Sam Greenfield doesn’t want to brag, so he’s going to let the good folks at Comic Wonder do it for him. Head over heels with happiness, he’s the winner of the newest and shiniest crown in show business: Radio’s Comic Wonder.
Comic Wonder (www.comicwonder.com), the world’s first and only online joke-telling arena, partnered on the national contest with McVay Media (www.mcvaymedia.com) and the National Association of Broadcasters (www.nabradioshow.com) to search for the funniest radio personality on the planet.
The NYC-based comic and morning talk show host on 1160 AM WVNJ is busy trying to figure out what to do with the thousand bucks and terrific trophy he received. Maybe put it next to that hockey mask that Dick Cheney hands out to his hunting buddies.
But he’s still pinching himself over the best part—in his wildest dreams, when he was making cracks in comedy clubs in the wilds of Alaska, Montana and one of the Dakotas (he can’t remember which one)—he never thought he’d get to meet Murray Langston, a.k.a. The Unknown Comic, who got his start on “The Gong Show” opposite the world’s shortest CIA operative, Chuck Barris.
Greenfield moseyed down to the NAB Radio Show in Austin, TX, where on September 18 Langston and legendary comic Vic Dunlop emceed Greenfield’s coronation.
Greenfield was pretty happy about getting free airfare and accommodations to the show, but he didn’t start bragging to his friends until he found out about the prize—a signed, framed and mounted bag that The Unknown Comic wore over his head on “The Gong Show.”
While standup comedy is his first love, Greenfield has been seriously dating talk radio since 1997 as an afternoon drive-time host on the Las Vegas news/talk station KXNT (AM 840). His guest roster ranged from Hillary Clinton to John McCain, from Joy Behar (“The View”) to Ann Coulter.
When he’s not hanging out with his wife, performer and writer Barbara Singer, and his daughter Cassie, he is active in community affairs and busy performing at the Broadway Comedy Club in NYC.
Contacts:
Guy McCain, 818-760-8077
