Billy Staples
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| Billy Staples | |
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| Born | April 4, 1958 East Meadow, New York |
| Occupation | Radio Producer, Comedy Writer and Screen Actor |
Billy Staples (born Billy Hine, April 4, 1958 in East Meadow, New York) is a radio producer, comedy writer and screen actor. Billy got his start in acting in the 1996 movie Use Your Head. In 1997, Billy founded parody song company Air Sick Productions with comedian Paul Bond. Air Sick has sold song parodies to morning radio shows for some of the biggest companies in radio, as well as specialty shows, such as American Top 40 and the Rick Dees Countdown. Staples became better known as a comedian after his frequent on-air visits, accompanied by Bond, on The Opie and Anthony Show and later The Ron and Fez Show.
In 2001, Billy joined Ron and Fez as a writer, producer and phone screener. He earned the nickname "Billy Staples" from his gastric bypass (which included a stomach stapling) operation. On the air, Billy was the butt of many jokes as well as being in the middle of several controversies. In August 2002, Billy hit a low point in his career when he bombed doing stand-up comedy as the opening act for comedian Jim Norton in Red Bank, New Jersey while wearing a bright orange shirt. A review of the performance appeared on RedBank.Com and was entitled "The Orange Ball Of Failure", and as a result, Billy was often referred to by this name. A common gag during his tenure was for Fez, if a mishap ever happened in studio, to command to see "STAPLES! NOW!" This gag was an ironic gesture; it was widely regarded that, although slovenly and/or unkempt in his personal life, Billy Staples was near-flawless in his occupational abilities. On the March 10, 2003 show, Fez revealed that, despite the stapling, over the previous six months, Billy gained twenty-two pounds.
On September 16, 2002 Billy claimed that in the late 1980s while in his late 20's he molested a girl who passed out. Allegedly, the girl's brother trusted Billy to drive her home and Billy took off all of her clothes while she was semi-conscious and then proceeded to "just a little diddling." He was then called the Diddler on the Roof. On December 4, 2002 Billy recanted relevant details, indicating that he only pulled the girl's top up and exaggerated what actually happened on the air while not properly medicated. He said he was guilty only of poor judgment.
After The Ron and Fez Show moved to Washington, D.C., Billy was not invited to continue to be part of the staff by management at WJFK-FM.
In November 2003, Billy appeared as a bus driver in an episode of the TV series Third Watch. Billy also made a mark after moving to Los Angeles by starring as the hyena in the music video for the Incubus song "Talk Shows on Mute".
Billy has since moved back to New York and appeared in the off-off-broadway production of All the Wild Horses as Fat Tony in June 2005 at the Creek Theater in Long Island City. He has also written the closing song "Oprah, the Superstar" for the off-off-broadway play Lysistrata: Revenging the Bush in October 2005 which played at the same theater. This play is now bound for an off-broadway run. Since leaving the Ron and Fez Show, Billy has made several guest appearances on their XM show. On a recent call to Ron and Fez he stated he has Post-concussion syndrome due to an auto injury, and lives with his mother.
[edit] Filmography
- A Day in Black and White (film) (1999) as a tri-athlete lawyer
- The Broccoli Theory (1996) as Locksmith
- Use Your Head (1996) as Doug Crowder
[edit] TV appearances
- Third Watch ("Payback" (episode # 5.7) November 14, 2003) as "Bus Driver"
[edit] External links
- Billy Staples at the Internet Movie Database
- Air Sick Productions Website with Billy Staples and Paul Bond
- Billy Staples and Paul Bond XXXMAS CD Website
- Billy Staples with NM the Remote Producer from WNEW's Ron and Fez Show Financial Humor Website
- Billy Staples with NM the Remote Producer from WNEW's Ron and Fez Show Humorous T-Shirt Website
- Paul Bond Website
- Billy Staples Resume
- Billy Staples Demo Reel Video
- Billy Staples Third Watch Appearance
- Billy Staples (as Fat Guy) Stage Dive
- Billy Staples (as Fat Guy) Jay Mohr Brawl
