"As a child, Frank Spadone showed his comedic side early
in life, imitating people (famous or not) and doing various accents. The real
test came when Frank was to imitate his High School principal at a team pep
rally in front of the whole school. Would he get a laugh? Would he get
suspended? Talk about pressure! As it turned out, everybody loved it, including
the principal. After graduating high school, Frank Spadone had some difficulty deciding
what he wanted to do as a career. His love of photography led him to attend
Humber College's photography program. Strangely enough, this led to Frank being a
comedian today. Frank started working for some of the top photographers in the
country after finishing college. One thing became very clear, Frank had a knack
for entertaining the crew on these shoots. Whether it was telling stories about
his family, imitating the models, or making fun of himself, Frank always had
everyone laughing. Photographers began to hire Frank for not only his
photography ability but also his entertaining ability, sometimes at the request
of the clients. It was on one of these shoots that one of the models started
telling Frank that he should take his comedy to the clubs. Frank began
contemplating it. After visiting a few local comedy clubs he decided to give it
a try. On March 18, 1997, Frank stepped
on stage for the first time as a stand-up comic. He didn't tell many people
about it and there were just a few select friends in the audience.
He was on stage for only five minutes, but those
five minutes told everyone in the room that this guy truly had something
special. He continued working amateur and open mic nights in
Toronto, constantly building his
material and starting to create a buzz. In less than a year he would perform in
his first professional spot.
Soon he was headlining at the top comedy clubs
in Toronto and then taking his act to many other cities across Canada. He
continued honing his craft, graduating from improv classes at
Second City and still takes many
advanced improv and acting classes. Frank credits his natural ability to two
people: his maternal grandmother, Mama Teresa, who was quite the jokester and
extremely quick-witted, and his paternal grandfather, Papa Cheech, who was known
for his story telling ability.
Frank is definitely one of most talented
comedians that Canada has to offer. As many great artists have proven that "art
imitates life", Frank's comedic style equally reflects that "comedy imitates
life". Frank has a unique way of taking elements of his everyday life and
creating comical stories. His remarkably perceptive observations of the world we
live in gives Frank¹s brand of comedy a universal appeal that leaves his
audiences in stitches!!!!!
CREDITS: Appeared at the 200 & 2004 Just for
Laughs Festival in Montreal. Has his own episode of "Comedy Now" on the Comedy
Network and his own comedy album "My Life¹s A Joke" produced by Joe Avati
released in August of 2002. His latest CD was released in Sept, 2004 and is
called “The Best For Now”. In July he received a principal role in Mandy Moore¹s
Latest film "How To Deal". Appeared in national TV commericals for Tim Horton's,
Toyota & Frito Lays commercial with Mark Messier. Nominated in the category of
"Best New Comic" at the 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards. In his short career Frank
has already shared the stage with the likes of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Joe
Avati, Tommy Davidson, and Howie Mandel.