Don Tjernagel

Don Tjernagel born and raised in Waterloo Iowa has been doing standup comedy since 1997 As a young man Don played football until sustaining a serious injury during spring practice at the University of Northern Iowa Don decided to try standup on a whim in 1997 Not too long after that Dons popularity led him to do a show in several Las Vegas clubs such as the Casino Royale Volcano Lounge Bourbon Street Hotel The Monte Carlo and the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel With the start of his first show at the Casino Royale Don became the youngest comic to star in his own show on the Vegas Strip In August of 2003 Don wrote a book about his travels through the country as a comedian The book called American Infidel detailed his observations as a comedian and American citizen mostly writing about his sex life and women in general while simultaneously expressing his views on the First Amendment Don started to record his standup in 2008 with his first DVD release Smut Don continues to record his standup on both DVD and CD His last release was the DVD Filthy which was released on 12 July 2011