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| About Morgan Preston |
What makes
a comedian? Living in low income housing, being teased
and beat up at school for wearing clothes 6 generations
out of style, being a juggler, or maybe having to deal
with all this AND having a DAD who wore a kilt and sold
Tupperware. Any one of these things could have warped a
kid enough to feel the need at some point in his life to
stand onstage and shout to the world "here I am!".......but
put all these things together and you have a comedian with
enough charisma, and machismo to overcompensate for every
kid who ever had it rough.
Morgan Preston started his professional
comedy career at the age
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enough and
realized quickly that there were no jobs available that would
allow him to say whatever he was thinking.......except Stand
Up Comedy.
After 22 years in the business Preston has reinvented the saying 'doing things
on his own terms'. He has produced and performed in some of the biggest productions
in the country, for example in 2005 Preston was instrumental in producing one
of 28 events to benefit victims of hurricane Katrina. The event was so successful,
pairing headliner comedians from all over the country as they performed on a
huge set in a beautiful theatre, that it raised more than double the money all
the other 27 cities raised together. Preston was proud to send over 10,000 dollars
to each of the chosen charities (there were 6).
"Alternative is a word that
is thrown around in the comedy world" says Preston "and I'm starting
to think it means NOT FUNNY." Preston goes on to say "Alternative
means doing things in a different way from the norm.....thinking outside the
box, and being successful at it. Alternative bands were bands who had huge followings,
sold CD's......for example R.E.M, who did things completely on their own and
built up huge followings and became a force."
Preston has become one of
the most outspoken in-your-face, 'I dare you not to laugh' comedians working
today. He owns a company along with partner Sean McCaan, called Bolt Media Group,
which is a complete in-house production facility, handling web, television production,
personal appearance and management for Preston and select clients. The company
is able to self-produce all touring shows.......everything from sets they own,
to tour rigs they own (40' triple slide fifth wheel star trailers), to merchandising
(screen printing presses that produce all tour merchandise are all in-house).
With an impressive resume, and an onstage swagger few comedians can match, Preston
tours the country, appearing in smoky out-of-the-way bars, corporate events,
rodeos, huge theatres, television, and whatever else he can think of that will
keep him from being pigeon-holed. His career has been an enigma to the rest of
the comedy world as they try to figure out "how does he do that?"
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CONTACT BOLT MEDIA GROUP FOR INTERVIEWS 310.356.6465 |
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