BOXER TURNED COMIC IMITATES WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT PEOPLE.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Vincent Cook's first inkling of his future career came when he won a high school talent show by doing character bits. Cook, an aspiring boxer at the time, did such characters as the school bully and the highwater-pants kid - the kid whose pants legs were always way too short. His character bits and impersonation Impersonation Patroclus wore the armor of Achilles against the Trojans to encourage the disheartened Greeks. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Prisoner of Zenda, The skills would carry into adulthood. ``Even though I was a boxer, I was always a comedian, impersonating teachers and people in class,'' Cook said. Now his roles include a grandmother who is the center on her church basketball team, which he plays on the BET cable channel sitcom ``Nothin' But a Woman.'' The 35-year-old comic, who gave up boxing years ago, also appeared on HBO's ``Def Comedy Jam Def Comedy Jam is a HBO television series produced by hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. The show has returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. ,'' ``Apollo Comedy Hour'' on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and the ``Montel Williams Montel Brian Anthony Williams (born July 3, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American television talk show host. Military career Williams enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1974 and completed his recruit training at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Show'' on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . Cook also appeared in the movie ``Broadcast News.'' Cook will perform at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday at Louisiana Hots, 2728 E. Palmdale Blvd. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Louisiana Hots after 6 p.m. Also on the bill is Marc Howard Marc Howard (born February 13, 1937) co-anchors the weekday 4 P.M. newscast at KYW-TV in Philadelphia. He joined the station in January of 2003 as the 11 P.M. anchor. Howard came to Philadelphia in 1977 from New York City's WPIX to become the 5 P.M. co-anchor at WPVI. , winner of the 1993 New York's Funny Man Contest and a semifinalist in this year's Bay Area Black Comedy Competition. ``I'll tell the guys how to keep the girls,'' Cook said of his Palmdale show. ``I tell the dos and don'ts of relationships from both sides.'' Cook also plans to do a number of impersonations. Cook's repertoire of impersonations includes former Presidents George Bush and Ronald Reagan and comedians Eddie Murphy and Bill Cosby. His list of impersonations also includes a number of past and present boxing figures, including Mike Tyson, Don King, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. He was one of the leading boxers in the world in the late 1970s and 1980s, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas . Cook said he had been a boxer since he was 13, but gave it up around 1980. In 1981, he started playing comedy clubs, doing impersonations of Lee Majors as the ``Six Million Dollar Man,'' complete with sound effects, and takeoffs of the O.J. Simpson Hertz Rental Car commercials. Like comics Robin Williams and Michael Keaton before him, Cook wants to land movie and TV roles someday. |
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