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-lsb- http://www.1comedian.com 1comedian . com -rsb- daniel louisville , kentucky 22 february 1955 marty pollio
 marty pollio , marty polio stand-up comic , actor
marty pollio

marty pollio -lrb- born february 22 , 1955 -rrb- is an american stand-up comedian and actor .
he appeared twice on the tonight show starring johnny carson and once in a skit on the show with jay leno .
he also guest starred on several network sitcoms , including night court , empty nest and blossom , in addition to co-starring in a cbs pilot produced by dan aykroyd , mars base one .
born martin polio , he legally changed his last name to its original ethnic italian spelling of pollio .
raised in louisville , kentucky , pollio is the son of the former julia tino , a homemaker and religious zealot , and joseph polio , a bookmaker and local racketeer who ran an after-hours gambling operation .
as a teenager , his weekend job was delivering the `` gifts '' to cops and judges for his father .
after graduating from st. xavier high school in louisville , pollio was in his third year of a four-year apprenticeship as an electrician when he quit on a whim to become an actor .
while attending theatre classes at the university of louisville , he studied movement theatre and mime with avner eisenberg -lrb- avner the eccentric -rrb- and later in los angeles with israeli mime , yaakov noy .
his performing career began in 1977 as a roving entertainer at the theme park , opryland usa , in nashville , tn .
once his act became choreographed to music , he started doing what he called , `` bar mime . ''
he performed his act , along with impressionist bill sacra , and magicians mac king and lance burton in a louisville landmark strip club named the merry go round .
once the proliferation of comedy clubs began in the u.s. , he adapted his show accordingly , but is still known more for his physical comedy than his stand-up .
among other credits , pollio was a movement instructor for the tony award winning company of national theatre of the deaf .
he performed his one-man show `` prisoners of cheese '' at the montreal fringe festival , and released a comedy/instructional video , how to juggle and other cheap tricks , which is widely distributed by view video .
