David Ahearn of Four Day Weekend on Swoop’s World Late Night
David Ahearn of Four Day Weekend
On Wednesday April 9, 2014 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CT, 11pm/ET) we are happy to welcome David Ahearn Co-Founder of Four Day Weekend to Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we have this opportunity to get to know David and what Four Day Weekend is all about. Of course we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with our Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, USC legend Anthony Davis, as well as crazy insights into any interesting news stories of the day. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com.
David Ahearn
David Ahearn started his career performing stand-up comedy at clubs across the country. He has appeared at such premiere clubs in Los Angeles as The Laugh Factory, The Improvisation and The Comedy Store. In 1997, he co-founded Four Day Weekend. Ahearn has been the host of Four Day Weekend since its inception.
Ahearn is also an accomplished filmmaker. His second short film, burning the grump was named a finalist in the USA Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize at The Northhampton Film Festival. Ahearn was named “Best Filmmaker” by the Fort Worth Weekly. Recently, Ahearn penned a feature length film script entitled, run, and attached Oscar winning actor Harvey Keitel to the project. The film is currently in development.
In early 2013, Ahearn and Four Day Weekend published their first book, The Art of Improvizen. The book is geared towards businesses that are looking to infuse creativity into their work environment. Along with Four Day Weekend, Ahearn travels around the world delivering the keynote address of the book’s principles.
Ahearn has performed more than 5,000 live shows with Four Day Weekend. He travels the world performing both Four Day Weekend’s live shows and hosting events for Fortune 500 companies.
Four Day Weekend
Critically-acclaimed comedy group Four Day Weekend is the longest-running show in the southwest. On Fridays and Saturdays, the group performs a one-hour and forty-five minute show created from audience suggestions and participation at their 212-seat theater in downtown Fort Worth. Voted Best Comedy, Four Day Weekend is a Fort Worth institution. They’ve been called “Fort Worth’s Greatest Ambassadors”, have been awarded the Key to the City, and have performed for two U.S. presidents and delivered a keynote address to the United States Congress. No trip to Fort Worth is complete until you attend this award-winning show!
By Rhonda Andresen Kearns, April 10, 2014 @ 1:50 pm
So proud of David. When I used to call the house for his sister, he would answer the phone “Ahearn’s summer home…somer home, somer not”. Always knew that kid was gonna be funny. Good luck in everything!