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SUMMARY:Gary Owen
DESCRIPTION: The Chicago  Presents   Gary Owen  Gary Owen has been ent
	ertaining America for over a decade with his side-splitting comedy. Ha
	ving performed in all of the major comedy rooms across America\, inclu
	ding The Laugh Factory Hollywood\, The Comedy Store\, all of the Impro
	vs\, numerous Funny Bones and Punchlines\, and Caroline's in New York\
	, Owen is one of America's most loved comedians.  Owen recently joined
	 the cast of Tyler Perry's extremely successful HOUSE OF PAYNE. Perry 
	met Owen on the Tom Joyner Morning Show (on which Owen is a regular) a
	nd immediately knowing he wanted to work with him\, Perry wrote Owen i
	nto the show as the new barber\, Zach. Additionally\, Owen has been se
	en in such films as LITTLE MAN with the Wayans Brothers\, REBOUND\, an
	d DADDY DAY CARE with Eddie Murphy.  Owen was always the class clown g
	rowing up in Cincinnati\, Ohio. After high school\, he got serious and
	 enlisted in the Navy. He was chosen for the prestigious Presidential 
	Honor Guard. However\, spinning rifles and carrying flags for George B
	ush and Bill Clinton turned out to be the wrong job for a funny guy. "
	I was always smiling\," he remembers\, "I got yelled at for smiling al
	l the time."  After leaving his ceremonial position\, Owen became a mi
	litary police officer at the Naval Installations on Coronado Island in
	 San Diego\, but he says he was too much of a pushover to be a cop. Ow
	en only made two arrests in three years\, but during that time he emba
	rked on his true calling: stand-up comedy. One night while hanging wit
	h his service buddies\, Owen worked up the nerve to go at a nightclub.
	 After only a year of doing stand-up\, he was named "Funniest Servicem
	an in America."  Owen continued doing stand-up in San Diego\, and had 
	a huge African American fan base. He went onto win the "Funniest Black
	 Comedian in San Diego" contest. That led to his first big gig at the 
	Comedy Store in Hollywood.  Then in July of 1997 he auditioned for BET
	's COMICVIEW. Two appearances on the multi-cultural comedy showcase wo
	n him his own one-hour "Grandstand" show. At the end of the season he 
	was selected from the year's four "Grandstanders" to be the host. Not 
	only is Owen the only white man to have ever hosted COMICVIEW\, but he
	 is the only white on-air personality the network has ever had.  Owen 
	has produced two stand-up DVDs: BREAKIN' OUT THE PARK\, which is now a
	vailable nationwide\, and this year's URBAN LEGAND. He can also be see
	n in MGM's COLLEGE\, now available in stores everywhere!  Click here f
	or Gary's website.\n
LOCATION:Chicago Improv @ 5 Woodfield Road Woodfield Mall Store K120B,
	 Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 United States
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