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Al's comedy earned him a spot in the 2005 Boston Comedy Festival and a finals appearance in the 2006 Boston Comedy Festival. He was a finalist in NBC's Stand-Up for Diversity contest and appeared on the first two episodes of "Last Comic Standing" the same year. Later in 2006, Al earned a win in the 2006 National Carnival Cruise Line Comedy Challenge as well as airtime on XM Radio Comedy Channel 150. He also won the 2006 Maxim Magazine "Real Men of Comedy" contest and earned a spot in the 2006 HBO Las Vegas Comedy Festival's "Lucky 21" new faces showcase. Al co-starred in Paul Rodriguez' "Comedy Rehab" in May, 2009.

When asked why he chose comedy Al says, "The great ones are brilliant, no different than Nobel Prize winning physicist or a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. They not only trick people into listening to taboo subjects, but make them laugh at them. Race, abortion, homosexuality, gender, politics -- all issues that are used by the powers that be to divide people and drive a wedge through the common man are made light of by the great ones. The ability to speak to people and have them listen, maybe change the ideologies to which they once held dear -- is amazing to me and I think it will always... [MORE] After spending several years as a 7th grade public school teacher, Al decided he was ready to pursue his dream of "doing anything else." Lucky for us, that something else was comedy. Al delivers his edgy, hard-nosed comedy with a laid-back swagger and a giant smile.

Al's comedy earned him a spot in the 2005 Boston Comedy Festival and a finals appearance in the 2006 Boston Comedy Festival. He was a finalist in NBC's Stand-Up for Diversity contest and appeared on the first two episodes of "Last Comic Standing" the same year. Later in 2006, Al earned a win in the 2006 National Carnival Cruise Line Comedy Challenge as well as airtime on XM Radio Comedy Channel 150. He also won the 2006 Maxim Magazine "Real Men of Comedy" contest and earned a spot in the 2006 HBO Las Vegas Comedy Festival's "Lucky 21" new faces showcase. Al co-starred in Paul Rodriguez' "Comedy Rehab" in May, 2009.

When asked why he chose comedy Al says, "The great ones are brilliant, no different than Nobel Prize winning physicist or a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. They not only trick people into listening to taboo subjects, but make them laugh at them. Race, abortion, homosexuality, gender, politics -- all issues that are used by the powers that be to divide people and drive a wedge through the common man are made light of by the great ones. The ability to speak to people and have them listen, maybe change the ideologies to which they once held dear -- is amazing to me and I think it will always be." [LESS]