Vance DeGeneres
Vance DeGeneres (born
September 2,
1954, in
New Orleans, Louisiana) is a producer and writer of several
television shows. He is the brother of actress and
comedienne Ellen DeGeneres.
Vance was a correspondent on
The Daily Show from 1999 to 2001. Vance would occasionally present a feature done in the style of a
Dateline NBC report, known as "Tale of Survival." In it, a trivial incident was reported as if it was quite dangerous and serious, such as the time the pork chop a man was preparing caught fire and distressed his pet parrot. Between pre-filmed portions, Vance would appear in the studio hiding behind various set-decorations or apparatuses, describing the events in greater frightful detail. Unlike other
Daily Show pieces, this one would be divided by a commercial break to accentuate the anticlimactic aspect.
He hosted a radio program called
New Wave New Orleans in the late 1970s, broadcast on
WRNO. He played guitar in
The Cold (rock band), a new-wave band based in New Orleans.
He fronted a band called Vince Vance and the Valiants in New Orleans in the late '70s and early '80s, appearing in local nightclubs doing a tribute to
David Bowie.
In the mid-
1980s, Vance co-founded the short-lived rock band called House of Schock with
The Go-Go's drummer
Gina Schock. In 1998, he played keyboards for a
New Orleans-based band called
Cowboy Mouth. In March 2006, he appeared on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show with Cowboy Mouth to perform their song "The Avenue."
He originated the role of "Mr. Hands" in
Walter Williams'
Mr. Bill show.
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