Heywood Banks
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Heywood Banks is an American
comedian
, and writer and performer of humorous songs.
His songs include "Toast", "Fly's Eyes", "Wiper Blades", "Pancreas", "Big Butter Jesus" (a song about the King of Kings statue), and "18 Wheels (on a Big Rig)".
Heywood frequently appears on the nationally syndicated radio
program The Bob and Tom Show. His most popular and widely-known song is called "Toast," (played on a toaster with a pair of forks). Another recurring song that B&T occasionally play is "Trauma to the Groin."
Banks' "The Revenge Song" (also known as "You Can Be Mean to Me") was performed on American Idol
on 1/16/07 by an "urban Amish" singer called Troy. Heywood did several spots for Mike's Express Car Wash, owned by Michael Krinn of Fort Wayne, IN, in 2007: "Man my car was dirty, with salt and slush and mud. Someone wrote with their finger in the back window crud: 'Mike's Me!'"
Banks lives near Flint, Michigan
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United States
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comedian
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
, and writer and performer of humorous songs.
His songs include "Toast", "Fly's Eyes", "Wiper Blades", "Pancreas", "Big Butter Jesus" (a song about the King of Kings statue), and "18 Wheels (on a Big Rig)".
Heywood frequently appears on the nationally syndicated radio
Radio
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program The Bob and Tom Show. His most popular and widely-known song is called "Toast," (played on a toaster with a pair of forks). Another recurring song that B&T occasionally play is "Trauma to the Groin."
Banks' "The Revenge Song" (also known as "You Can Be Mean to Me") was performed on American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
on 1/16/07 by an "urban Amish" singer called Troy. Heywood did several spots for Mike's Express Car Wash, owned by Michael Krinn of Fort Wayne, IN, in 2007: "Man my car was dirty, with salt and slush and mud. Someone wrote with their finger in the back window crud: 'Mike's Me!'"
Banks lives near Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
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Albums
- If Pigs Had Wings
- Treated and Released
- Picky Picky Picky
- difErnt
- Pretending I'm Not Home
- Big Butter
Television appearances
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with Richard MollRichard MollCharles Richard Moll is an American actor and voice artist,best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1983 to 1992... - A & EA&E NetworkThe A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...
's Evening at The ImprovThe ImprovThe Improv is a comedy club franchise. Originally, it was a single venue founded in 1963 by Budd Friedman and located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City on West 44th near the SE corner of 9th Ave. A second location was opened in 1974 at 8162 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District...
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- Showtime ComedyComedyComedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
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