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Comedian and impressionist Frank Caliendo to entertain at 2016 GIS

By |  October 5, 2015 0 Comments

Frank Caliendo, a stand-up comedian and impressionist, will be the entertainer for the Closing Celebration of the 2016 Golf Industry Show on Feb. 11, the final day of the show in San Diego.

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) made the announcement in a news release on behalf of the Closing Celebration sponsor John Deere Golf.

Caliendo, 41, is best known for his comedic impersonation of more than 100 personalities. He has performed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and been a special guest on many national sports shows and late-night talk shows, including “Fox NFL Sunday” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.”

“I’ve had two main jobs in my lifetime,” says Caliendo in a GCSAA news release. “Most people know me from comedy, but I worked on the golf course grounds crew at Westmoor Country Club in Brookfield, Wis., during high school and college. Now I’ll get to combine those two things. It’s been a while since I’ve been on a fairway mower, but I still remember how much better that was than taking care of bathrooms and moving tee markers on tee boxes.

“How about (Jon) Gruden on a triplex mower, or (Al) Pacino rolling a green? I’m pretty sure some of that will happen during the show. Maybe even (Donald) Trump building a wall between a bunker and a green. Who knows?”

Caliendo has mastered more than 100 impersonations, including sports personalities John Madden, Jon Gruden, Mike Ditka, Ron Jaworski, Chris Berman, Charles Barkley and Bill Walton, as well as former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

He traces his comedic roots to Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams, and includes Williams among his celebrity voices, along with Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. He also has added an impersonation of Donald Trump just in time for the 2016 presidential race.

Caliendo is in the midst of a 13-state show tour titled the “Live Frank Tour.”

The 2016 Golf Industry Show will be held Feb. 6–11 in San Diego.



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