Butch McCain
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Butch McCain is an American actor, broadcaster, writer, producer and one half of the singing songwriting team, The McCain Brothers. Butch has appeared numerous films including MGM's cult classic Bio-Dome
, Roger Corman
's remake of Humanoids from the Deep
, and in Bruce Campbell
's My Name Is Bruce
, where he played dual roles as the singing sheriff and a unibrowed farmer.
Butch and his brother Ben
, also wrote and performed the theme song for My Name is Bruce
, "The Legend of Gaun-Di". Butch has made numerous appearances in comedy skits on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
and The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show on Fox
.
, and raised on a farm near Bovina
in Parmer County, Texas, Butch and his older brother, Ben, were encouraged by their parents, Rose and Leslie McCain, to pursue their interests in performing and athletics while also helping on the family farm.
While in high school in 1975, Butch started working at radio station KLVT
in Levelland, Texas
. He worked his way through South Plains College
with two part-time jobs, a roustabout in the oil fields for Mobile Oil during the afternoons and as a disc jockey at night. After graduating from South Plains College he transferred to West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas
, and quickly found work at KGNC Radio in Amarillo doing afternoon drive.
After graduating from WTSU, Butch was encouraged by his brother, Ben, to get into local television. Butch's first TV job was in 1979 as weekend sports anchor at CBS affiliate KFDA-TV
in Amarillo, Texas
. He was soon offered a weekday position of anchoring and doing the weather for the morning show. A few months later Butch accepted a job to be the prime time weatherman. Months later, Butch accepted the evening weather anchor position at KLTV
in Tyler, Texas
in 1980.
In 1981, Butch was offered a weather anchor job in Oklahoma City
at the same station where his brother worked. Butch jumped at the chance. The McCain Brothers teamed up to do a morning show in Oklahoma City
from 1981 to 1994 at NBC affiliate KTVY (now KFOR-TV
) and eventually at ABC
affiliate KOCO-TV
, where they also anchored that station's noon newscast. The McCain Brothers, with Ben anchoring the news and Butch forecasting the weather, hosted a morning TV show for 12 years (six each on KTVY and KOCO), at one time attracting a 58 share, according to Nielsen in 1984. The McCain Brothers moved to California in the summer of 1994.
radio. The boys and their band of Oklahoma musicians opened concerts for major acts touring through the state and for eight years played the State Fair of Oklahoma. For several years, the brothers hosted a favorite Sunday night music video show, Hot Country Hits. They also hosted a syndicated TV music show called "The McCain Brothers Show."
as well as ABC soap operas General Hospital
, All My Children
and Loving
. They both earned their Screen Actors Guild
cards while appearing in Dark Before Dawn in 1989 a film shot in Oklahoma City. Rex Linn
(now a regular on CSI: Miami
), was the associate producer and put in a good word for the brothers with executive producer Ed Gaylord. As a result, both landed roles as reporters (Rex, along with singer Garth Brooks
and actor James Marsden
made their TV debuts on the McCain Brothers show).
The brothers moved to Los Angeles
in 1994 to combine their interest in TV, film and music. The McCain Brothers appeared in regular live shots on the morning show for the Los Angeles
’ CBS station KCBS-TV
.
Butch and his brother Ben, have appeared in numerous films together including MGM's cult classic Bio-Dome
, Roger Corman's Humanoids from the Deep and Bruce Campbell
's My Name is Bruce
, where they wrote and performed the theme song, "The Legend of Guan Di". In the movie, Ben plays the mayor and Butch has dual roles as the sheriff and a uni-browed farmer. In a 1997, Daily Variety columnist Andrew Hindes described the McCain Brothers as "multi-hyphenated".
Butch played a sports broadcaster in a Pepsi commercial with Jeff Gordon
which debuted during Super Bowl XXXII
in 1998 and contined to play during national sporting events for two years.
Butch is the evening weather anchor for the NBC affiliate KKCO
in Grand Junction, Colorado
.
Butch is part of a family farming and cattle operation in Texas.
Bio-Dome
Bio-Dome is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Jason Bloom. Bio-Dome was produced by Motion Picture Corporation of America on a budget of $15 million and was distributed theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer....
, Roger Corman
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...
's remake of Humanoids from the Deep
Humanoids from the Deep
Humanoids from the Deep is a 1980 science fiction monster movie, starring Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, and Vic Morrow. Roger Corman served as the film's Executive Producer, and the film was distributed by his New World Pictures. It was directed by Barbara Peeters...
, and in Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American film and television actor. As a cult movie actor, Campbell starred as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L.A. and Sundown:...
's My Name Is Bruce
My Name is Bruce
My Name Is Bruce is a 2007 American comedy horror film, directed, co-produced by and starring B movie cult actor Bruce Campbell. The film was written by Mark Verheiden...
, where he played dual roles as the singing sheriff and a unibrowed farmer.
Butch and his brother Ben
Ben McCain
Ben McCain is a Los Angeles-based actor, television host, news anchor, reporter, producer, director, writer and one half of The McCain Brothers, a singing and songwriting duo...
, also wrote and performed the theme song for My Name is Bruce
My Name is Bruce
My Name Is Bruce is a 2007 American comedy horror film, directed, co-produced by and starring B movie cult actor Bruce Campbell. The film was written by Mark Verheiden...
, "The Legend of Gaun-Di". Butch has made numerous appearances in comedy skits on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny...
and The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show on Fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
.
Personal life
Born in Muleshoe, TexasMuleshoe, Texas
Muleshoe is a small city in Bailey County, Texas, United States. The town of Muleshoe was founded in 1913 when the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway built an line from Farwell, Texas to Lubbock through northern Bailey County. In 1926, Muleshoe was incorporated. The population was 5,158 at the 2010...
, and raised on a farm near Bovina
Bovina, Texas
Bovina is a city in Parmer County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,874 at the 2000 census.One of the best-known Bovina residents was John Elmo Sherrill, Jr. , who held four different public offices in Bovina and Parmer County, including Bovina alderman, mayor , school board member, and...
in Parmer County, Texas, Butch and his older brother, Ben, were encouraged by their parents, Rose and Leslie McCain, to pursue their interests in performing and athletics while also helping on the family farm.
While in high school in 1975, Butch started working at radio station KLVT
KLVT
KLVT is a radio station broadcasting a Real Country format licensed to Levelland, Texas, USA. The station is currently owned by High Plains Radio Network, llc and features programing from ABC Radio as well as local sports and NASCAR coverage....
in Levelland, Texas
Levelland, Texas
Levelland is a city in Hockley County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,542. It is the county seat of Hockley County. It is located on the Llano Estacado, west of Lubbock. Major industries include cotton farming and petroleum production...
. He worked his way through South Plains College
South Plains College
South Plains College is a community college located in Levelland, Texas. It operates satellite branches in Plainview and at the Reese Technology Center, formerly Reese Air Force Base, in Lubbock. SPC also has many classes in the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center in Lubbock, as part of a...
with two part-time jobs, a roustabout in the oil fields for Mobile Oil during the afternoons and as a disc jockey at night. After graduating from South Plains College he transferred to West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas
Canyon, Texas
Canyon is a city in Randall County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,875 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randall County. It is the home of West Texas A&M University and Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Palo Duro Canyon State Park is some twelve miles east of Canyon...
, and quickly found work at KGNC Radio in Amarillo doing afternoon drive.
After graduating from WTSU, Butch was encouraged by his brother, Ben, to get into local television. Butch's first TV job was in 1979 as weekend sports anchor at CBS affiliate KFDA-TV
KFDA-TV
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in Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
. He was soon offered a weekday position of anchoring and doing the weather for the morning show. A few months later Butch accepted a job to be the prime time weatherman. Months later, Butch accepted the evening weather anchor position at KLTV
KLTV
KLTV is the ABC-affiliated television station for East Texas that is licensed to Tyler. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter in Red Springs...
in Tyler, Texas
Tyler, Texas
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...
in 1980.
In 1981, Butch was offered a weather anchor job in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
at the same station where his brother worked. Butch jumped at the chance. The McCain Brothers teamed up to do a morning show in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
from 1981 to 1994 at NBC affiliate KTVY (now KFOR-TV
KFOR-TV
KFOR-TV, virtual channel 4 , is the NBC-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. KFOR-TV is owned by Local TV, a subsidiary of the private equity group Oak Hill Capital Partners, in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KAUT-TV ; its studios are located at 444 East Britton Road in...
) and eventually at ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate KOCO-TV
KOCO-TV
KOCO-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the ABC affiliate in the Oklahoma City television market. The station is owned by Hearst Television, Inc., but uses "Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television, Inc." as their end tag during their newscasts, the same licensing purpose corporation as sister Cincinnati, Ohio...
, where they also anchored that station's noon newscast. The McCain Brothers, with Ben anchoring the news and Butch forecasting the weather, hosted a morning TV show for 12 years (six each on KTVY and KOCO), at one time attracting a 58 share, according to Nielsen in 1984. The McCain Brothers moved to California in the summer of 1994.
Music
While in Oklahoma, the brothers recorded three CDs. The Country single, “If Love Was a Crime I Couldn't Get Arrested” went number one on 50,000-watt KOMAKOKC (AM)
KOKC is a talk radio station located in Oklahoma City among a cluster of stations in the market owned by Pennsylvania-based Renda Broadcasting. KOKC is an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network.-The early years:...
radio. The boys and their band of Oklahoma musicians opened concerts for major acts touring through the state and for eight years played the State Fair of Oklahoma. For several years, the brothers hosted a favorite Sunday night music video show, Hot Country Hits. They also hosted a syndicated TV music show called "The McCain Brothers Show."
Film and television
While hosting their daily morning television program, the brothers appeared on the syndicated TV show Hee HawHee Haw
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
as well as ABC soap operas General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
, All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
and Loving
Loving (TV series)
Caden Grant Carlton loves Mika Ayako Ryan more.Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC's daytime lineup from June 26, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes...
. They both earned their Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
cards while appearing in Dark Before Dawn in 1989 a film shot in Oklahoma City. Rex Linn
Rex Linn
Rex Maynard Linn is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Tripp in the television series CSI: Miami.-Early life:...
(now a regular on CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
), was the associate producer and put in a good word for the brothers with executive producer Ed Gaylord. As a result, both landed roles as reporters (Rex, along with singer Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
and actor James Marsden
James Marsden
James Paul Marsden is an American actor, singer and former Versace model. He is known for playing the superhero Cyclops in the first three X-Men films and for his roles in other commercially successful films such as Hop, Superman Returns, Hairspray, Enchanted, The Box, and 27 Dresses.-Early life...
made their TV debuts on the McCain Brothers show).
The brothers moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in 1994 to combine their interest in TV, film and music. The McCain Brothers appeared in regular live shots on the morning show for the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
’ CBS station KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...
.
Butch and his brother Ben, have appeared in numerous films together including MGM's cult classic Bio-Dome
Bio-Dome
Bio-Dome is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Jason Bloom. Bio-Dome was produced by Motion Picture Corporation of America on a budget of $15 million and was distributed theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer....
, Roger Corman's Humanoids from the Deep and Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American film and television actor. As a cult movie actor, Campbell starred as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L.A. and Sundown:...
's My Name is Bruce
My Name is Bruce
My Name Is Bruce is a 2007 American comedy horror film, directed, co-produced by and starring B movie cult actor Bruce Campbell. The film was written by Mark Verheiden...
, where they wrote and performed the theme song, "The Legend of Guan Di". In the movie, Ben plays the mayor and Butch has dual roles as the sheriff and a uni-browed farmer. In a 1997, Daily Variety columnist Andrew Hindes described the McCain Brothers as "multi-hyphenated".
Butch played a sports broadcaster in a Pepsi commercial with Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
which debuted during Super Bowl XXXII
Super Bowl XXXII
Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played on January 25, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1997 regular season...
in 1998 and contined to play during national sporting events for two years.
Butch is the evening weather anchor for the NBC affiliate KKCO
KKCO
KKCO digital channel 12 is an NBC affiliate in the Grand Junction/Montrose, Colorado market. The station is owned by Gray Television.-History:...
in Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
The City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...
.
Butch is part of a family farming and cattle operation in Texas.