Tim Slagle

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Tim Slagle (born August 13, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, writer/editor and a political pundit. His material leans towards political satire, and he has the reputation of being one of the edgiest comics working today. He is known for his regular contributions to Liberty Magazine , where his reflections on the days events are a popular feature of the Magazine. He currently lives in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Slagle was born in Detroit Michigan, and adopted by a middle-class family, living in the blue collar area of South Suburban Detroit known as "Downriver." He was raised in Trenton Michigan, graduating from Trenton High School in 1976. He briefly attended the University of Michigan, and eventually dropped out without a degree in 1979 to become a fringe part of the Detroit Punk scene in the band Boris Savage and the Primates. His career was extremely short since he is completely tone deaf, and was much more adept at breaking instruments, than playing them.

In 1979 he started performing at the open mike nights at Mark Ridleys Comedy Castle in north suburban Detroit. As stand-up comedy clubs exploded around the country during the comedy boom of the eighties, there were plenty of venues looking for comics, and by 1983, Tim was traveling the country as a professional comic. After three years of living on the road, Tim finally settled in Chicago, where he became a regular in the Zanies chain of comedy clubs.

Tim Slagle's style of comedy is wryly observational, subtle, and often ironic. He often illustrates the contradictions inherent in politics and the duality of political correctness. He likes to point out that political correctness is never applied across the board, and that politicians seem to bend science in order to fit their policies. He gets incredulous at some of the obvious double standards that seem to exist without comment.

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(On Hate Crimes) If you kill someone because you hate them,
 that's a lot worse, than if you just kill them. You know, like if
 you're robbing them or something, That's not personal, it's 
 just business.

If you're talking about something like candy or cake, isn't a
"Hunk" the same thing as a "Piece?" But not so with Humans. 
People Magazine has no problem calling Brad Pitt, "The Hunk 
of the Year," but they wouldn't dream of calling Angelina Jollie,
"The Best Piece of 2003."

I don't understand vegetarians. I don't understand what they 
feed their cats. And they all have cats. Isn't it strange that a 
person would go through their entire life saying, "Well, I don't 
think an animal should ever have to die just so I can eat ... 
but Mr.Mistoffelees  loves his giblets!"

In 1989, Tim first appeared Nationally on the Showtime Comedy Club Network, and again in 1991 on the MTV Half Hour Comedy Hour. ^[1]

In 1996, he appeared on-stage in a small theater in Chicago, alongside comedian Tom Naughton in the Slagle Naughton Report

In 2000 he also produced and starred in a brief run on local Minneapolis television show: The Mudslingers Ball, alongside Lewis Black, Will Durst, Jeffrey Jena, and host Mike Lukas. . It aired on KSTP channel 5, an ABC affiliate. ^[2]

He was interviewed and appeared briefly in the independent Documentary Michael Moore Hates America (2004) ^[3]

Tim Slagle describes himself as Right Wing, although the Libertarian Party claims him as their own. His politics seem right in line with the Libertarian platform, and although he occasionally appears at Republican political functions, he has never disowned his affiliation with the Libertarians. See:Libertarian Celebrities

Influences: Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Irwin Corey, Sam Kinison

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