As a result, he won $500 in Playboy’s first annual humor competition. In around 15,000 entries, Miller became second and his joke and also picture appeared in the issue of the magazine in June 1979. During his time in New York, Miller submitted a joke for a playboy magazine contest for humor writing that was judged by an all-star panel including David Brenner, Buck Henty, Rodney Dangerfield, Art Buchwald, and Martin Mull.
he carried on with his stand-ups in Oakland and also at places like Brandy’s in the Strip District as well as the Portfolio on Craig Street and finally saved up $1,000 which he tried to fast-track his comedy career by relocating to New York. Miller started appearing onstage in castle Shannon at the Oak’s Longe while working at the Giant Eagle deli in Kennedy. He spoke of the stage presence he developed for his stand-up act to deal with his fears in a later interview. When Miller eventually did his very first debut on Sleepy Hollow Road at the Oak’s Lounge in Castle Shannon, most of his family members were in the audience to cheer him. He withdrew from his first two attempts to perform at an open mic because of the fright stage as well as anger with himself as he was questioning whether the drive to perform was a need for approval from people. He began his comedy career in Pittsburgh by performing at open-mic nights. The family currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.Īfter seeing a Robin Williams comedy special on HBO in the year 1979, Miller made the decision that he had to chase his dream of being a stand-up comedian. They are blessed with two sons named Holden who was born in 1990 and Marlon born in 1993. Miller and his wife exchanged their wedding vows on April 24, 1988. She is famously known as the girl in Kajagoogoo’s 1983 “Too Shy” music video. His wife is a former model from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
He is married to his beautiful and supportive longtime girlfriend Carolyn “Ali” Espley. Miller’s other brother Rich Miller owns an entertainment agency known as RCM which deals with the performance arrangements as well as logistics of comedians. In addition, Jimmy represents various comedians such as Sacha Baron Cohen, Judd Apatow, and Jim Carrey. His brother named Jimmy Miller is a partner and comedy manager in the Hollywood management company known as Gol|Miller. Miller’s two brothers are also well known as they have managed to build a career for themselves in the entertainment industry. He is a proud brother to his four siblings.