# Does Anyone Remember an 80's Stand Up Comedian Who Used 2 Microphones? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119 "2016-12-19T07:13:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/1 "2016-12-19T07:13:02Z")
This thought has been nagging at me recently, and google has been unable to help, so I turn to the enlightened masses for the answer. Anyone? He was a slight white dude, not unlike David Spade, and he would walk back and forth between 2 microphones that were about 3 or 4 feet apart. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/2 "2016-12-19T08:50:16Z")
Sounds familiar, but unable to place him. I have a friend who was the stage manager at a local club for 20-something years. He might know. I’ll try and remember to ask him. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/3 "2016-12-19T12:18:07Z")
Yes, I remember him. I think the bit was that he was telling the same joke, or making commentary, in two different “voices” or characters. He’d say something at one mic, then sort of saunter over to the other one. My recollection is that he more resembled Bill Maher than Spade, but I don’t think it was actually either of them. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/4 "2016-12-19T12:39:02Z")
Could it be Tony Allen? Apparently he had a very distinctive microphone technique. In the [routine](https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TWtjAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=80s+stand-up+comedian+two+microphones+voices&source=bl&ots=ketOUnMx2U&sig=o4sjl509j30yqVj4ASzsGa69lpw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX0MyAoYDRAhWqIMAKHReMAGUQ6AEIRDAJ#v=onepage&q=80s%20stand-up%20comedian%20two%20microphones%20voices&f=false) he would stand back from the mic, use his own unamplified voice then step forward to say something in the microphone. Never seen his act but it might fit the OP. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/5 "2016-12-19T15:56:15Z")
It definitely wasn’t Tony Allen, and yes, he probably resembled Maher more than Spade. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/6 "2016-12-19T16:22:09Z")
Jeff Marder? [http://bellesouthblogs.com/jeff-marder-or-whatever-happened-to/](http://bellesouthblogs.com/jeff-marder-or-whatever-happened-to/) (I Googled “comic who used two mics”) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/7 "2016-12-19T16:51:13Z")
That’s him!!! Thanks **IvoryTowerDenizen**!! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-an-80s-stand-up-comedian-who-used-2-microphones/775119/8 "2016-12-19T17:05:36Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > That’s him!!! > Thanks **IvoryTowerDenizen**!! Huzzah! 😃