THE REASON I am L.A. "Legend/Icon" and then some, is because of what's seen in the YouTube VIDEOS (A drip in the bucket is posted, on right column, below.) Kinda hard to categorize. I just use the term, "overall phenomenon."
Was on Howard Stern, Nightline, Good Day L.A., L.A. Times/LA Weekly...
EVERY L.A. TV NEWS & RADIO (CBS, NBC, ABC, KCAL, FOX L.A. NEWS) -- and the L.A. radio stations, LITERALLY HUNDREDS of times.
NOTE: @ZumaDogg NEW Followers/Producers/Artists: Here's my bio as L.A.'s legendary, "Zuma Dogg." Should read, once, FYI. Click for post.
"Zuma Dogg, I consider you a hero to our nation and The People..." - facebook reader
And here's what the media, elected officials and more of The People have to say about ZD, just to give the guy in NC some credibility...
And here's what the media, elected officials and more of The People have to say about ZD, just to give the guy in NC some credibility...
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"I've seen the future of television comedy. Zuma Dogg is the only
American comedian today wearing the comedy-genius mantle once borne by
Lenny Bruce, Allen Funt and Andy Kaufman." - Michael
Heaton/Syndicated Pop-Culture Columnist
* "Brain-seizing artistry. A local underground superstar. -D. Harvey/LA Weekly
* "A public access icon." - M. Fleischer/LA Weekly
* "Local Legend" - Doug McIntyre/KABC, Red-Eye Radio
* Featured on ABC News
Nightline, CBS2, KNBC4, KABC7, KCAL9, FOX11 TV and KFI, KABC, K-TALK
& KRLA radio as L.A.'s most recognized and respected citizen
voice.
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"Zuma Dogg fought the oppressive, tightly controlled L.A. City
Council meetings presided over by Council President Eric Garcetti, who
had banned video cameras. After police tried to stop Zuma Dogg from
taping the council deliberations, he railed against the big shots for
months, slamming Garcetti as “Garshady” on his show and on his
whistleblower blog. "Whatever happened to free speech in this
country?," Zuma Dogg asked. He prevailed against Garcetti’s rules, and
now brings his cameracorder to every council meeting, as can any
member of the public thanks to him." - LA Weekly.
* "You're actually one of my favorite people to watch on TV." - Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan to Zuma Dogg on KABC radio.
* "You're actually one of my favorite people to watch on TV." - Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan to Zuma Dogg on KABC radio.
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" Zuma Dogg has distinguished himself as a "mix of curiosity and
crusader" fighting for what he considers his free-speech rights."He's
been able to do it with humor and at times be more direct and
substantive." Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti/Los
Angeles Times
* "An original ... another treasure of Venice." - Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl
* " A civic treasure." - Michael Higby/Mayor Sam's Blog (L.A. politics)
* "I've seen your show on TV. Keep doing what you're doing." - Dennis Franz
* "A very funny comedian." - Howard Stern
* "Everyone watches Zuma Dogg!" - Reggie Miller/NBA All Star
* "We watch your videos on our tour bus. We need more." - Dean DeLeo (STP)
* "I am such a fan of your show." - Courteney Cox-Arquette
* "Zuma Dogg is Da Bomb!" - Emilio Estevez
* "Zuma Dogg is Da Bomb!" - Emilio Estevez
* "Love your show buddy. I watch it all the time." - Adam Sandler
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"Zuma Dogg, not only one of the most recognizable figures at City
Hall, cordially greeted by passersby, including security guards and
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, he also has the ear of high-level
insiders, who feed him information in the hope that he’ll expose, and
possibly stop, one questionable government project or another." - LA
Weekly
*"He's done a lot of good for The People of Los Angeles" - Councilman Dennis Zine
* ""He wakes us up; it gets everyone's attention." L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel/Los Angeles Times (GOOD! I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR MOST PEOPLE, IF MY ONLY DISTINCTION WAS WAKING UP THE L.A. CITY CONTROLLER!)
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"Something between stunned and amazed. "I've never seen anything like
it." - Former California Assembly Speaker, Councilman Herb Wesson/Los
Angeles Times
THANKS
TO THE NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE who voted for "Zuma Dogg" in the last Los
Angeles Mayoral election. (Not a bad number to pull, considering the
historically low voter turnout, and the fact that ZD didn't spend a
penny on his campaign, and didn't have the luxury of one flier." The
mayor spent $3 million, just for comparison.)
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"Zuma Dogg, who is smarter than and knows more about city government
than most Council members, has become something of an urban folk hero,
skewering City Hall foibles and failures in his frequent public
comment appearances broadcast on Channel 35. His campaigns for mayor
and now CD2 attracted respectable numbers of votes for a candidate who
was not only is penniless but homeless." - Ron Kaye/RonKayeLA.com
(IMAGINE IF I HAD PENNIES TO WORK WITH!)
* "It would be nice to see someone with the heroism of Zuma Dogg in office." - Kevin James/870-KRLA Radio
* "I too, as you may know, am a Deming fan. I think your synthesis of his work is fabulous." - Anthony Robbins
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"Very Well Done." - Dr. W. Edwards Deming on "Interpreting Deming's
14 Points," by Zuma Dogg. (Published internationally in "Quality
Digest."
* "I especially liked your of explanation Deming's more controversial points." - Don Dewar/Publisher, Quality Digest
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"You not only took our ideas, but expanded them in ways I thought
were very interesting." - Al Ries ("Marketing Warfare," "22 Immutable
Laws of Marketing," "Focus.")
UNSOLICITED EMAIL COMMENTS FROM REAL PEOPLE WHO CAUGHT "ZUMA DOGG" DURING AN L.A. CABLE TV CHANNEL SURF:
I was not at all prepared for the brilliance of your show.
In
all honesty I was absolutely blown away. It was the most fresh,
funniest, innovative thing that I've seen on television in the past five
years
You're a genius! When can we catch more shows? Do you have any of your old shows available?
honestly, you may have been the funniest person i've ever see. I was laughing so hard I woke up my girlfriend.
If
i owned a big TV company your show would be on 24/7!! I have never
laughed so hard for so long, it's awesome. Can't wait for the next one,
me and my friends will be talkin about it for a week! lol...
How can I get a copy of tonight's episode? It was the funniest thing I've seen in years. Thank you.
I hope you know you have the best show in the history of the planet!
I
was wondering if I could maybe get your Autograph...It would mean
alot...I know a ton of kids at my skool that love your show too....They
are always talking in your voice and going crazy..
you have the best show ever, you are the best white rapper in the world!!!
It was so beautiful that I had tears in my eyes. Let's just say I was moved.
I
think your show displays a VERY intelligent and socially conscience
realistic view of the world and you do it in a very original and very
artistic way.
NOBODY HAS DONE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. Keep it up.
i love your show. it is the most excellent thing in all of televisionland.
My
name is Lauren and let me begin by saying you are one of the finest
displays of unconventional genius I've seen in a long time.
We just wanted to write to let you know how spectacular we thought your show was.
i was just wondering, if there's anyway i can buy your shows on video or something.
my boyfriend and i just stumbled upon you singing saturday night fever tunes - and we can't stop laughing - thanks...
I caught your last episode. Let me tell you that it was a Classic. The part about Elton John had me laughing all night.
Do you sell your music or dvds of your show? If not, you should. Your latest song is good as hell.
saw
your show the other night and let me say,it was some of the funniest
shit i've seen on tv in a long time,keep up the good work.
My
girlfriend and i caught your show for the first time 3 weeks ago. I
recorded it and show it around to friends. It is so g-damn funny. I
keep waiting to see you somewhere.
Just
to let you know, I dig what you do, you are a funny and talented
person. It took me a couple shows to get it but now I got it so keep it
up, look forward to the new shows.
I
CAN MATCH EVERY ONE OF THESE QUOTES WITH 100 MORE, JUST LIKE
IT...but, you will STILL try to come up with a reason why it would
NEVER WORK!
Do you think you are ever going to find anyone who can generate buzz like this? It was all out of an empty pocket, mostly while homeless, as it all unfolded LIVE before the people's eyes on local cable TV, radio, newspapers and internet. (The world's most compelling REAL, reality show.)
STORY:
Local public access TV personality, Zuma Dogg was told by City Hall
he couldn't set up his amp or sell Zuma Dogg shirts, CDs & DVDs at
Venice Beach boardwalk, anymore. ZD protested this 1st Amendment
violation of the U.S. Constitution inside the chambers of L.A. City
Hall, as televised LIVE throughout the city, and created more political
backlash against them than any single voice in history -- and woke up
the whole city to the fraud, waste and abuse that pushed the city to
the edge of bankruptcy. On October 2010, a Federal Judge agreed with
Zuma Dogg, who sued the city over this matter, and issued an
injunction against the city as they prepare to pay Zuma Dogg for
damages.
It's
either an Academy Award worthy movie in the right hands or the
biggest cable network talk show in television history.
Zuma Dogg
Writer/Producer/Director/Host
The Zuma Dogg Show
