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"Presentation is Everything."
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Registered on: 05/02/07
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San Fran, LA and where ever my car is right now, CA
URL: http://www.dailycomedy.com/u/gracewhiteoops
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Biography:
GRACE WHITE, aka That Old Hippie Chick, is a classic bohemian with a mother who stalks her, a father to whom road rage is an art-form, and a stand-up comedy act like no other. White launched her comedy career at the onset of her "Middle Ages," and has gone on to open for such musical acts as 3 Doors Down, Starship, Edgar Winter, Leon Russell, and Jethro Tull, as well as comedians Kevin Pollack, Jack Mayberry, Rocky LaPorte, and Father Guido Sarducci. Her television credits include appearances on "Good Morning America" and the "Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon," she made her film debut in "The Independent," starring Jerry Stiller and Janeane Garofalo, and she's made thousands of fans laugh in Golden Gate Park from the stage of San Francisco's long-running annual "Comedy Day" celebration.
White is a symphony of contradictions, a blur of reluctant energy, and a compulsive workaholic entrepreneur who stubbornly maintains her title of World’s Laziest Woman. She’s also a successful single parent (her daughter’s never been to jail), and has earned a solid reputation for herding aspiring comedians through their performing puberty. White’s all female comedy tour, Women Who Kick Comedy Butt, has toured nationally and is now making plans to take over the planet. That Old Hippie Chick may not be the last of her tribe, but she is surely one of the most entertaining.
Grace White's Women Who Kick Comedy Butt
Woman Who Kicks Comedy Butt
Funny Business Magazine
Pat Katzmann
She may bill herself as That Old Hippie Chick, but she looks more country club than commune. Classy, blonde, and caffeinated, Grace White is in constant movement. A perpetual motion machine, she blazes through North Beach and takes some cell phone calls while giving a walking tour of local landmarks on her way to her favorite spot, Caffe Trieste, for a cappuccino. Even when she’s walking, she’s on the road. It’s no wonder she calls herself “a transient with an act.” She’s no slacker, that’s for sure.
For someone who only started performing stand-up seven years ago at age 49, when she became an empty-nester, White has come a very long way in a short time. She’s opened concerts for 3 Doors Down, Jefferson Starship, and Jethro Tull. She’s shared the stage with Father Guido Sarducci, Kevin Pollak, and Will Durst. She’s performed at Comedy Celebration Day before thousands of Bay Area fans, appeared on The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and played a role in “The Independent,” a film starring Jerry Stiller and Janeane Garofalo. Last year, she created a revue called Women Who Kick Comedy Butt (WWKCB), featuring funny females from all over the Bay Area. WWKCB’s proliferation and popularity means White spends more and more time producing the show in comedy clubs, casinos, and wineries all over northern California.
Responding to what she and fellow women comics saw as a need to generate more gigs, since women still aren’t perceived to be as funny as men, White thought a PG-13 showcase with a revolving lineup would be welcome at variety of venues seeking an alternative to lounge singers. She was right. “Because the discrimination that all women experience also predominates in comedy, I find myself even more committed to proactive change rather than just getting pissed off,” says White. “Simply, I am a comedian that wants to perform. Being very scrappy, I have found ways to do just that by working outside the ‘comedy box.’” That’s how her WWKCB brainchild was born, and her persistence is why it’s become a favorite of comedy fans from Larkspur’s Café Theatre to Lockeford’s Vino Piazza.
“I don’t see myself as a female comedy leader, or a prophet, or a smarty pants purporting that I know everything on or off stage. I am old enough to be smarter than that. I see WWKCB as a win, win, win, win, win for myself and other females, no matter what direction it takes. More good female comics (which more stage time produces) means more good comedy shows, which means more for all female comics and more for comedy as a whole. My dream is to have a full-blown concert tour where comics can have their own careers while also participating in WWKCB shows when convenient to them.” Can a network show based on this boomer’s life be far behind?
Life may be a continuous café crawl interrupted by periodic stand-up sets, but always punctuated by punch lines. After a quick breakfast and latte at Oakland’s Coffee Mill, White spies a bookstore across the street that she has to hit. Walking into Walden Pond, she notices a remaindered Ed Rosenthal calendar featuring some pricey California flora. Upon hearing that the marijuana maven was angling to appear on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” she flatly states: “Oprah would never allow that.” Because she’s anti-drug, of course. “No, she’d be afraid of getting the munchies.” And without breaking stride, as the booksellers behind the counter crack up, she hurries to the children’s section, finds a copy of “Curious George and the Dinosaur” for her 4-year-old grandson Brandon, and heads back to the counter where the booksellers are still chuckling. Always leave em laughing.
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When Billy Ray Cyrus was asked to comment on the public outcry regarding the recent Annie Leibovitz photo shoot of his daughter Miley, he said it is breaking his achy-breaky heart.
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Disneyland had to close the ride "It's A Small World" because the boats kept getting stuck, actually sinking to the bottom. The ride will be revamped to accomodate the average American that weighs at least 20 pounds more than they did when the ride was designed. Apparantly, it's not such a small world afterall.
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A McDonald's employee is facing criminal charges because she served a police officer a burger that he says was so salty it made him sick after he ate "the whole thing."
Police have sent samples from the same batch to the state crime lab for testing. Tax dollars would be better spent having the officer's taste buds and IQ tested.
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 Alexander Kuzmin, the mayor of Megion, Siberian, a small oil town has ordered his bureaucrats to stop using expressions such as "I don't know" and "I can't" or they will be fired. He has banned 25 other phrases as a way to make his administration more efficient.
To reinforce the ban, and make it easier for everyone, only the mayor will be allowed to talk from now on, except for the phrase, “Heil Kuzmin”. To alleviate frustration and to solidfy the message, a daily Goose-step class is provided which employees are “encouraged” to attend.
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 While Halle Berry confirmed her pregnancy women everywhere wildly celebrated that she won't be excruciatingly perfect for the next six months. They also toasted the impending appearance of her big fat ass.
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 Senator Craig proves once again that U.S Senators don’t make enough money and they deserve yet another raise in pay; why they can’t even afford a motel room when they are feeling frisky.
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 IFC (The Independent Film Channel) is calling R. Kelly’s “Trapped In the Closet” the cultural event of the year. In reaction, Comedian Grace White says, "In that case, 2007 is a cultural abyss."
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 A British dwarf's penis got stuck in a hoover vacuum cleaner attachment. How could this happen? Well, this sketch comedian's act includes a bit where he comes on stage with a vacuum cleaner attached to his most private part. Unfortunately, the attachment broke just minutes before he went on and had to be repaired with super glue. Looks like it is important to let super glue dry.
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 An off-duty Elko Nevada County sheriff's deputy was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after her husband, a fellow deputy, pulled her over twice. The first time she fled; like he wasn't going to see her later, at home.
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Steve Stevens says:
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Im a fan of your work on here !! Thank you for leaving me a comment . Keep on makin' us laugh !!
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Grace White says:
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Punchline Magazine rocks. And thank you.
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congrats on being a guest star!
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Grace White says:
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A girl's got to do; what a girl's got to do.
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First you tear up the San Francisco Bay Area, so now its on to the world through the magic of the InterWeb!
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Financial advice, as listed on Yahoo news today: Be sure to have lots and lots of money.
