HISTORY OF FEDERMAN
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Stand-up comedian, Actor, Emmy-winning producer, Comedy writer,
author The History of Stand-Up, Musician, Cultural historian, USC professor,
Pistol Pete Maravich biographer, Podcaster, and Oxford comma enthusiast.
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Very rarely drinks alcohol
Plays boogie-woogie piano
First celebrity to meet in person: Soupy Sales. Silver Theater - Maryland (1966)
TV debut: Youth and the Issue w/ Page Talley - debated death penalty (KCXT/NBC 1974)
Film debut: extra in Paramount's Black Sunday - Orange Bowl crowd (1976)
Spoke to Irving Berlin on the telephone (1981)
NFL's Larry Csonka was neighbor and drove Wayne to school on occasion (1972-1975)
Completed the NYC Marathon in 5:13:15 (1985)
Jimmy Fallon was once his opening act
Favorite Zep album - Led Zeppelin 2
Bought first pair of Converse All-Stars (Chucks) in 2nd grade (1965)
Still plays full-court basketball, outdoors, in Chucks (as of 2025)
Learned to smoke cigarettes for the play Snow White - 13th Street Theater (NYC 1981)
Saw Slayer (2019) and Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy (1976)
Drove a cab in New York City for two months (only celebrity passenger - Ann Reinking)
Can still drive “stick”
First kiss - Kelly Carrington (in a treehouse) Plantation (1970)
Vary rarely throws up (only 3 times since 1971) - just powers through
Lifetime 81% free-throw shooter
Five childhood homes: Canoga Park, CA (22900 Blythe St), Alexandria, VA (700 Avon Place), Silver Spring, MD (8 Belmont Ct), Plantation, FL (500 S. Hibiscus Ct/1960 SW 56th Ave)
Favorite cheese: Cream. Least favorite cheese: Bleu
Born at Hospital of The Good Samaritan, Los Angeles (June 22, 1959)
Performed for US troops in Iraq / Operation Enduring Freedom
Attended, with brother Andrew, Simon and Garfunkel's Central Park reunion concert (1981)
Former member of (ACE) American Coaster Enthusiasts
Crashed, with Yvonne Delet, 1st Anniversary Party of Studio 54 (4/26/1978)
Attended Eddie Murphy's 21st birthday party at Studio 54 (1982)
Stella Adler was his acting teacher (1977-79)
Purchased his ventriloquist dummy at Paul's Magic Shop (from Paul Diamond) - Ft. Lauderdale (1974)
Performed ventriloquism at his Senior Prom - Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach (1976)
Illegally visited Cuba (via Mexico) for a bachelor party (April 2000)
Last CD purchase: Lady Gaga The Fame (favorite songs Poker Face and Brown Eyes)
First major league baseball game was no-hitter - Yankee Stadium Dave Righetti (1983)
Shook Jimmy Page's hand - spoke to Robert Plant @ The Forum, LA (1995)
Schools attended: East Silver Spring Elementary, Plantation Park Elementary, Plantation Middle, Seminole Middle, South Plantation High, New York University
First alcoholic drink - Sloe Gin Fizz - The Button (Ft. Lauderdale) 16 years old
Joined five unions - NYC Taxi Drivers (3036), Federation of Musicians (47), AFTRA, SAG, WGA
Successful "color war" General (green team) at Raquette Lake Boys Camp (1979)
Favorite Beatle: Ringo Starr
Favorite food: Italian (pizza, spaghetti-meat sauce, lasagna, pastas, etc.)
Opened for the Everly Brothers at Westbury Music Fair
Visited Lithuania but not France
Doesn't drink hot beverages (never coffee or tea)
Delivered both The Washington Post (1967) and The Miami Herald (1969-70)
Self-help books that actually helped: Erroneous Zones, Four Agreements, Atomic Habits, Win Friends and Influence People, Power of Positive Thinking, Man's Search for Meaning
Snoop Dogg once called him "my n-word"
Saw Ramones at CBGBs (1977) and Barbra Streisand at MGM Vegas (1994)
Was hired by Bob Newhart to help co-write a comedy routine
Attended one World Series game: October 2024 (Yankees/Dodgers Game 1)
Spoke to Ronald Reagan about acting with James Dean on live television in the 50s
Has never broken a bone, spent a night in the hospital, or been arrested (as of 2025)
Saw Johnny Carson perform an hour of stand-up / Sunrise Musical Theater (1979)
Once had a full beer can thrown at him during performance at Fresno State
Saw both Red Skelton (1985) and Kendrick Lamar (2016)
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