Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 13, 2007 14:42:44 GMT -5
Marc Yaffee
www.tahoe.com/article/20070223/ENTERTAINMENT/70223001
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Yaffee writes and performs, delivering original comedy inspired by his
multi-cultural upbringing and Native roots, combining hip, edgy
observations with a rapid, one-liner delivery style.
Born in East L.A., this Mexican-Irish-Navajo ("Mexijo") was adopted at
birth by a Mexican mother and a Jewish father. Yaffee was a happy baby
despite an unusually large head and knock knees that resulted in a
childhood of orthopedic shoes and numerous falls. Yaffee attended 12
years of Catholic school where he gravitated towards sports as an excuse
to wear tennis shoes.
While doing sports, Yaffee started writing for the school newspaper,
developing his love of writing that still shows in his standup today.
Yaffee continued writing at the University of San Diego where he served
as sports editor while commuting regularly to the bars of Tijuana,
Mexico.
Following graduation, Yaffee waffled between journalism school and law
school before deciding to try his hand at screenwriting. With no
screenwriting experience or typing skills, he knocked out a Catholic
coming of age script, finishing right as two movies on the same topic
hit the big screen. Broke and discouraged, he took a temporary job with
the Department of Motor Vehicles that lasted a mere 12 years.
While working at DMV, Marc was contacted by his birth mother who had
given him up for adoption at birth. Yaffee learned of his Navajo
heritage, which helped inspire his later decision to form the Trail of
Laughs Pow Wow Comedy Jam.
Yaffee opened his own traffic school in the mid-'90s. Realizing that he
could entertain a captive of audience of traffic violators, he decided
to try his hand at a comedy club open mic and never looked back. Within
two years, Marc won the Gold Rush Comedy Competition and landed a spot
on Galavision Network's Que Locos! comedy show. Since then, Marc has
logged stage time in 23 states, the Middle East and Asia as a
professional stand-up. Yaffee has also written for George Carlin's
Laugh.com.
Performing in the Trail of Laughs Pow Wow Comedy Jam, Yaffee discusses
his odyssey as a Mexican, Irish Navajo, putting a whole new spin on
multi-ethnic comedy. Throw in a neurotic Jewish wife, two home-schooled
teenage daughters and 13 dogs, and you have a recipe for a comedy
smorgasboard, served up Marc Yaffee-style.
www.tahoe.com/article/20070223/ENTERTAINMENT/70223001
<http://www.tahoe.com/article/20070223/ENTERTAINMENT/70223001>
Yaffee writes and performs, delivering original comedy inspired by his
multi-cultural upbringing and Native roots, combining hip, edgy
observations with a rapid, one-liner delivery style.
Born in East L.A., this Mexican-Irish-Navajo ("Mexijo") was adopted at
birth by a Mexican mother and a Jewish father. Yaffee was a happy baby
despite an unusually large head and knock knees that resulted in a
childhood of orthopedic shoes and numerous falls. Yaffee attended 12
years of Catholic school where he gravitated towards sports as an excuse
to wear tennis shoes.
While doing sports, Yaffee started writing for the school newspaper,
developing his love of writing that still shows in his standup today.
Yaffee continued writing at the University of San Diego where he served
as sports editor while commuting regularly to the bars of Tijuana,
Mexico.
Following graduation, Yaffee waffled between journalism school and law
school before deciding to try his hand at screenwriting. With no
screenwriting experience or typing skills, he knocked out a Catholic
coming of age script, finishing right as two movies on the same topic
hit the big screen. Broke and discouraged, he took a temporary job with
the Department of Motor Vehicles that lasted a mere 12 years.
While working at DMV, Marc was contacted by his birth mother who had
given him up for adoption at birth. Yaffee learned of his Navajo
heritage, which helped inspire his later decision to form the Trail of
Laughs Pow Wow Comedy Jam.
Yaffee opened his own traffic school in the mid-'90s. Realizing that he
could entertain a captive of audience of traffic violators, he decided
to try his hand at a comedy club open mic and never looked back. Within
two years, Marc won the Gold Rush Comedy Competition and landed a spot
on Galavision Network's Que Locos! comedy show. Since then, Marc has
logged stage time in 23 states, the Middle East and Asia as a
professional stand-up. Yaffee has also written for George Carlin's
Laugh.com.
Performing in the Trail of Laughs Pow Wow Comedy Jam, Yaffee discusses
his odyssey as a Mexican, Irish Navajo, putting a whole new spin on
multi-ethnic comedy. Throw in a neurotic Jewish wife, two home-schooled
teenage daughters and 13 dogs, and you have a recipe for a comedy
smorgasboard, served up Marc Yaffee-style.