DESCRIPTION
after dinner comedian
audience participation character comedy
clean comedian
corporate entertainment emcee / host
family humour
golf comic keynote entertainer magic comedy
magician
one liners
prop comedian
relationship humour
sports humour
television personality
visual comedy
Background
David Merry started with the Second City workshops and soon tried his hand at stand up comedy on amateur night at the local comedy club. After "killing" on his third night he has never looked back. He has since performed over 6400 shows in twelve different time zones and has been on over 70 TV shows.
Biography
David's latest project was hosting the new (golf) long drive high energy TV show "THUNDERBALL". It shot on location in front of 1000 people at the Las Vegas National golf club in October and is currently being shopped and will soon air on a US national network.
David Merry was the host of Global TV’s hit sports trivia game show "Game On". The second season is still in reruns which can be seen nationally in Canada on CTV's Sportsnet (check local listings).
David was also the host of Global TV's "Get a Grip on Golf", a golf show that was seen coast to coast in Canada, on Sunday afternoons in the prime spot after NFL football. David has made appearances on "SCTV", "BIZARRE" and "An Evening at the Improv". He has also been seen on "Open Mike with Mike Bullard" (3 appearances), CBC's "Halifax Comedy Festival", 4 episodes of "Comedy at Club 54" including their 7th Anniversary Special, "Yuk Yuk’s the TV Show", "Fins and Skins", "Cooking with Comics", "Comedy College", and "Komedy Kitchen". David has been a guest on such discussion shows as, TSN'S "Off the Record", "The John Oakley Show" and Prime TV's "Grumps", and was one of the only novelty acts given his own his own half-hour comedy special of the hugely successful CBC TV series "Comics!".
David Merry is a past recipient of Canada's "Club Comic of the Year" Award, and his show "DON'TPANICREMAIN.COM" was nominated at the Canadian Comedy Awards in the Catagory BEST ONE MAN SHOW.
