David Raibon
Los Angeles, California, United States
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"HOUSTON COMEDY STANDS UP TO THE ECONOMY" - HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"FIVE WOULD-BE STARS ARE DREAMING OF THEIR DAY IN THE SUN--BUT FOR NOW THEY'RE JUST MOONLIGHTING." - THE HOUSTON POST
RAIBON WAS SMOOTH AS THE TRANSITIONS WERE MADE FROM COMEDIANS TO STRIPPERS, WHO TOOK THE STAGE FOLLOWING EACH COMEDIAN'S ROUTINE - THE LAS VEGAS SENTINEL-VOICE
"OPENING FOR HUGHLEY, DAVID RAIBON WAS NO SLOUCH EITHER, DELIVERING FUNNY, OFTEN TOUCHING STORIES OF BEING A FORMER NON-HERO TYPE POLICE OFFICER..." - EASY RIDER-REDONDO BEACH, CA.
"COMEDIAN DAVID RAIBON SPEAKS AT THE "NO HATE IN '08" RALLY FRIDAY AT MEMORIAL UNION. THE RALLY WAS HELD IN HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR." - THE MANEATER
"AFTER SETTING CHICAGO ON FIRE WITH MARTIN LAWRENCE, WHAT'S NEXT FOR THIS ICON?" - CULTURE SHOCK MAGAZINE
"DAVID RAIBON, A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, PRESENTED A SERIES OF RAPID-FIRE MONOLOGUES MOSTLY ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN. THE SPEED AND INTENSITY OF HIS DELIVERY CALLED TO MIND DENIS LEARY, BUT WITHOUT THE SNEER OR THE HOSTILITY." - DAILY NEWS COMEDY REVIEW
"THE TWO YEAR OLD COMEDY CLUB IN HOUSTON TEXAS, IS OWNED BY THREE MEN WHO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMEDY. EACH IS A COMEDIAN WHO HAS APPEARED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND PERFORMED IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMEDY CLUBS IN THE NATION." - EBONY MAN MAGAZINE
"DAVID RAIBON AND FAIRFIELD MAY SOON BE SYNONYMOUS"... - DAILY REPUBLIC
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Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
You may not think a former cop would have much of a sense of humor, well you need to meet a former police officer from Houston that does. While moonlighting off-duty as a security officer Raibon wandered into a comedy club. He later formed a partnership with Rushion McDonald, the (manager of Steve Harvey) and along with J. Anthony Brown created the Apollo Theatre of the Southwest, “The Hip-Hop Comedy Stop”, where the birthplace of Destiny’s Child took place on amateur night in the early 90’s. Later, after performing in Dave Rabe’s well-known play, “Streamers”, Raibon realized he had the chops for acting and left Houston for Los Angeles in 1995 and pursued stand-up comedy and acting.
Raibon has made appearances on such television shows as, “Just Shoot Me”, “Six Feet Under”, “The District”, “Without A Trace”, “NYPD Blue“, “N.C.I.S.”, “Las Vegas”, “My Name Is Earl”, a recurring cop on “Punk’d”, a recurring guest star role on the hit series, “The Shield” as well as The 2008 season of "Russell Simmon’s HBO Def Comedy Jam", 2010 season of "Martin Lawrence presents 1st Amendment Stand up", numerous commercials including a national State Farm Insurance spot. Raibon can also be seen in the Independent thriller, “Strange Fruit.”
Currently developing a new scripted golf related sit-com series called “FORE” and also performing for the U.S. military in Kosovo, Germany, Kuwait, Japan and Iraq. Raibon is breaking out as an international headliner fueled with his hilarious accounts in detail of life as a Texas cop. "They let anybody be a police in Houston".
"Ain't Nothing Like Making A Perfect Stranger Laugh"
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