Geechy Guy
{{Short description|American stand-up comedian (1964–2023)}}
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| birth_name = Michael Paul Cathers
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| birth_place = Rochester, Michigan, U.S.
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| death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
| medium = Stand-up
| active = c. 1983–2023
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Michael Paul Cathers (May 12, 1964 – September 7, 2023), better known as Geechy Guy, was an American stand-up comedian.{{citation |title=Welcome to nginx |url=http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/07/20/entertainment/doc4e26d0109aefc262150733.txt |access-date=2011-07-21}}{{dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=May 2023}}
Early life
Geechy Guy was born in Rochester, Michigan. He began his career as a magician at age 6, followed by juggling and unicycling until taking up comedy at age 19.{{citation |author=Geechy Guy |date=2011-07-08 |title=America's Got Talent |url=http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/contestants/geechy-guy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710033140/http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/contestants/geechy-guy/ |archive-date=2011-07-10 |access-date=2012-07-14 |website=NBC}} Guy began his career in the Detroit market, working comedy clubs and appearing on local comedy talk shows, such as "Some Semblance of Sanity" with comedian Gary Thison.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Career
Guy was a contestant on Star Search during the 1990–1991 season; he defeated, among others, Ray Romano in the competition.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} On January 7, 2011, he appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.{{Citation |title=Schedule Change |date=2010-11-03 |url=https://www.rsanews.com/new/craig-ferguson-ewan-mcgregor-scheduled/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |publisher=Robot Skeleton Army News |language=en-US}} He also appeared at the 2011 NASCAR Newlyweds trivia game during Champions Week for a brief act before the drivers arrived.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Also in 2011, he was a contestant on the sixth season of America's Got Talent. He reached the top 48 and was buzzed by Piers Morgan. Guy was eliminated from the show after that.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} He appeared three times in the past on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.{{Cite web |title=The Resume |url=http://www.geechyguy.com/resume.htm |access-date=2012-07-14 |publisher=Geechy Guy |archive-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327235349/http://www.geechyguy.com/resume.htm |url-status=dead }} He was the opening act on Ron White's Comedy Salute to the Troops 2014, initially aired on March 14 of that year.
Guinness World Records
Although often making the claim, Geechy Guy never held a Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour, at 676.The highest recorded offer is 550 Jokes made by Australian comedian Taylor Goodwin.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-26432299 | title=Lewis man Donald MacLeod tells 580 jokes in record attempt | work=BBC News | date=5 March 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-jokes-told-in-an-hour | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727071127/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-jokes-told-in-an-hour | archive-date=27 July 2015 | title=Most jokes told in an hour | Guinness World Records }}{{Citation |title=A flood of support |date=1993-08-16 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5SoqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=riwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4915,12016&dq=geechy+guy&hl=en |work=The Milwaukee Journal |page=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711072925/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5SoqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=riwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4915,12016&dq=geechy+guy&hl=en |quote=Comedian Geechy Guy set a Guinness Book of Records mark for the most jokes told in an hour — 676. |archive-date=2012-07-11 |via=Google News}}{{cite web |url=http://www.geechyguy.com/bio.htm |title=The Biography |publisher=Geechy Guy |access-date=2012-07-14 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327235403/http://www.geechyguy.com/bio.htm |url-status=dead }}
Death
Cathers died in Las Vegas on September 7, 2023, at the age of 59.[https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/geechy-guy-a-favorite-vegas-comic-found-dead-at-59-2900901/ Geechy Guy, a favorite Vegas comic, found dead at 59] His cause of death remains undisclosed.
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Category:American stand-up comedians
Category:America's Got Talent contestants
Category:People from Rochester, Michigan
Category:21st-century American comedians