2008 Biography  

 

“He's top-grade funny. Not just ‘he's pretty good but I don't really watch after the first night’ palatable, but right on your ass funny. Really funny.”
-- Doug Stanhope from Comedy Central’s, “The Man Show”

Lonnie Bruhn gives a black-eye to comedy.
-- Jim Short

"As laughter exploded around him, every face was beaming in his direction"
-- The Oregonian

Lonnie Bruhn has quickly become one of the edgiest comedians working today. Unafraid to speak out onstage the subjects and taboos that most people will only whisper… to their psychiatrist. His humor is the ultimate escape from the bland days of political correctness, overused premises, and nonsensical bull that most comics get by with. Lonnie refuses!!!

Born with Cerebral Palsy, Lonnie Bruhn shows to all of us that he’s not crippled. The world is. Bruhn proves why he is a role model to anyone with a disability… and anyone that has ever done anything really perverted and was too ashamed to tell the story… Come see for yourself why Bruhn has built one of the most loyal fan bases in the country.

Feature articles and interviews:

 

Keep Portland Funny's hard-edged comedy fits these hard times
--By Peter Ames Carlin, The Oregonian: 2010

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A podacst interview on Portland, Oregon's Meterscope
-- Hosted by Ted Douglas

The podcast feed

 

No Funny Business
--By ETHAN SMITH, Willamatte Week:2009

Read the full feature article here

 

Accessible Portugal Online Magazine
--By João Durão da Silva: 2009

Read the full feature Q & A here:

 

Deep thoughts from a dirty mouth
--By Rob Cullivan, Gresham Outlook: 2008

Read the full feature article here

 

There's no sugarcoating this comedian
--By Dori O'Neal, Tricityherald: 2008

Read the full feture artical here

 

Go ahead and laugh: You’re able
--By JAMIE KELLY, The Missoulian: 2008

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Lonnie Bruhn Blog Interview
--By Cody Cooper 2008

Read the full Q & A here

Lonnie Bruhn Interview
--By JUSTIN WESCOAT SANDERS with
the Portland Mercur: July 2005

Read the full interview here

 

Press Clippings:

 

"Without question, Lonnie Bruhn is Portland's top purveyor of filth. But Bruhn is more than a dirty comic—his openness about his difficulties with cerebral palsy is cathartic and enlightening."

-- The Portland Mercury 2010: Andrew R Tonry

 

"As laughter exploded around him, every face was beaming in his direction"
-- The Oregonian: 2010

 

So the majority of comedy shows can be a full-on tossup, either rum-and-Coke-spewing-from-your-nose funny or utterly painful to the point that the closest thing resembling a laugh is really just an effing hiccup. But here at WW, we like the edgy shit. And we know you do, too. Lonnie Bruhn and The Cripple XXX Comedy Tour is so offensive, so crass, so derogatory, in fact, that most joints won't even book the freakin' thing. And yes, one of the two comedians, Lonnie Bruhn, a native Portlander, was born with cerebral palsy. But don't feel sorry for him—he's sure to get the last laugh. -- Willamette Week 2006

 

It's become gradually clear that Portlander Lonnie Bruhn is a standup comedian who doesn't hold back. His act is so relentlessly dirty that few comedy clubs will even book him, though thankfully for us, Sabala's isn't one of them
-- The Portland Mercury 2005

 

Comedy Tours and Theatre:

 

• The Bridgetown Comedy Festival 2009
  

  Portland, OR Comedy Festival
  featureing two of this year's heavies, Janeane Garofalo and David Koechner

• The Cripple xXx Comedy Tour: 2006-2008
  

  Regiona and National Tour supportoring United Cerebral Palsy
  Lonnie Bruhn and Joefontenot
  (Northwest, Midwest and east coast)

• Fist of Rage Tour: 2008
  

  Regional Tour (Northwest)

• The Raunch Tour: 2004:
  With David: Nickerson, Chris Porter and James Inman
  The Uptown Theater: Kansas City, Missouri
• The Kelso Theatre
  Kelso, WA
• The Mystic Theatre
  Petaluma, CA
• Sabala's Theatre
  Portland, OR

Headshots

 

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