Basil White

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Basil White on the cover of Peeing on Stonehenge

Basil White (born October 18, 1968) is an American comedian and writer.

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[edit] Biography

White was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended high school at Subiaco Abbey and Academy in Subiaco, Arkansas, graduating in 1986. He was a member of the Class of 1990 at the Memphis State University. White moved to Washington, DC in 1991. He received his Master of Arts in Writing from Johns Hopkins University in 1997. That year, he began performing improvisational comedy with ComedySportz and stand-up in local clubs in 1998, eventually branching out into national venues.

During the late 1980s, White made extra money posing nude for art classes at the Memphis State University. Art students began to affectionately refer to him as "Jabberjaw," a double-reference and pun to the cartoon shark who was huge, white (as in his name and skin pallor), and talked a lot.

In 2001 White had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, documenting his preparation for the surgery and its aftermath on a blog, which is still widely linked and read.

In 2003 White started Standup Comics, a webcomic of his live standup comedy act in comic strip format. Other standup comedians have since followed suit with comic strip versions of material from their acts, but Standup Comics is the first known comic strip dedicated solely to depictions of standup comedy performances.

In 2005, he contributed several jokes to two of Judy Brown's joke collections: Squeaky Clean Comedy and The Comedy Thesaurus. The same year, he released his first CD, "Peeing on Stonehenge."

In 2006 White contributed to three more joke books: It's a Man's World: 800 Jokes from the Guy's (Warped) Point of View, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes, and Joke Express.

[edit] Books

  • Squeaky Clean Comedy (2005) (contributor), (ISBN 0-7407-5015-1) Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • The Comedy Thesaurus (2005) (contributor), (ISBN 1-59474-058-5) Quirk Books
  • It's a Man's World: 800 Jokes from the Guy's (Warped) Point of View (2006) (contributor), (ISBN 0-7607-6829-3) Barnes & Noble
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes (2006) (contributor), (ISBN 1-59257-538-2) Alpha Books
  • Joke Express (2006) (contributor), (ISBN 0-7407-6047-5) Andrews McMeel Publishing

[edit] Recordings

  • Peeing on Stonehenge (2005)

[edit] Other works

[edit] External links

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