLAUD LIKE AN ENGINEER."

JOEY IS A COMIC'S COMIC, WHO WILL ACTUALLY LAUGH OUT LOUD
WHEN A FELLOW PERFORMER DELIVERS FROM THE STAGE. JOKES
ARE OFTEN TAGGED WITH, "THANKS, JOEY."

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