Biography:
Mellon
Isaac Fritz Casper van Mellonberg was born on Canada's Centenary, July 1st 1967 - in Hollywood, California. His parents, the fondly remembered Canadian contortionist team, Manny & Minnie Mellon, had just completed their infamous appearance on The Dean Martin Show - for which no charges were ever laid.
They soon added industrial linoleum sales to their repertoire, and the family settled down to suburban bliss in Ottawa. He first met future partner in comedy Bud Wilde in high school detention. The rest, as they say, is Algebra.
In addition to his passion for making people laugh, Casper's reputation as a ladies' man is as legendary as the Loch Ness Monster. In a recently rejected letter to Bird Watchers' Digest he wrote, "I am at peace with being a sex symbol."
Wilde
Oct. 19th 1965. Finnegan Casey O'Dysseus "Bud" Wilde is born to itinerant farmers in County Curt, Ireland - just prior to their immigration to Canada. Having thus abandoned the child, their wayward tyke soon found his way into the caring hands of two young Canadian students backpacking across the Emerald Isle in search of gazelle.
Bud was raised by their parents' cousins' neighbour's friend in a cozy trailer home in Greely, Ontario - on the outskirts of The Nation's Capital. Upon joining high school chum Casper Mellon in a comedy act they embarked on a roller coaster show business career, of which Bud has little memory due to minor substance abuse.
Not long ago Bud and his lovely wife, Taz, celebrated the arrival of their firstborn son. Little Pontiac Wilde came into the world at 10 lbs 8 ozs - plus attitude.
The Other Two
Norm MacQueen
While still a student at Carleton University, where he earned a B.A. in Film, Norm performed in a Stratford production of the madcap farce Nurse Jane Goes To Hawaii. 1986-89 he was a writer- performer with the popular Ottawa improv troupe, Skit Row. A gifted cartoonist, in 1992 he earned a Classical Animation Diploma from Sheridan College. Hollywood beckoned when he was hired by legendary Warner Bros. director, Chuck Jones, to work on the Roadrunner cartoon Chariots of Fur, which saw theatrical release in 1994. In 1998 he was hired as an artist-writer by Ottawa's Artech Studios to work on numerous CD-Rom and X-Box titles including Jeopardy Family Feud and Trivial Pursuit. His duties included writing comedy material for John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Sheri Oteri, John Ratzenberger and others. As a comedy actor, Norm has appeared in the feature films Two's A Mob (1998) and Punch and Judy (2000) for Distinct Features Inc. In 2004 SWAT Films of Montreal starred him in their live action multimedia release Act of War. 2005 saw his joining the cast of the CBC TV national series 'Getting Along Famously' playing alongside Colin Mochrie. Most recently he wrote the internet cartoon comedy As The Reels Turn for Gaming Solutions Inc.
Rick Kaulbars
Rick's career began in 1988 as a writer for Ottawa's popular Skit Row comedy troupe, while pursuing a Diploma in Broadcast Television from Algonquin College. 1993-96 he was a staff writer for Ottawa's Diorio Productions. In 1995 he won an Ad Sales and Marketing Award for a series of radio campaigns written for the Department of National Defence. 1997-2005 he co-wrote the Gemini nominated Comedy Network cartoon show Kevin Spencer- making it Canada's longest running TV comedy. The series also received two Canadian Comedy Award nominations. Other TV writing credits include White Fang (1993), For Better Or For Worse (1999) and Ottawa: Technically Funny (2002). In 2005, on contract with Ottawa's Eddie May Mysteries, he co-wrote and produced a live fundraising gala for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Foundation starring comedy legends Leslie Nielson and Jessica Holmes. Rick is a frequent feature act at Ottawa's Absolute Comedy, Yuk Yuk's and the Just For Laughs showcase. In 2006 he made his network television debut on Getting Along Famously, a CBC national comedy series starring Colin Mochrie.
Reviews
Classic "duo" comedy in the Vegas-y mould but informed by a post-
modern "knowingness." I for one intend to follow this ironically wacky duo.
Yuk Yuks' headliner, Don Kelly.
Fun, silly... cheesy and funny at the same time.
Kelly McKeighan, Just For Laughs Montreal.
Someone give these guys their own TV show.
Ottawa comedian, Mike Daly.
If payment is not received by the 13th we will be forced to proceed.
VISA Goldcard.
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