Frank Caliendo
Frank Caliendo
Frank Caliendois an American comedian and impressionist, best known for his work on the Fox Network television series MADtv, and as the in-house prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday. In 2007 and 2008, he performed his impersonations on his own show, Frank TV, which aired on TBS. He is known for his impressions of Charles Barkley, NFL color commentator John Madden, sportscaster Jim Rome, comedian Robin Williams, actors Morgan Freeman and William Shatner, and United States Presidents George W. Bush and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth19 January 1974
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
If it's just the voice, then you can only do jokes. It's not really even about the impression so much. It's about the take and what you do with the person. I try to get a character across with the impression.
Everything is awesome... Everything is cool when you're a part of a team...
I love President Bush. I think it's great we have a president who always looks like he's looking directly into the sun.
Guy on the plane I'm on has a text alert that sounds like a gunshot... And he isn't putting it on vibrate.
You know what I would do? I would remake The Wizard of Oz with Robin Williams, and that's it. Just let him do the whole dang thing by himself.
I chose Journalism by default. I always loved TV, and I had no idea what else to do, so I studied what interested me.
I was always working, so I would get reading done very late at night a lot of times.
It's a simple and an effective way of getting everyone on the same page, prepared and paying attention to the gag. People just get into that frame of mind of you doing impressions. It can take a minute or two for an audience to catch on when you aren't doing one.
When I used to watch vaudevillian impressionists, people like Rich Little or Frank Gorshin, I always felt like the voice was the only point. I didn't want to do that. I wanted to be of the Robin Williams or Jonathan Winters model, where observation and storytelling was important.
Kim Kardashian is single again. Hey, great. Maybe that will give the NBA players something to do during the lockout.
I don't know if you can tell, but I grew up watching a lot of television.
Speaking of Quarterback nicknames, you hear they're calling Jay Cutler 50 cent? Because you only get two quarters out of him.
Remember: Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for pizza delivery - so no matter what happens in the game, Peyton Manning wins.
I love John Madden because he makes me feel smart.