Augie T is an American politician and member of the Honolulu City Council.
16 Facts About Augie T
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Augie T was a successful radio personality on KDNN and on KQMQ-FM.
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Augie T started his career in comedy in the 1990s, but came to prominence in the 2000s.
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Augie T grew up in the Kamehameha IV Housing Project, in Kalihi Valley, a working-class area in urban Honolulu.
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Augie T became a Golden Gloves champion boxer at age 16.
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Augie T attended Farrington High School and graduated in 1986.
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In 1991, Augie T got his first taste of stand-up comedy, taking top honors during an open mic night at the old Honolulu Comedy Club.
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Augie T developed his earliest material with help from local comedian Andy Bumatai, who taught him that it isn't always necessary to use profanity in order to get a laugh.
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The surviving members of Booga Booga mentored him; Augie T had performed with them in 1993.
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Augie T won the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Comedy Album of the Year with "Da Comedy Kahuna" in 1999.
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Augie T won a second Hoku Award in the comedy category with "Locally Disturbed" in 2003.
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In 2002, Augie T was voted Comedian of the Year as the funniest comic in Hawai'i by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and MidWeek newspapers.
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Augie T is the only local comedian to sell out the Blaisdell Arena and is recognized as one of Hawai'i's Top 100 Influential Filipinos with an exhibit at the Bishop Museum.
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Augie T was the recipient of the prestigious Pacific Business News "Forty Under 40" award, and can be seen on multiple TV shows, commercials, and movies.
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Augie T performed in Guam as part of the Guam Comedy Series in 2017.
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On March 2,2019, Augie T held his final public comedy show with Andy Bumatai and Frank Delima at the Neal Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, ending his nearly three-decade comedic career.