Born in Chapel Hill, N. C., raised in Ohio, and now hiding out in the concrete mountains of L. A., long and lanky comedian magician Phil Van Tee has performed OVER 20,000 shows in the past 48 years, from circus mud show to shiny T. V. ! A graduate of Ringling Brothers. Clown College ('74), Phil has tickled funny-bones all across the U. S., Canada, and the Caribbean, and worked as an esteemed professor of magic at the World Famous Magic Castle's Magic University.

Phil's influences include: W. C. Fields, Carl Ballantine, Don Knotts, Pee Wee Herman, Art Carney, Steve Martin, Mister Rogers, and Huntz Hall.