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OFM_Getting_Personal_Ken_Miller_0220_DEPT 1 / 22 / 20 12 : 54 PM Page 1 GETTING PERSONAL Orlando comedian Ken Miller on getting into stand - up , winning Steve Harvey’s spotlight contest and being a big college basketball fan . 1 . I was always a funny kid . So I told all my friends that when I got old enough I was going to be a stand - up comic . I used to listen to Richard Pryor cassette tapes as a kid and I told myself I’m going to be Richard Pryor when I grow up . Now that I’m 42 , I realize that I probably shouldn’t have listened to Pryor when I was 10 years old . 2 . Getting into comedy was easy for me . All you have to do nowadays is go to an open mic and get started . Being funny on a consistent basis is the hard part . I was always naturally funny but turning naturally funny into stand - up is hard . I know people who are very funny people but they can’t do stand - up . Being the funny guy in the office isn’t the same as being a funny comedian . 3 . I moved to Orlando after serving in the U.S . Army for nine years . My wife at the time was from Orlando so we decided to make our home here after living near Washington , D.C . , where I had worked in the White House for five years . We moved here in 2004 and I started working for did five years later . We have now been 9 . My comedy idols are all the greats : Nextel Communications , which is now married a little over a year . Dave Chappelle , Chris Rock , Martin Sprint . I have been working for Sprint for Lawrence , Eddie Murphy , Richard Pryor 15 years and doing comedy for 13 years . and Preacher Lawson . I also admire 7 . I have 2 ½ kids . A 19 - year - old , a 14 - comedians Pedro Lima and Pat Garrity . year - old and an 8 - year - old . The 8 - year - old is my children’s baby sister from their mom’s 4 . When I was a kid , I wanted to be a side of the family , but I consider her a part of quiet storm DJ for an R & B radio station . 10 . It was amazing to be recognized by my family so I call her my little ½ kid . Being No lie ! But my voice isn’t deep or sexy Steve Harvey in his spotlight contest for a parent is not what anyone expects . No two enough to be a quiet storm DJ . stand - up comics . I cried when I found out . LLC kids are the same . You can raise them exactly I was actually in Best Buy and I got a call tive the same and they will grow up to do the from another comedian telling me I won . I 5 . My favorite sport to watch is college Crea total opposite of what you taught them . replied back , “ Won what ? ” He said , “ You basketball . I’m a huge University of North irsh won the Steve Harvey contest . ” I fell to my Carolina ( UNC ) Tar Heels fan . I had three K a knees and started crying in Best Buy . I called cousins play college ball there . I also have a 8 . My go - to dish to cook is Jamaican - style essic my wife and I said , “ I won . ” And she said , UNC tattoo on my arm . oxtails and yellow rice . I love to cook and , J of “ Won what ? ” I said , “ I won the Steve right now , I am addicted to my pressure tesy Harvey contest . ” She started crying . I went cooker . We got a pressure cooker for a wed - 6 . I met my wife at Sky 60 Lounge , now cour to watch the video on Steve’s Instagram and ding gift and it sat in our garage for over a called Aero , in Downtown Orlando . The ph when he said my name , I got emotional year . I finally opened it two weeks ago and I story of how we met is long and funny but ogra again . It’s a great accomplishment for me have been using it every day . I haven’t used here is the short version : We told everyone Phot as a comic . my stove in two weeks . that night we were getting married and we 8 ORLANDO FAMILY february 2020 ORLANDOFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM
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