About David
David Merry is Canada’s premiere comic magician and has travelled the globe making people laugh for the last thirty years. He is a past recipient of Canada’s “Club Comic of The Year” award and has been nominated at the Canadian Comedy Awards for “Best One Man Show”
He regularly performs in Las Vegas at the MGM Hotel and Casino, in Atlantic City at the Tropicana and on cruise ships worldwide.
He lectures, performs, invents and sells magical apparatus to magicians all over the world. He played on a professional blackjack team in Las Vegas in 1980-81, has written has a book on roulette called RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL and currently plays poker semi-professionally. After attending Q school he became a golf professional and played in events on the Canadian Tour in 1997. He is a United States patent holder and has just launched his web based comedy series “The Shitdisturber”.
David Merry Career Highlights
* TV HOST: CANADA’S NATIONAL SPORTS TRIVIA SHOW “GAME ON” AND CANADA’S NATIONAL GOLF SHOW “GET A GRIP ON GOLF”
* TV HOST: US NATIONAL GOLF LONG DRIVE SHOW “THUNDERBALL”
* NOMINATED BEST “ONE MAN SHOW” CANADIAN COMEDY AWARDS
Guest Shots On:
“LAST COMIC STANDING” * “THE KIDS IN THE HALL” * “SCTV” “ BIZARRE” * “AMERICA”S FUNNIEST PEOPLE”
“AN EVENING AT THE IMPROV” * “TOM GREEN SHOW”
“OPEN MIKE” with MIKE BULLARD” * “FINS AND SKINS”
“COMICS” * “COMEDY AT CLUB 54” * “OFF THE RECORD”
JUST FOR LAUGHS * CBC HALIFAX COMEDY FESTIVAL
Opening Act In Concert For:
JERRY SEINFELD (3 times) * MICHAEL BOLTON
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON (2 times) * TOMMY CHONG
HOWIE MANDEL * ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
THE BEACH BOYS * NEIL SEDAKA * SMOTHERS BROTHERS
Has Toured With: Written Jokes For:
STEVEN WRIGHT RODNEY DANGERFIELD
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC JOAN RIVERS
Casinos, Magic and Specialty Shows:
TROPICANA HOTEL AND CASINO (Vegas and Atlantic City) regular performer
HOLLAND AMERICA, NORWEGIAN, PRINCESS regular performer
2006 INTERNATIONAL MAGIC GALA (Shaw Theatre London England)
COMEDY AND MAGIC CLUB (Hermosa Beach, California) regular performer
TORONTO’S “SECOND CITY” (MAINSTAGE) One Man Show (six week run)
“MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC” NYC (Off Broadway’s longest running magic show)
SIEGFRIED & ROY’S WORLD MAGIC SEMINAR (2005 Gala Host) Las Vegas
2000 UNITED STATES OPEN (Pebble Beach Golf Links) featured performer
2003, 05 CANADIAN COMEDY FESTIVAL * 2001 TELUS SKINS GAME
2004 CBC HALIFAX COMEDY FESTIVAL * 2005 CBC WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL * CALGARY WINTER OLYMPICS featured performer
2002, 3, 4, 5, 6 HANK LEE’S CAPE COD CONCLAVE performer and host
“A LITTLE NIGHT MAGIC” (Toronto’s long running magic dinner theatre)
MAGIC CASTLE (Hollywood CA) * THURSTON’S MAGIC BAR (Buffalo NY)
VIVA DEBRIS COMEDY AND MAGIC CLUB (Syracuse, New York)
2002 ABBOTT’S MAGIC GET TOGETHER featured performer
RIVIERA COMEDY CLUB (Las Vegas) * FALLSVIEW CASINO
CASINO RAMA*CASINO WINDSOR * CASINO NIAGARA * CASINO REGINA
