Wade Greene- Stand-Up Comedian (Introduction)

What is the funniest thing that has happened to you on stage, and how do you handle the attention of being on stage?

“I took my shirt off to show how skinny I was because I was an alien. In real life, I was born at an Air Force base, and I convinced people that I was an experiment. I was wearing a pink Tutu that night on stage, showing my long ET fingers.”

What is your standup style, and why do you believe it will be successful? Why and how so?

“My style of standup is making fun of myself and my Clark Griswold-like army father, with true stories of life on the road as an army brat and the national lampoon mess that has happened to my older brother, my parents, and myself traveling to the next army assignment of my dad’s. I don’t bash anyone in the crowd, even though they boo me first. I make fun of myself because I stole the heckle from them or took power away from the audience. Then I use it against the hecklers. I started making fun of myself as a kid since I was so used to getting made fun of at every new school I moved to. I got used to it and started to embrace it. I was born with a medical defect (If one wants to call it that, and I was born autistic). My parents realized when I was tiny that I had long, skinny fingers that were not normal. Doctors at Scott Air Force Base couldn’t explain it. For years I got called ET, Mac and Me, and powder in elementary, junior high, and high school. My 1st standup was at a black comedy club at age 19. It was a fantastic mature crowd. I felt I belonged because I made fun of things about myself, my race and about crazy things that caucasians do. I was raised in black military neighborhoods, so that’s the community I relate to more.”

Where is the first standup you have done, and how did it go?

“My 1st effective standup was at the Comedy Store in LA. My 1st major show in Charlotte was at The Comedy Zone. The show went well when I again made fun of my long alien fingers which I’m known for.”

Is there a motivating reason for you to pursue standup or another cause? Why and how so?

“The standup phase started as a dare from friends in high school. People would talk smack about me, and I told them I was the master of comebacks. Be ready to be called out when I’m on stage. If you want to talk behind my back about things that are not true, let’s settle this at my show, like street poetry or like those Yo Mama jokes used to battle in the street to clear one’s name.”

When do you feel most inspired or motivated to perform standup?

“I feel more inspired when I turn on the news and see what this country has become. Today America needs to be called out because America has turned into a circus and a freak show. Rick James was right.”

What are your expectations for this area in your profession and public life?

“My expectations are I want to pick up where George Carlin left off and continue spreading the awareness to civilized Americans that they have the right to have their ticket refunded from the American circus because seeing a bearded lady in everyday life is very freaky.”