Dan McGowan
General Info
Genre:
Stand-Up / Musical Comedy / Family FriendlyTV Shows
Commericals (McDonald's, Toyota, Chevy, Qwest, FirstBank, etc), as well as print and billboard ads. I've also been on a few game shows including the Gong Show (twice), Scrabble, Dream House and Sweethearts (with my wife). Most recently, I was ALMOST on Last Comic Standing Season 5, and I was ALMOST selected as the New Maytag Man. Maybe next year I will ALMOST be on The Tonight Show and ALMOST have my own sitcom... I can dream, can't I?Films
You've never seen me in the films I have done - training films for corporations mainly - where I'm "the boss" or "the controling manager" or "wacky neighbor" - that sort of thing...Albums
I am a songwriter and music composer - so my songs have appeared on many video and audio projects in the Christian marketplace. I also have composed music for training films, videos, radio, tv commercials and more.Website
danmcgowan.comBio
Dan McGowan is... a comic, actor, voice-over talent, writer, song writer, music composer, church musician, husband, father, dog owner, friend to most, enemy to few, non-smoker, occasional drinker, not into karate, daily walker, owner of a receding hairline, non-doctor.Members
I am an active member of SAG (Screen Actors Guild), ASCAP (the music composers society) and, the Llama Love Club that meets semi-regulgarly when the wind is just right...Influences
Jonahtan Winters, Allen Sherman, Brian Regan, Don Rickles... to name just a few...
Latest Blog Entries
- Nov 6, 2008 8:17 AM When Does Opinion Magically Become Hate?
- Oct 28, 2008 3:38 AM gotta love denver comedy
- Aug 21, 2008 4:38 AM Circles Shrinking
- Aug 16, 2008 6:05 PM my apologies to the very funny stephen kruiser
- Aug 14, 2008 5:17 AM thankfully, it’s not a huge green room
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Music
Blurbs
About me:
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Who I'd like to meet:
There are many I'd like to meet - the list is too long... but the short list includes, Brian Regan (comedian), Dick Van Dyke (actor), Paul McCartney (musician), and anyone who is really named Hortence. I'd also like to meet myself about 25 years ago and make a few suggestions... of coures, knowing me, I wouldn't have listened anyway...Details
- Status: Married
- Orientation: Straight
- Religion: Christian - other
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
- Children: Proud parent
- Education: College graduate
Interests
General
movies, music, mayhem!Music
i have quite an eclectic taste in music - love just about every style... but my favorites are jazz from the 20's, rock from the 60's and the early Christian music that came out of the Jesus Movement of the late 60's and early 70's... I also like most of the music I have composed or songs I have written, but since you can't get them on i-tunes, why mention them...Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid used to be my all-time favorite film and it still ranks up there pretty high... however, Shawshank Redemption has taken the coveted first slot in recent years. I also really enjoy many classic comedies such as Odd Couple, MASH (the movie), just about everything Christopher Guest does and some of the early Woody Allen stuff. I'm also a sucker for some of those heart-wrenching teen movies like Breakfast Club and 16 Candles...Television
In no particular order, just how they fly into my head - - Seinfeld, Dick Van Dyke, I Love Lucy, Cheers, Frasier, Early Martin and Lewis Comedy House stuff, Carson, Letterman, Leno, Studio 60, ER, St. Elsewhere, Gidget, Gilligan's Island, My Favorite Martian, Star Trek... and all those cool commercials!Books
I think The Bible has everything we need for living - but there are other fine books too... though I'm not a big reader... I've enjoyed SciFi books - such as Martian Chronicles, Stranger in a Strange Land - and also I really enjoyed To Kill A Mockinbird and Johnny Tremaine... hate just about all things Shakespeare...Heroes
Just about anyone who stands up to the pressures of those around them trying to make them veer from their course... And Bob Hope.
Schools
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California State University-Northridge
- Northridge,California
- Graduated: 1987
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Music / Vocal performance
- Minor: music composition
- Clubs: dean's list, choir, chamber choir
1983 to 1987 -
Glendale Community College
- Glendale,California
- Graduated: N/A
- Student status: Alumni
- Major: Music
- Clubs: choir, chamber singers, grassy knoll club
1975 to 1978 -
Glendale Senior High
- Glendale,California
- Graduated: 1975
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: High School Diploma
- Clubs: music, art, theater, yell leader
1972 to 1975