Boarding our dogs by bill engvall biography

In his own words:

"I was born in Galveston, Texas in 1957 in the middle of a hurricane. I guess because of the drop in the barometric pressure it affected my brain and I was destined to become a stand up comic, although at that age I wasn't aware of my destiny.

We moved a great deal when I was a child and so I used my sense of humor to make friends quickly.

The final die was cast when in third grade we had a class play.

Boarding our dogs by bill engvall biography

We were doing the play "Clementine" (which for those of you who may not be aware, this was a western). I had always wanted to be a cowboy but because my voice was still too high and combined with the fact that I was a bit scrawny, I was forced to play the role of Clementine.

Yes, in third grade I was wearing a dress and singing the theme song. So it was either become a cast member of "La Cage" as a female impersonator, or become a comic. Obviously I chose the latter much to the delight of my pare