Brad Slaight
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Brad Slaight is an American actor
, standup comedian and writer. According to his website http://www.bradslaight.com he has appeared on many television shows and films including a starring role on The Young and the Restless
Some of his other credits from the IMDB are That's Funny, Love Chronicles
,Second Cousin, Once Removed, starring as Psychic George Anderson on Unsolved Mysteries
, Freshman Dorm, Haywire and Hellbent.
He is also a popular writer and has written for television and film. Brad is world renowned as a writer for his many stage plays which are published by Samuel French
and Baker's Plays, which include Class Action, Second Class, Sightings, High Tide, The Road Taken, Copies, and Middle Class.
Brad grew up in Cedar Springs, Michigan which is about 20 miles north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Central Michigan University
with a teaching degree and taught speech, drama, and English at Brandywine High School in Niles, Michigan for two years before moving out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business.
After arriving in California, Brad soon became a popular performer in local comedy clubs The Comedy Store
, The Improv
, L.A. Cabaret, and Ice House as a standup and group performer. He started the famous comedy team Moving Violations and toured colleges, clubs, and casinos. He was also voted
"Comedian of the Year" by Playboy
.
He also stars as Meter Boy of The Diabetes Duo The Diabetes Duo: Captain Glucose and Meter Boy
and will be appearing in an upcoming DVD. They have a website http://www.captainglucoseandmeterboy.com
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, standup comedian and writer. According to his website http://www.bradslaight.com he has appeared on many television shows and films including a starring role on The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
Some of his other credits from the IMDB are That's Funny, Love Chronicles
Love Chronicles
Love Chronicles is the second studio album of Scottish folk artist Al Stewart, released in September 1969. It was also his first album to be released in the US...
,Second Cousin, Once Removed, starring as Psychic George Anderson on Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008...
, Freshman Dorm, Haywire and Hellbent.
He is also a popular writer and has written for television and film. Brad is world renowned as a writer for his many stage plays which are published by Samuel French
Samuel French
Samuel French was a U.S. entrepreneur who, together with British actor, playwright and theatrical manager Thomas Hailes Lacy, pioneered in the field of theatrical publishing and the licensing of plays....
and Baker's Plays, which include Class Action, Second Class, Sightings, High Tide, The Road Taken, Copies, and Middle Class.
Brad grew up in Cedar Springs, Michigan which is about 20 miles north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan...
with a teaching degree and taught speech, drama, and English at Brandywine High School in Niles, Michigan for two years before moving out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business.
After arriving in California, Brad soon became a popular performer in local comedy clubs The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. It has a sister comedy club in La Jolla, San Diego, California.-History:...
, The Improv
The Improv
The Improv is a comedy club franchise. Originally, it was a single venue founded in 1963 by Budd Friedman and located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City on West 44th near the SE corner of 9th Ave. A second location was opened in 1974 at 8162 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District...
, L.A. Cabaret, and Ice House as a standup and group performer. He started the famous comedy team Moving Violations and toured colleges, clubs, and casinos. He was also voted
"Comedian of the Year" by Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
.
He also stars as Meter Boy of The Diabetes Duo The Diabetes Duo: Captain Glucose and Meter Boy
The Diabetes Duo: Captain Glucose and Meter Boy
The Diabetes Duo: Captain Glucose and Meter Boy are two animated and self-proclaimed diabetes superheroes whose mission, according to their website is to educate, enlighten, and entertain everyone who has diabetes. They have recently added a female character to their diabetes team...
and will be appearing in an upcoming DVD. They have a website http://www.captainglucoseandmeterboy.com
- His company is called "Bitter is Better Productions"
- Once weighed 300 pounds and lost 150 pounds. He says he is now "half the man I used to be"
- Drove out to California with his brother, Craig SlaightCraig SlaightCraig Slaight is an American director and author. He is currently the director of the Young Conservatory at A.C.T. in San Francisco, California. In 1989 he created the "New Plays" program to develop new stage plays that showed the world through the voice of the young. Mr...
. Craig is now the head of the Young Conservatory at the American Conservatory TheaterAmerican Conservatory TheaterAmerican Conservatory Theater is a large non-profit theater company in San Francisco, California, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. A.C.T. was founded in 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Carnegie Tech by theatre and...
in San Francisco.