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February 17, 2004

Welcome!

Hi lovebugs my name is Greg Proops and I'm your comedian. Thank you for visiting my sexy new site. Here is where you will get the newest, latest information and gossip straight from the ocelots mouth. I will personally update, collate and revise. The site is being worked on and will be incomplete for a short time. You may share your thoughts in the guest book once it is up, but if you are uncool you have our permission to withdraw. I love all my peeps and I thank you for your continued support. Stay with me as we get more in 2004.

Digging you from here,

Greg

Posted by Greg Proops at 12:34 AM

February 18, 2004

The Story So Far...

Greg Proops

“Sharp dressed and even sharper witted.”
-LA Times

Greg Proops is a stand up comic from San Francisco. He lives in Hollywood. And likes it.

Greg will soon be seen on a new comedy series on Nickelodeon called True Jackson VP. Mr. Greg plays Max Madigan president of Mad Fashion. He hires the teenage True as Vice President and mayhem ensues. Keke Palmer, NAACP Image Award winner, stars as True.

Greg joined long time cohort Ryan Stiles in a two-man improvised show, “Unplanned.” They performed for sell out crowds at the Just For laughs Festival in Montreal and taped a gala for the CBC.

The Proopdog is best known for his unpredictable appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? The hit, improvised comedy show on ABC hosted by Drew Carey. Greg is also a regular on the long running British version of WLIIA? Whose Line is currently seen on ABC Family Channel.

Mr. Proops is a frequent guest on Chelsea Later on E! and on Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld on Fox News.

Proopworld provides the announcer voice for the forthcoming game Mad World for SEGA.

He can also be heard as the bad guy Tal Merrick in the animated TV series Clone Wars on Cartoon Network.

Greg can also be heard as the voice of Bob the Builder on the popular children’s series seen on PBS.

Mr. Proops cares like Bono and has performed and hosted at many events for the ACLU including the 2008 membership conference and a rally to stop torture with Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Senator Patrick Leahy and Larry Cox, Director of Amnesty International USA.

Mr. Proopwell aided and abetted Joan and Melissa Rivers on the red carpet at the 2007 Oscars, Emmys, SAG and Grammy awards as a wag and celebrity traffic cop on TV Guide Channel.

He also accompanied Drew Carey to the 2006 World Cup and helped produce and present Drew Carey’s Sporting Adventures on the Travel Channel.

Mr. Proops other television sightings include, The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Last Comic Standing, Ugly Betty, The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton on BBC, Mock the Week on BBC2 and The Drew Carey Show.

Mr. Prooples regularly hosts his own live comedy chat show at the ridiculously hip Hollywood rock joint Largo. Guests have included Flight of the Conchords, Jason Schwartzman, Russell Brand, Jack Black, Sarah Silverman, Joe Walsh, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Margaret Cho, Dave Eggers, Joan Rivers, Aidan Quinn, Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Griffin, Lewis Black, Patton Oswalt and John C. Reilly. Providing musical magic is genius and imp Jon Brion.

Mr. Proops has also performed his chat show in Aspen at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Montreal at the Just For Laughs Festival.

Mr. P is very pleased to improvise with Drew Carey, Ryan Styles, Kathy Kinney, Colin Mochrie and many talented others as part of the Improv All Stars. They had the honor of performing for the troops in Bosnia, Kosovo and the Persian Gulf as part of the USO. The All-Stars can be seen on a fabulous Showtime comedy special. When over the pond in London, Greg sits in with the renowned Comedy Store Players.

Darth Proops was so excited to portray Fode, one half of the pod race announcer in the hit motion picture Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and all the subsequent video games. As well as many voices in Tim Burrton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Greg went medieval as Cryptograf in the animated feature Asterix and the Vikings based on the popular French comic book. Greg may be heard as Gommi, the Articulate Worm in Kaena: The Prophecy a full length animated feature starring Kirsten Dunst. He was also Bernard, a mad scientist on Pam Anderson’s animated series Stripperella. Proopbear may also be heard as Lover Bear in Disney’s animated feature Brother Bear.

Mr. Greg was spotted hosting his own syndicated, national dating show Rendez View. He also hosted the now cult classic game show Comedy Central’s VS. Senor Proops threw down an original half-hour of stand up on Comedy Central Presents. Which is repeated ad infinitum.

Across the wide Atlantic in the United Kingdom Greg had his own chat show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland. Groovy guests like Candace Bushnell, Rich Hall, Geraldine Chaplin, Steven Berkoff and Garrison Keillor have snuggled his sofa.

Mr. Proops performed stand up at How to Cook a benefit with Michael Palin and Terry Jones for the Peter Cook Foundation a BBC Christmas special. Greg was honored to be invited to rock the mike at Prince Charles’ 50th Royal Birthday Gala seen on ITV in Britain. He performed a stand up half-hour on Comedy Store Five for Channel Five and has bantered on All Talk with Clive Anderson.

The Proopkitty is a total smartyboots: he won The Weakest Link, Ben Stein’s Money and Rock n’ Roll Jeopardy. He also asked Dick Clark what his plans were for New Years Eve while guest hosting The Other Half.

Proopmonkey rocks his stand up comedy all over the world and can be found most frequently performing in his beloved hometown of San Francisco.

Mr. P. has toured the UK four times, sold out the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 28 years running and has kicked it live in Paris, Turkey, Milan, Aspen, Montreal, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates.

Below the Equator in New Zealand the Proopshobbit hosted the Oddfellows Comedy Gala for TVNZ and headlined the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. In Australia Speccy Spice jammed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and hosted, Hey, Hey it’s Saturday! A national TV institution.

Mr. Proops is married to a woman, Jennifer. He doesn’t deserve her. They reside in Lower California with their pet ocelot, Bristol.

Posted by Greg Proops at 12:20 PM

February 20, 2004

HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen

Coming soon, March 3, 4 and 5. Greg will do his unbearably cool chat show at The HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen Colorado. Music provided by the inestimable Colin Hay. Scheduled Guests include: Jack Black rockin' star of School of Rock, King of the Hill creator Mike Judge and the impossibly creative Larry Charles of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Posted by Greg Proops at 08:54 PM

February 21, 2004

The NZ international Comedy Festival

Want an excuse to get your glad-rags on? Then we've got just the event for you!

The night that launches YOUR Comedy Festival - Now in our 11th year, but with a brand new name, The NZ International Comedy Festival is thrilled to announce a comedy coup for New Zealand. This year's biggest, boldest and best night of comedy will be hosted by international comedy star Greg Proops. Mr Proops is truly one of the hottest acts around, with excellent stand-up skills to match his blazing improv wit he is sure to keep you on the edge of your seats all night.

This 2-hour comedy extravaganza will be funny, fast, furious and filmed live for TV! The glittering line-up of local & overseas artists will roll out the best of their festival funnies in the beautiful surroundings of Auckland's St. James Theatre.

LAST YEAR SOLD OUT so don't delay! Book your tickets NOW before the rest of NZ has the chance!

This May we have something funny for everyone. We are delighted to bring you some of the best comedy NZ and indeed the world has to offer. So join up below so we can email you a sneak peak of who is coming to play!

Head Office: Level 1, 321 Queen Street, Auckland, NZ | p.o.box 1082, Shortland Street. ph: +64 9 309 9241 | fax: +64 9 309 3346 | email: [email protected]

Posted by Greg Proops at 07:15 PM

February 29, 2004

The Greg Proops Chat Show

Come join Greg Proops for a night cap at the festival's late night talk spot:

The Greg Proops Chat Show.

Each night will feature a cornucopia of different festival perfomers sitting down to chat with the inimitable (and always impeccably dressed) Greg Proops... including Jack Black, Kevin Nealon, August Wilson, Drew Carey, Larry Charles and music by Colin Hay.

A little history: The Greg Proops Chat Show originated in the early nineties in a mythical place called San Francisco. Later it could be found in Edinburgh, Scotland - where it is a festival fixture on BBC Radio Scotland. Lately The Greg Proops Chat Show has landed at the impossibly hip Hollywood nightspot, Largo.

The Greg Proops Chat Show is now in Aspen. At last and forever. Freeze for it.

Show Schedule
Date Time Venue
Wed, Mar 3 12:30 am St. Regis Courtyard
Thu, Mar 4 1:00 am St. Regis Courtyard
Fri, Mar 5 1:00 am St. Regis Courtyard

Posted by Greg Proops at 01:08 AM