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Friday, January 9, 1987

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

has appeared in radio and TV
commercials, on Dick Purtan's
radio program and has given
performances at the Miss
Michigan United Beauty
Pageant, the Comedy Castle
and Cafe, the Comedy Cros-
sing, the Railroad Crossing,
Windsor's Komedy Korner and
at Tiger Stadium. He has been
on TV's P.M. Magazine and in
Los Angeles appeared before
the Director's Guild, at the
Comedy Store and at Igby's
Comedy Cabaret.
Most of all, Segal would like
to appear on The Johnny Car-
son Show, just because "so
many people watch that show,"
and because it could lead to
other things. "It's just the ex-
posure I'm looking for," he
says.
Exposure before the Direc-
tor's Guild in Hollywood has
already led to a possible film
role. In the forthcoming film,
The Demon Prince, Segal may
get the chance to play the role
of the shy boyfriend who comes
out of his shell by doing im-
pressions.
His favorite voice is that of
Don Knotts, the old nervous
character of the Steve Allen
Show and long-time TV
sidekick of Andy Griffith.
Segal likes the Knotts voice
because it's "so unusual. There
are very few people in the U.S.
who do Don Knotts," Segal
said. "At the Comedy Store
(Los Angeles), they say that
my Don Knotts is the best
they've ever heard."
He'd like to do the voices of
actor Michael J. Fox and come-
dian Bill Cosby because
"they're very popular."
Asked who his favorite comic
is, Segal said he admires Jerry
Seinfeld. "He's very observa-
tional about silly things that
we notice every day. Sort of
like David Brenner, and it's all
clean material and it's well
thought out."
Impressionist Frank Gor-
shin always was a Segal idol,
but he says, it was really Rich
Little who inspired him. But,
he doesn't pattern himself
after Little, or anyone else for
that matter. "I guess I don't
really pattern myself after
anyone. He's (Little) the one
who really got me interested in
impressions. I recognize him as
the King of the Impressionists.
I guess I just try and do my own
thing."
The son of Meyer and Sunny
Segal of Oak Park — his father
is a teacher at Redford High
School in Detroit and his
mother teaches Israeli dancing
— Segal said he got a lot of
encouragement from his par-
ents. His mother, he said, was
thrilled. His father was skepti-
cal at first, but has since come
around. "Now that he sees I'm
competitive out there he's
encouraging me to stick it out.
He really had no idea. He
didn't want to see me disap-
pointed." Mrs. Segal said she
and her husband were very
encouraging. "If that's what
makes him happy we're behind

Mendi Segal demonstrates
his talent at the Comedy
Crossing.

him 100 percent."
A graduate of Wayne State
University, where he earned a
B.A. degree in journalism and
advertising, Segal writes his

own material. Some ideas come
from current events and others
from who-knows-where. "I
don't have the ability of some
comics to sit down and bang out
material unless I'm writing on
current events. That I can do.
But if I'm just thinking of
funny spoofs, it just has to
come."
He credits Ridley and the
Comedy Crossing's Jack Freed
for allowing up-and-coming
comics to try out their mate-
rial. A comic basically makes it
or breaks it in the smaller
clubs.
"Performing at the Comedy
Castle is like going to high
school before going to college.
You have to prepare, you have
to learn about the business,
make your mistakes and de-
velop routines, get your timing
down, those are all the things
you can learn by doing."
And if the worst should hap-
pen, that he can't make it in
L.A.? "I'd look for an advertis-
ing job because I think I write
advertisements very well. I've
always seemed to have a knack
for writing comedy and being
able to sell at the same
time."

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GOING PLACES

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THEATER

HYATT REGENCY DEARBORN:

Second Level, The Club, original
Neil Simon classic, The Odd
Couple, by Jimmy Launce
Productions, 8:30 p.m., today
and Saturday, admission, reser-
vations, 593-1234, ext. 2323.

SOMERSET
DINNER
THEATRE: Lower Level, Some-

rset Mall, Squabbles, by Jimmy
Launce Productions; 8:15 p.m.
today, through Jan. 17, admis-
sion, reservations, 649-6629.

DOWNTOWN DINNER THEA-
TER: Veterans Memorial Build-

ing banquet hall, They're Play-
ing Our Song, presented by
Jimmy Launce Productions,
cocktails 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7,
curtain at 8:45 today, every Fri-
day and Saturday, admission,
reservations, 224-6000.

Cleveland 7:30 p.m. Wednes-

day, admission.

DETROIT RED WINGS: Joe
Louis Arena, against Winnipeg

7:30 p.m. Saturday, against
Edmonton 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
against Toronto 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, admission, 567-6000.

ART SHOWS

COLLEGE OF ART AND DE-
SIGN: Center for Creative

Studies, 245 E. Kirby, Detroit,
mixed media show, featuring
department faculty works; today
and Monday; free; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday through Friday.

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF
ART MUSEUM: 500 Lone Pine,
Bloomfield Hills, Viewpoint '86,
environment and space in
contemporary painting, now

HILBERRY THEATRE:Wayne

through Jan. 18, 1-5 p.m. Tues-
days through Sundays; admis-
sion.

State University, Amadeus, 8
p.m. today and Saturday, ad-
mission, 577-2972.

DUKE GALLERY: 185 N. Wood-
ward, Birmingham, Austrian
glass and pottery, 1890-1930,

FAMILIES

JEWISH COMMUNITY CEN-
TER: 6600 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield, Cinderella, 2 p.m.

Sunday, admission, 661-1000,
ext. 341.

SPORTS

DETROIT PISTONS: Pontiac Sil-
verdome, against L.A. Clippers
7:30 p.m. today, against Boston

7:30 p.m. Saturday, against

today through Monday; 258-
6848.

NAWARA GALLERY:

1160
Welch Rd., Walled Lake, paint-

ings, sculpture and prints by
Michigan artists, now through

Jan. 17; regular hours, 1-5:30
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 669-9543.

BIRMINGHAM BLOOMFIELD
ART ASSOCIATION:1516

Cranbrook, Birmingham,

watercolor exhibition Satur-
day through Jan. 31, reception,

7-9 p.m. today, free, 352-3973.

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