Jack Benny, Bea Arthur, Oscar Peterson, Chris Rush, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Klein, Godfrey Cambridge, Klaus Myers, Johnny Puleo, Foster Brooks, Martha Raye, Milton Berle, Elayne Boosler, Ed Byrne, Mort Sahl, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Buster Keaton, Jackie Gleason.
TV Shows
Important Things with Demetri Martin, The Bronx is Burning (ESPN mini series), New Joke City (US), The Comedy Factory (Netherlands), Just for Laughs Gala (Canada and Ireland), Comedy Central’s Premium Blend.
Films
World Trade Center - Date Night - The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn - National Lampoon’s "DIRTY MOVIE" - Uncertainty - The Bridesmaid
Albums
The Big Joe Starr's Interests
General
I'll watch any comedy that was shot in black and white and listen to any jazz ever laid down on vinyl. I can hold my own in a conversation about Quantum Theory, Latin Literature, or Martial Arts. Oh, and Guinness. I have a big interest in Guinness.
My Top 10 are: Some Like It Hot - The Great Dictator - Life Is Beautiful - Gigot - The Odd Couple - Creator - I'm Not Rappaport - Wrestling Ernest -Hemingway - The Godfather - The Producers
Norman Granz - Elaine Stritch - Dan Inosanto - Ella Fitzgerald - David Bohm - George Carlin - Rita Moreno - Little Jimmy Scott - Dame Judy Dench - Ibrahim Ferrer - Ed Byrne - George Gershwin - Zero Mostel - Peter Lorre - Oscar Peterson - Prof. Moses Powell
About me: When Joe Starr headlines casinos, nightclubs and theaters across America and Canada, he brings with him twenty years of experience and a healthy respect for show biz history. The grandson of a vaudeville performer, Starr has opened for Jay Leno, Father Guido Sarducci, Soupy Sales and Robert Klein.
His standup has been featured in the New York City Underground Comedy Festival, San Antonio's Latino Laugh Festival, the Amsterdam Comedy Festival and he is a favorite at Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, the world's largest comedy festival, having been invited to perform in that most prestigious gathering five times.
Starr's standup combines storytelling and jokes with precise physical humor, all infused with modern sensibilities. It's a winning formula that has been featured on such diverse showcases as "Premium Blend" on Comedy Central and "Comedy Factory" on Dutch television's Nederland 1 channel.
Acting is a natural progression for Starr. He has appeared in the Oliver Stone-directed "World Trade Center", ESPN's award winning mini-series "The Bronx is Burning," NATIONAL LAMPOON'S "Dirty Movie", Comedy Central's new series "Important Things with Demetri Martin" and just wrapped on two new film project: "Date Night" with Steve Carell and Tina Fey and "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn", directed by Steven Spielberg.
"My list of influences starts with Chaplin and ends when television went to color," says Starr. "I'm proud that, in a world of fads and flavors of the month, fans tell me I remind them a bit of Lou Costello or Jack Benny or Jackie Gleason. It's intentional." Joe Starr's instantly recognizable face and a style that melds old and new make him at once singular, uncommon, familiar and unique. It's intentional.
Who I'd like to meet: Kofi Annan. Clark Terry. Tim Conway. Oleta Adams. James Burrows. Elayne Boosler. Rupert Sheldrake. Stephen Fry. Carl Reiner. Gene Wilder. Rita Moreno.
So Facebook's ok, but I think it lacks a little something compared to this. I dunno what, but something. Anyway, my next drink is to you, Mr. Starr...in five, four, three two......
Love the psychodelic, smoky coloful background you've got going on. Just got back from a week at Lake Ontario, thought I'd see how you're doing? So... how you doon?
Great hanging with you the other night, man. You had me pissing - I swear, too funny! Love ya, man--Dont forget that jacket, I'll hold you to it. P.S. Got a new flick ;)
