Michael Carey Goudeau was born on May 11,1959 and is a juggler and an ex-circus clown who graduated from the Ringling Bros.
33 Facts About Michael Goudeau
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Michael Goudeau served as co-host of Penn Radio with Penn Jillette which aired weekdays on Free FM until March 2,2007.
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Michael Goudeau currently serves as co-host of Jillette's weekly podcast, Penn's Sunday School, with Matt Donnelly.
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Michael Goudeau is married to Theresa Michael Goudeau and is the father of two adopted children, Joe and Emily.
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Michael Goudeau has a patent application related to his novelty barbecue covers filed with the US Patent office.
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Michael Goudeau was born in Louisiana, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Michael Goudeau took up the craft of juggling at the age of 15, after his father bought him a book for Christmas on how to juggle.
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Michael Goudeau started performing for sidewalk crowds and at Renaissance Fairs with a group of friends, who later became known as Fly By Night Comedy Review.
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Michael Goudeau graduated from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown College in 1979 where he was voted class clown, then toured with the circus from 1979 to 1981.
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Unable to make a financial go, Michael Goudeau found himself in Canada doing more juggling and riding a 6-foot-high unicycle on what Michael Goudeau describes as "fake ice that was sprayed with vegetable oil".
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Michael Goudeau quickly wrote a one-man show that evolved into the current act at the Lance Burton Show.
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On July 3,1991, Michael Goudeau began a juggling act for the Lance Burton show at the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Michael Goudeau first encountered Penn Jillette when he was a street performer in San Francisco.
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Penn seemed impressed by the entirely normal street attire Michael Goudeau wore when he wasn't performing.
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Michael Goudeau cycled a leg of the tour every day on a stationary cycle.
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Michael Goudeau matched the time of the fastest rider for each leg.
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Michael Goudeau estimated he rode about a third of the race's actual distance and lost about one pound for every ten hours he spent on his bike.
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Michael Goudeau biked roughly 4 to 6 hours each day the race was held.
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The final day of the race Michael Goudeau seems to have not ridden the full leg as he claimed he won the race roughly an hour ahead of the fastest ride.
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Michael Goudeau appeared on Episode 25 of Season 3 of BBQ with Bobby Flay.
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Season Three: College Michael Goudeau plays a bull with pom poms.
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Season Three: Big Brother In the opening and closing segments, Michael Goudeau is in clown makeup.
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Season Three: Hair Michael Goudeau is seen helping with a magic trick.
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Season Three: Gun Control Michael Goudeau stands with a crowd of gun enthusiasts.
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Season Three: The Best Michael Goudeau juggles bean bag chairs behind Penn and Teller.
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Season Three: Family Values Michael Goudeau wears a gorilla costume and kisses Teller.
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Season Four: Abstinence Michael Goudeau is seen applauding a video monitor following a segment featuring a woman masturbating.
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Season Five: Anger Management Michael Goudeau plays a chiropractor and attacks Teller.
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Season Six: World Peace Michael Goudeau plays a monkey, opposite Penn Jillette in a bear costume.
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Season Six: Stranger Danger Michael Goudeau is seen sitting next to Teller in make-up.
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Season Six: The Good Ol' Days Michael Goudeau is seen on the set directing Penn.
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Season Seven: Violent Video Games Michael Goudeau gets shot by Penn Jillette during the opening sequence.
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Season Eight: Vaccinations Michael Goudeau appears with his son, who is autistic, alongside a topless woman in a Playboy Bunny costume.