Chuck Knipp

Chuck Knipp (born 1961) is a American Canadian (dual citizenship) comedian best known for his controversial vocal characterisations heard on radio - the "Mammy Welfare Queen- 'Shirley Q. Liquor', histrionic 'North Dakota Marge', Orangefield's own 'Delbert Peveto' and the tragic searcher for any kind of spirituality, 'Betty Butterfield'.Knipp also does radio vocal impersonations of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Al Gore, Barbara Jordan, H. Ross Perot, U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Bush and Clinton and Canadian Prime Ministers Mulroney and Crétien. He is known for radio advertisements in Southeast Texas as well as protests against his performances.Lesser-known works are his assortment of characters in an imaginary transsexual drag show, a continuing web-based series, featuring characters Sissy St James, Mrs. Valerie Valingtimes, Mavis McDougall, Wanda Melon, Lindsey the Mediator, "Placidia the Robot Transy" and the "Bitter Comic".Knipp is a member of the Libertarian Party and was nominated as their candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000 for Texas, District 2. He is a member of the Universalist Quaker Group and student of Thanissaro Bhikkhu.He retired his characters in 2012 and returned to nursing full-time.

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Chuck Knipp
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1961

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