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Jan Mahoney
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“As the director of the award winning film Bamboo Shark (starring Academy Award winner Mickey Rooney), I’ve had the unique experience of working with over 40 different celebrity impersonators, including Howie Slater. Howie is one of the classiest and most professional people I have met, and a true ambassador to the impersonator community as a whole. Howie has a tremendous sense of humor and his pleasant disposition makes for a wonderful time. I can’t recommend him enough!”
“When talking about my film Bamboo Shark, one of my favorite stories to tell people is about the time we walked through the lobby of a Las Vegas Hotel with a Steven Spielberg impersonator. I had worked with quite a few celebrity impersonators, but very few that were the total package. I mean, this guy was Steven Spielberg. So here we are in Vegas with my entire film crew walking through the lobby of the hotel with all this equipment, my camera operator carrying the camera and I had the tripod, and we are walking with a guy that looks like Spielberg. Every eye in the place was watching us and when I returned to the van for a second trip, I was bombarded by tons of people, including the hotel management, asking about what movie Spielberg was filming there. What a pleasure it was to smile and tell them he was making my film, Bamboo Shark. I always ended all my conversations with the curious onlookers by telling them the truth, that he was just an impersonator. Some people were disappointed, while others were shocked at how real that guy looked.”
Dennis Ward
Director, Bamboo Shark
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