ABOUT JOEY.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE GUY

MEET
JOEY.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Joey fled the Motor City at 17 for Hollywood after high school on his own. Within a couple weeks, he auditioned for Mitzi Shore, the owner of the famous Comedy Store on the Hollywood Sunset Strip. A naturally funny kid, after just 4 times on stage in his life, Mitzi made him a regular performer. At 17 he was performing with the pros during the week, making him one of the youngest professional standup comics in the heyday of standup comedy.

At 18, he became protégé of voiceover acting legend Daws Butler (Yogi Bear/Huckleberry Hound). Daws helped Joey developed his remarkable talent for voices and characterizations..

As a standup comedian, in addition to being a regular performer at the Comedy Store for more than 25 years, Joey has headlined at comedy venues in Las Vegas and comedy clubs and colleges across the United States.

As an actor, Camen has appeared in Ralph Bakshi’s films American Pop and Cool World, The Hollywood Knights and on the PBS television series The Righteous Apples for two seasons as a series co-star, and on the now iconic short-lived NBC variety show The Richard Pryor Show where he performed comedy sketches with Richard.

Joey's filmmaking credits include the Houston International Film Festival Bronze Award-Winning comedy short Bernie - A Love Story about a man and his mattress in which Joey worn multiple hats as writer-director-producer and actor. He has also directed various YouTube videos for his comedy channel CamenTV (link here) .

His one-man play is Child Hoods: A Tale of Detroit, Hollywood and Standup Comedy, is a powerful seriocomedy.

Joey has written two well-reviewed non-fiction books. The 2013 pet memoir, My Life with Snoopy: How One Shelter Dog's Love Changed a Man's Life and Other Tails of Adventure, and his 2017 autobiography, Laughing Through the Pain: Stories from the Trenches of Hollywood Standup Comedy and Beyond. Both are available on Amazon.