A veteran entertainer and comedian, Tony Gaud has performed on stage, television, radio and lots of small spaces. Tony sharpened his comedy chops as house MC at the Tampa Improv for 7 years and toured nationally with the legendary Jackie Mason. Tony was selected Best Up & Coming Comic in Tampa Bay (Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay Issue, 2003). He was a Semi-Finalist in Yuk Yuk's Great Canadian Laugh Off (2007); Regional Contender in Comedy Central's Open Mic Fight; has appeared in numerous commercials including: The Melting Pot, CBS Sportsline.com, Hungry Howie's, Baynews9, Reeve's Import Auto, Sonny's Real Pit BBQ; also appeared in the Award Winning short film ,"Mic Check" (San Diego Best Fest) taking "Peoples Choice Award" and "Best of the Fest".

Tony most recently co-starred in the short film "The Limbo Kings", which has been invited to the Gasparilla Film Festival and will be making the film festival circuit in 2014.

The Show

 "Logical observations dipped in guilty laughter". The comedy is dry, dark, witty storytelling. With a friendly devil-may-care grin and laidback delivery, Tony presents a perspective on the social landscape. The lens from which he views existence is "warped optimism" with little hope of corrective vision. It's full of personal experiences, inspired and often misguided characters and simple truths....even when you feel guilty for laughing. He makes grey matter.

www.tonygaud.com