As a young, hormonal teen, DC Malone realized the guitar coupled with his still cracking voice was his folksy one-way ticket to Nookieville. Chicks dug it, man! Never in his moistest adolescent dreams did he imagine it would lead him astray into comedy-music and then, inevitably, into middle age. But we get ahead of ourselves.

Let's go back to the fall of 1967...

Desperate to find an easy elective in jr. high, Hampton Nootcheez enrolls in Band and his life is forever altered. A silvery tin clarinet is shoved in his pasty seventh grade face. All the boys in the sax and trumpet sections poke each other and point out the new homo in the short-sleeved Will Robinson emerald green velour zip-front turtleneck, deep-throating what could pass for Jack Haley's winkie.

Let's jump ahead to the summer of 1972...

Two freaky street-musicians are about to meet. They are about to spare-change the world as we know it.

DC Malone, a then gangly wisp of a hippie, is strumming away in a Toronto store-front alcove. He's making his painful way through "Season of the Witch." Painful because he finds himself singing along with a gang of no-less-than-seven "I-Only-Know-Three-Chords" guitar losers. They're making a lot of noise. That's a lot of guitars.

Hampton Nootcheez, who at the time bears a striking resemblance to the cuddly character on the cover of "Aqualung," resplendent in wildly patched jeans, matted mop-like hair and matching odor, is honking his flute across the street. His only accompaniment is provided by a tattered asthmatic Jew's harp player named Twangy Tim. They're not making very much noise. It sounds very much like: "Toot, Boing, Wheeze." The public is donating the occasional sympathy coin. But Hampton is sure that across the street, amid that guitar orchestra, magic is being made. In hindsight one can only chalk this up to the powerful cosmetic effect of traffic noise. Nevertheless, Hampton Nootcheez crosses Yonge Street.

It has been claimed that Yonge Street in Toronto is the longest street in the world, an asphalt Amazon. That afternoon Hampton danced between crocodile upholstered Cadillacs and fittingly embarked on the longest personal and professional relationship in musical comedy history outside of, needless to say, The Captain and Tennille. More to come...

Press Quotes

"If one of them were made of wood, they'd be the best ventriloquist act in the world."

Dallas Observer

 

"...supremely talented bastards."

San Diego Beach News

 

"...masters of verbal choreography...a top flight act with great timing and faultless interaction who pack an incredible amount of funny material into a breathlessly fast and exuberant act."

Variety

 

"Over the ten years M&N have performed on my stages, they have always been professional and delightfully versatile. But more importantly, audiences love them."

Mitch Kutash, CEO-Owner Improv and Funny Bone Comedy Clubs

 

To book Malone & Nootcheez for your event, contact:  Richard De La Font Agency, Inc.

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