Cajun Humor from the Heart - Softcover

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Tommy Joe Breaux has been making people laugh with his Cajun stories almost all his life. I learned a lot of anecdotes from my GranPa Gilbear when I was little, says Tommy Joe. He would talk about the crazy people who lived in his hometown, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Now, telling stories is a way of keeping my granpa alive. Tommy Joe got his big break when a radio station broadcast live from the auto parts store where he worked. He started entertaining the disc jockeys and they put him on the air. Thus began a career of live and recorded performances that has produced five audiotapes and one videotape, in addition to the Cajun Humor from the Heart book and accompanying audiotape, his first project with Pelican. Tommy Joe also appeared on TNNís Nashville Now and his humor has been in Country America magazine four times. The stories in Cajun Humor from the Heart are family oriented and garonteed to tickle the ribs of anyone, whether or not they are familiar with the Cajun people. Currently a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi, Tommy Joe gives live performances in the area and records his stories for WVMI-AM in Biloxi, Mississippi. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Elks. He is also Chairman of Fundraising for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Multiple Sclerosis Society, having been diagnosed with the disease in 1986. A portion of the proceeds from Cajun Humor from the Heart will go to that organization for direct patient care.

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"If Mark Twain was still cruising the Mississippi nowadays, he'd probably want to take Tommy Joe Breaux along for laughs."
--Dave Helms, Mobile Press Register

"One of our favorite country comedians"
--Country America magazine

"Tommy Joe Breaux is more fun than a fais-do-do."
--Andre Trevigne, WWL-AM

"Tommy Joe Breaux makes me laugh from my soul."
--Angela Hill, WWL-TV

"This is authentic Cajun humor at its very best."
--Billy Ray Quave, retired editor of The Daily Herald

"If you're not Cajun you'll wish you were."
--James P. Rodriguez, Kaleidoscope Television

"The only thing that exceeds Tommy Joe Breaux's Cajun humor is his heart and generosity."
--Mississippi Gulf Coast Multiple Sclerosis Society

"When Tommy Joe Breaux is at the bottom of something, you know it's bound to be something."
--Jean Prescott, The Sun Herald

"Tommy Joe Breaux tells Cajun stories that bring a smile to everyone's heart and lift their spirits."
--Gary Michiels, WVMI-AM

"Tommy Joe Breaux is one of my favorite Cajun humorists . . . on and off camera."
--Eric Paulsen, WWL-TV