Howie Nave, also known as Howard Nave, is an American

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

, radio personality, writer, and movie critic based in the resort town of

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. He was recently known for incorporating music, especially guitar in his comedic performances and for his unique

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based movie rating scale.

Biography

Career

Howie Nave’s career began as a musician; he later went on the road full-time where he performed at comedy clubs in the western states:

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, Laughs Unlimited,

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, Laffs Comedy Café. In the early 1990s he appeared on the

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Show. Before going on the road full-time, Nave opened for such acts as

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, The

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and

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. In 1990s Howie was working the Improv comedy clubs where he went on to run the Tahoe Improv. In addition to managing the Improv, Howie hosts a morning radio show on KRLT. which features in-studio interviews with visiting comics, local and regional politicians, entertainers that visit the Lake and people of news and media information. Nave occasionally acts as emcee at local community fund raisers and events. In years past, he performed at the

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, Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, Acent – Gay Ski Week, and the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

Personal life

Howie was born in

Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was estab ...

and raised by his father Bob Nave who had spent time in the Navy and his mother Joan Nave, a realtor. Howie Nave went to High School and College in

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

and later transferred to

Humboldt State University California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt also known as Cal Poly Humboldt, Humboldt or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California or California State Polytechnic Universi ...

to earn a BA in Music.

Discography

*''I Can’t Believe I Sang That'' (1992) *''I Want a Part Time Girl for Christmas'' (1990) - single *''Bearable Samples'' (1989) *''It Ain’t Easy Being Male/Walking in the Rain'' (1986) – single *''Kodiak'' (1982)

References

External links

Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nave, Howie 1956 births American stand-up comedians Living people Writers from Palo Alto, California Comedians from California