What they're saying about Vince...
- Who is this guy?
- Long ago, socked up in the northwest corner of a country, was a secret paradise, they now call, "The Emerald City". Long before there was Microsoft, Starbucks, "Grunge", Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro, there was a shy-little-brooding kid standing in the shadows of Douglas Firs, with the gift of humor trapped inside. This young prince named Vince, became a man,...a man who is not without, but is not a country. It's pronounced Val-n-zway-la, not Ven-e-zway-la! So, how did this kid develop a warped sense of humor? Try the clashing cultures of a Mexican father and an English/German chain-smoking mother, being the youngest punching bag of five kids, all living on a teacher's salary. If that's not enough, add the intensely grey and very depressing, rain-filled skies of Seattle, be the only kid with a Mexican name for hundreds of miles, and nobody in your family will listen to you?.....
- Sound Funny?
- Sounds like therapy! Now people pay (in one way or another) to listen to him talk. Vince has always tried to avoid labels and few words can describe his style, but how about three? JUST PLAIN FUNNY! He utilizes his intelligence performing "loveable sarcasm and cynicism" delivered through big Donnie Osmond/Eric Estrada lookin' pearly-white teeth and a "trust me" smile. His uncanny ability to take the mundane to a new level of absurdity--that's the true talent his audience enjoys. Vince enjoys revealing the hypocrisies, double standards and dysfunction's of human behavior that involve inane social trends, pop-culture, alcohol abuse, sex, smoking (usually occur in that order), relationships, family, current events, and the growing impatience of the self-centered braindead scattered throughout this "remote control society" we just so happen to call "The United States of America".
- Just Plain Funny.
- Vince has gained national recognition from his many tv appearances on Comedy Central's "Make Me Laugh" and A&E's "An Evening at the Improv", HBO's "Loco Slam", USA's "Up All Night", Entertainment Tonight, and many more. His nationally released comedy CD's "DERAINDAMAGED" and "VERBAL VIGILANTE" have received favorable praise; "He's funny and appropriate for today's market",--Billboard Magazine. "DERAINDAMAGED is hysterical ",--The Comedy Magazine. "With his sharp-tongue and ethnic wit, Valenzuela owns the crowd in this live recording"--Audible.com. Valenzuela firmly believes that traditional , straight, no frills, stand-up comedy is what really attracts true comedy fans. "Just call me old-fashioned." Comedy fans prefer Vince because he never stays on one topic too long, he's on the rise, he's entertaining, and if you have to label him, he's JUST PLAIN FUNNY!
