History Creator / SteveHarvey

Broderick Stephen Harvey (born January 17, 1957) is an American television presenter, comedian, actor, broadcaster, author, game show host and businessman. After various stints as a boxer, an autoworker, an insurance salesman, a carpet cleaner, and a mailman, he first performed stand-up comedy in 1985 at the Hilarities Comedy Club in Cleveland, Ohio. He spent the late 1980s homeless, sleeping in his car during gigs that didn’t offer him a hotel room, but finally launched his comedy career as a finalist in the Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search performing on April 16, 1990, eventually leading to a long stint as host of ''Showtime at the Apollo''.

* WhiteDudeBlackDude: He pioneered this routine; [[UnbuiltTrope however]], he also went to great lengths to show that the Black Dude was just as messed up and irrational as the White Dude, just in different ways. In his routines, the Black Dude's antics were likely to have him end up in far worse shape than he would have been if he wasn't so focused on the "black" way of doing things. The routines thus carried a hint of StopBeingStereotypical to them while also being a DeconstructiveParody. Yet later "White Dude, Black Dude" routines by other comedians would only mock the White Dude, causing Harvey's routines to seem more harsh and self-critical in retrospect, despite predating many of these routines.

* WhiteDudeBlackDude: He pioneered this routine; [[UnbuiltTropes however]], he also went to great lengths to show that the Black Dude was just as messed up and irrational as the White Dude, just in different ways. In his routines, the Black Dude's antics were likely to have him end up in far worse shape than if he wasn't so focused on the 'black' way of doing things. The routines thus carried a hint of StopBeingStereotypical to them while also being a DeconstructiveParody. Yet later "White Dude, Black Dude" routines by other comedians would only mock the White Dude, causing Harvey's routines to seem more harsh and self-critical in retrospect, despite predating many of these routines.

Broderick Stephen Harvey (born January 17, 1957) is an American television presenter, comedian, actor, broadcaster, author, game show host and businessman. After various stints as a boxer, an autoworker, an insurance salesman, a carpet cleaner, and a mailman, he first performed stand-up comedy in 1985 at the Hilarities Comedy Club in Cleveland, Ohio. He spent the late 1980s homeless, sleeping in his car during gig that didn’t offer him a hotel room, but finally launched his comedy career as a finalist in the Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search performing on April 16, 1990, eventually leading to a long stint as host of ''Showtime at the Apollo''.

* SirSwearsALot: You get a taste of it on his talk-show and on Family Feud, but take a listen to his sets on The Original Kings of Comedy. He was a close second for most curse words said, right after Bernie Mac himself.

Broderick Stephen Harvey (born January 17, 1957) is an American television presenter, comedian, actor, broadcaster, author, game show host and businessman. After various stints as a boxer, an autoworker, an insurance salesman, a carpet cleaner, and a mailman, he first performed stand-up comedy in 1985 at the Hilarities Comedy Club in Cleveland, Ohio. He spent the late 1980s homeless, sleeping in his car during gig that didn’t offer him a hotel room, but finally launched his comedy career as a finalist in the Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search performing on April 16, 1990, eventually leading to a long stint as host of ''Showtime at the Apollo.

* BaldOfAwesome: Harvey admitted that he had to travel with a barber to keep his hair in top condition, taking hours of his time. So, on Christmas Eve in 2006, before he turned 50, he decided to shave his head.