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Steve Campanella started Laughman.com for solely one thing in mind: -"To make people laugh and defecate their pants". Prior to creating "Laughman.com" Campanella was a student at the Los Angeles-based comedy/improv theater group The Groundlings, where he studied under the direction of Patrick Bristow. The Groundling's is where SNL alumni Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman began their careers. Campanella also worked out doing live comedy improv with "The Pot luck Players" at the "Comedy Store" in LA under the direction of Brian Bradley. While Steve has portrayed many characters, his most popular include: Bill Gates, the "We're not a monopoly" CEO; (Click here to watch the video) and Berle Ives- "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas". Among his many impressions are: Recardo Montoban, Johnny Carson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hervey Valchez, Tom Bosley, Ronald Reagan, Jack Lemmon, Sean Connery, Bob Hope, Mike Brady, Merv Griffen, Steven Covey, Regis Philbin, Sam Donaldson, Ron Popeal, Louie Anderson Click here to listen to audio samples of impersonations. Campanella's film and TV credits include various commercials (Kodak, Video Vegetables, 3rd Degree click here to view commercials.) His first film appearance was opposite of Heather Graham (Felicity Shagwell, Austin Powers) in 20th Century Fox's film "License to Drive". It was a bit part but a pivotal scene in which the young Heather Graham steals a bottle of champagne from Campanella and proceeds to get drunk. He was also Cory Fieldman's (Stand by Me) photo double for the entire shoot of "License to Drive". Campanella became interested in performing while a high school student in Fullerton, California, where he use to amuse fellow classmates with late night phone pranks and high school short films. One of his best phone pranks was shutting down a 24 hour neighborhood gas station. He fooled the gullible gas station attendant over the phone by telling him that there was a gas leek, and that the station was about to blow. The only gas that was about to blow that night was the bellowing fumes from Campanella's shorts. |