Don McMillan graduated from Stanford University with a Master's Degree in
Electrical Engineering in 1982. (He has a BSEE from Lehigh University) He went
to work for AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked as part of the team that
designed the world's first 32-bit Microprocessor. He then moved to the Silicon
Valley (San Jose, California) where he worked at VLSI Technology as a computer
chip designer. During his 6 years at VLSI he designed more than 50 Standard and
ASIC Designs, many of which are still out there today.
After winning the 16th Annual San Francisco International Stand-Up Comedy
Competition in 1991, Don turned in his chips for a microphone. He went on to be
$100,000 Grand Champion on "Star Search" in 1993. He's had numerous television
appearances including "The Tonight Show" on NBC, CNN's "The Larry King Show",
MTV's "Half Hour Comedy Hour", and A&E's "Evening at the Improv". Nowadays, you
can catch Don headlining comedy clubs from the "Improvisation" to
"Catch-A-Rising Star" across the country.
You most likely have seen Don as the star of fifteen national commercials
for Budweiser Beer. He plays the Bud delivery guy who mans the "freshness
hotline" and protects the world against "skunky" beer. He can also be seen in
commercials for 7-11, Franco-American Ravioli, Little Caesar's Pizza, ServiStar
Hardware, and United Airlines.
In the movies, Don is currently starring in the award winning independent
feature "Don: Plain & Tall". It's the story of an engineer who tosses it all
away to become a stand-up comic (sound familiar?). "Don: Plain & Tall" was
awarded "Best Feature - Comedy" at the Back East Film Festival. The movie will
be showing in other film festivals throughout the year. Don has also appeared
in the feature length films: "Air Bud: World Pup", "Life Without Dick", "Macon
County Jail", "Party Crashers", and "Fanatics". Don has guest starred on the TV
series "Star Trek: Voyager", "Babylon 5", "City Guys", and "Step by Step". He
has also been profiled in both "Entertainment Weekly" and "TV Guide".
Don has not lost contact with his high-tech roots. He has performed over 300
shows for major corporations around the United States including IBM, Apple, Sun
Microsystems, and Cisco (See "Corporate Comedy"). Don's corporate show utilizes
his unique background to take a lighthearted look at computers, technology, and
the high-tech life. His PowerPoint slides are like none you've ever seen. He is
the only comedian that references "Avagadro's Number", "DRAM", "XML", and he
Beta tests all his jokes.
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