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Profile of Vance DeGeneres
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2nd September 1954 |
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Vance DeGeneres (born September 2, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a producer and writer of several television shows. He is the brother of actress and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres.
Vance was a correspondent on The Daily Show from 1999 to 2001. Vance would occasionally present a feature done in the style of a Dateline NBC report, known as "Tale of Survival." In which a trivial incident was reported as if it was perhaps not so trivial as all that. Rather, it was presented as quite dangerous and serious, such as the time the pork-chop a man was preparing caught fire and distressed his pet parrot. Between pre-filmed portions, Vance would appear in the studio hiding behind various set-decorations or apparatuses, describing the events in greater frightful detail. Unlike other Daily Show pieces, this one would be divided by a commercial break to accentuate the anticlimactic aspect.
He hosted a radio program called New Wave New Orleans in the late 1970s, broadcast on WRNO. He played guitar in "The Cold", a new-wave band based in New Orleans.
In the mid-1980s, Vance co-founded the short-lived rock band called House of Schock with The Go-Go's drummer Gina Schock. In 1998, he played keyboards for a New Orleans-based band called Cowboy Mouth.
He originated the role of Mr. Hands in the Mr. Bill show.
External Links
- Vance DeGeneres at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview (in The Phat Phree)
- Official Site
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