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Friday, March 20, 2015

Gabriel Iglecias
                Gabriel Iglecias (also known as fluffy) is a stand-up comedian who is popular around the world.  His jokes include a mixture of storytelling, parodies, characters and sound effects that bring all his personal experiences to life. He was born in San Diego but lived most his life in Long Beach. His name was to be Jesus Jose Iglesias according to his dad but because his dad wasn’t around when he was born his mom named him Gabriel Iglecias and changed the “s” to a “c” in order to mess with his father. His mother took up the responsibility and raised Gabriel, although she doesn’t get his jokes he loves her so much.  He very known for his coin starring catch phrase, “I’m not fat… I’m fluffy.” In 2000, he appeared in season 6 of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, co-starring with Amanda Bynes and Nick Cannon. In 2007, Iglesias voiced an entire Mexican family in "Padre de Familia", a sixth season episode of the Fox TV animated comedy Family Guy. That same year, he began voicing a recurring set of identical twin characters on The Emperor's New School; a Disney animated series that he describes as his favorite voice work. Iglesias was a contestant on the fourth season of reality TV series Last Comic Standing in 2006, surviving elimination to become one of the final eight comics. He was disqualified at that point for having used a smuggled BlackBerry to communicate with family and friends, which violated the rules of the show. In November 2009, Comedy Central released the DVD of the show Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy. In 2011, Comedy Central debuted Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution, a standup showcase series which Iglesias produces and hosts. Hector Saldaña of the San Antonio Express-News praised Iglesias and the other comedian he assembled for the show, calling it "one of the all-time funniest comedy package tours" and Iglesias a "comedy genius”. Iglesias has currently hosted/co-hosted six episodes of Equals Three, more than any other guest. Iglesias made a guest appearance on the YouTube show Epic Meal Time in the April 3, 2012 episode "Fast Food Fluffy Cake". [3][8] Later that year he played a strip club DJ and drug dealer in the 2012 film Magic Mike. Iglesias voiced Ned and Zed in the 2013 DisneyToon Studios film, Planes.[9] In 2014 he voiced characters in the animated films, The Nut Job,[10][11] and El Americano: The Movie. One of his many trademarks are his Hawaiian shirts in which he tells jokes about too.

                                

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