Don McMillan graduated from Stanford University with a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1982. (He has a BSEE from Lehigh University) He went to work for AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked as part of the team that designed the world's first 32-bit Microprocessor. He then moved to the Silicon Valley (San Jose, California) where he worked at VLSI Technology as a computer chip designer. During his 6 years at VLSI he designed more than 50 Standard and ASIC Designs many of which are still out there today.
After winning the 16th Annual San Francisco International Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1991, Don turned in his chips for a microphone. He went on to be $100,000 Grand Champion on "Star Search" in 1993. He's had numerous television appearances including "The Tonight Show" on NBC, CNN's "The Larry King Show", MTV's "Half Hour Comedy Hour", and A&E's "Evening at the Improv". Nowadays, you can catch Don headlining comedy clubs from the "Improvisation" to "Catch-A-Rising Star" across the country.
You most likely have seen Don as the star of fifteen national commercials for Budweiser Beer. He plays the Bud delivery guy who mans the "freshness hotline" and protects the world against "skunky" beer. He can also be seen in commercials for 7-11, Franco-American Ravioli, Little Caesar's Pizza, ServiStar Hardware, and United Airlines.
In the movies, Don is currently starring in the award winning independent feature "Don: Plain& Tall". It's the story of an engineer who tosses it all away to become a stand-up comic (sound familiar?). "Don: Plain & Tall" was awarded "Best Feature - Comedy" at the Back East Film Festival. The movie will be showing in other film festivals throughout the year. Don has also appeared in the feature length films: "Air Bud IIIWorld Pup", "Life Without Dick", "Macon County Jail", "Party Crashers", and "Fanatics". Don has guest starred on the TV series "Star Trek: Voyager", "Babylon 5", "City Guys", and "Step by Step". He has also been profiled in both "Entertainment Weekly" and "TV Guide".
Don has not lost contact with his high-tech roots. He has performed over 300 shows for major corporations around the United States including IBM, Apple, Sun Microsystems, and Cisco (See "Corporate Comedy"). Don's corporate show utilizes his unique background to take a lighthearted look at computers, technology, and the high-tech life. His PowerPoint slides are like none you've ever seen. He is the only comedian that references "Avagadro's Number", "DRAM", "XML", and he Beta tests all his jokes.
Website
technicallyfunny.com
Influences
Johnny Carson, Steve Martin, Bill Cosby, Steven Wright, Gary Larsen
The Tonight Show
Star Search (The Original)
Star Trek: Voyager
Babylon 5
Evening at the Improv
15 National Budweiser Commercials
Films
Don: Plain & Tall
Air Bud III: World Pup
Life Without Dick
Macon County Jail
The Fanatics
Party Crashers
Albums
DVD Technically Funny 2.0: A Users Guide to Life
CD Technically Funny
CD 341 MB of Comedy
Don McMillan's Interests
General
Anything High Tech (Computers, DVRs, cameras, )
Physics (From Molecular to Astral)
Sudoku
Golf
Football (Fantasy & Reality)
Basketball (I have to say this Im 65)
Working Out Cardio & Pilates
Music
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Harry Chapin
Tom Lehrer
Blotto
Clay Aiken (Just kidding)
Anything my 3 yr. old likes
Movies
Contact
Office Space
Caddyshack
Nightshift
Signs
Hoosiers
Airplane
Its a Wonderful Life
Television
Scott Peters The 4400
House
24
Law & Order: Classic
Lost
West Wing
Sopranos
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Judge Judy (Shes the Boss, Apple Sauce)
ESPN
Books
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
10 Essentials to a Successful Marriage by John Gottman
The Da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons
LINUX Kernel Development
Jurassic Park
Timeline
Illusions by Richard Bach
CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae
I graduated from Stanford University with a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1982. (I have a BSEE from Lehigh University)
I went to work for AT&T Bell Laboratories where I worked as a part of the team that designed the world's first 32-bit Microprocessor.
I then moved to the Silicon Valley (San Jose, California) where I worked at VLSI Technology as a computer chip designer. During my 6 years at VLSI I designed more than 50 Standard and ASIC Designs many of which are still out there today.
After winning the 16th Annual San Francisco International Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1991, I turned in my chips for a microphone. I went on to be the $100,000 Grand Champion on "Star Search" in 1993. I have had numerous television appearances including "The Tonight Show" on NBC, CNN's "The Larry King Show", MTV's "Half Hour Comedy Hour", and A&E's "Evening at the Improv". Nowadays, you can catch me headlining comedy clubs from the "Improvisation" to "Catch-A-Rising Star" across the country.
You most likely have seen me as the star of fifteen national commercials for Budweiser Beer. I play the Bud delivery guy who mans the "freshness hotline" and protects the world against "skunky" beer.
I can also be seen in commercials for 7-11, Franco-American Ravioli, Little Caesar's Pizza, ServiStar Hardware, and United Airlines.
In the movies, I am currently starring in the award winning independent feature "Don: Plain & Tall". It's the story of an engineer who tosses it all away to become a stand-up comic (sound familiar?)
"Don: Plain & Tall" was awarded "Best Feature -Comedy" at the Back East Film Festival. The movie will be showing in other film festivals throughout the year.
I have also appeared in the feature ength films: "Air Bud III..World Pup", "Life Without Dick", "Macon County Jail", "Party Crashers", and "Fanatics".
I have guest starred on the TV series "Star Trek: Voyager", "Babylon 5", "City Guys", and "Step by Step".
I have also been profiled in both "Entertainment Weekly" and "TV Guide".
I have not lost contact with my high-tech roots. I have performed over 300 shows for major corporations around the United States including IBM, Apple, Sun Microsystems, and Cisco (See "Corporate Comedy").
My corporate show utilizes my unique background to take a lighthearted look at computers, technology, and the high-tech life.
My PowerPoint slides are like none you've ever seen. I am the only comedian that references "Avagadro's Number", "DRAM", "XML", and Beta tests all my jokes.
Thanks for the add! And for disabling HTML comments, so now I don't have to look for a 'cute' comment! Be Blessed, Comedian-Screenwriter Bladensburg, MD, USA
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