The
appeal of Wallace is his ability to connect with everyone,
no matter how old they are or where they are from. He
talks of scenarios everyone has been in, only he humorously
voices out loud the thoughts in everyone's mind. He
tells about finding an unaccompanied maid's cart in
the hotel hallway and jokes that he takes advantage
of the free stash, handing out shower caps for Christmas.
George Wallace, who has been selling out comedy clubs
and concert venues all over the country, derives his
comedy from the everyday and simply shares moments of
life. He finds humor everywhere he turns--from media
to relationships to dialogue clichés. At all
costs, he avoids standard opening lines and is known
to be an ace at reading an audience. Among other comics,
Wallace is known at "the guy who can roll the room
over if it's dead."
Wallace began his career in comedy as a writer for "The
Redd Foxx Show" and made a huge splash on the stand
up scene as one of 150 competitors on the cable television
special "The Big Laugh Off." Wallace captured
first prize, which included club gigs all over the country.
George has been featured in his own HBO "One Night
Stand," and has appeared in several motion pictures
including;
A RAGE IN HARLEM,
PUNCHLINE,
BERT RIGBY YOU'RE A FOOL,
HOT TO TROT,
THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER and
POST CARDS FROM THE EDGE.
His television credits include regular appearances on
The Tonight Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, Oprah, Late
Night with David Letterman, Entertainment Tonight, The
Home Show, Comic Strip Live, Sunday Comics & E!.
George also parlayed the part of boxing impresario Don
King in the NBC Special, TV Or NOT TV.
George regularly performs in Las Vegas and has appeared
at such major clubs as The Comedy Store, Budd Friedman's
Improvisation, Catch a Rising Star, The Punchline, and
is currently selling out concert venues around the country.
As a highly requested opening act, George has worked
for many top name entertainers, including Kenny G, The
Beach Boys, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Donna Summer,
Natalie Cole, Tom Jones, The Pointer Sisters, George
Benson and Paul Anka.
No one is safe in his audience. Wallace picks on everyone:
those showing up late, those talking on their cell phones
and those just sitting there.
Aside from picking on the audience, Wallace finds humor
in the familiar, from buying obscene amounts of deodorant
in Sam's Club, to the little white table in the middle
of a pizza pie in the box. He even pokes fun at the
popular Geico, Aflac and Verizon commercials. It's no
wonder Wallace won an American Comedy Award as "Best
Stand Up Comedian," in 1995, after having been
nominated the previous four years. His unapologetic
jokes are never offensive, but entertaining and guaranteed
to draw never-ending laughs from the audience.
