2022 Austin Film Festival & Conference

Showbusiness is My Life, But I Can't Prove It (A Film about Gary Mule Deer)


(USA, 90)


Director: GB Shannon


Comedian Gary Mule Deer’s career has always taken an oddball path. From his start in “show business” at a South Dakota brothel, performing Johnny Cash covers for the awaiting johns, to his over 350 televised performances, his career has been as strange as his comedy itself. He’s odd, he’s got crazy hair, and his metronomic timing is legendary. He’s a friend to the biggest names in comedy and he may just be the funniest comedian you’ve never heard of. Featuring David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien. Steve Martin, Alice Cooper and more...