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Gary Mule Deer is a member of The Grand Ole Opry, Comedy Hall of Fame, and South Dakota Hall of Fame.  He is the subject of a  documentary on his 60 plus year career in show business entitled Show Business Is My Life But I Can't Prove It. To find out where you can see Gary live, click here.

Gary Mule Deer's combination of comedy and music has set him apart as one-of-a-kind. Having achieved the most fame for his unique style of comedy, he also performs classic country, including the music of Johnny Cash. The great popularity of his comedy and music cuts across all ages and demographics. Gary had the honor of being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry as the 230th member in 2023 and is a regular and popular performer on the Opry, with over 350 appearances and counting. Gary was honored to have been inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame in 2024.

In a six-decade career, he has shared the stage with well over a hundred country and pop music legends, performing everywhere from the Hollywood Bowl, to the major casino showrooms and performing arts centers across the U.S., to Carnegie Hall. Since 1994, Gary had the honor to tour as Special Guest with the iconic Johnny Mathis and orchestra. Gary has made over 360 television appearances, and was featured in the five-part Showtime series about the history of The Comedy Store. He is currently one of the most played comedians on the clean comedy channels of Sirius XM.

Gary's documentary, Show Business Is My Life But I Can't Prove It, chronicling his amazing and storied career, premiered at the Nashville Film Festival in late 2022, and is now streaming on all major platforms. The film features appearances by David Letterman, Vince Gill and Amy Grant, Jay Leno, Alice Cooper, Steve Martin, Conan O'Brien, and more.

Gary Mule Deer is one of six comedians, along with Jay Leno, to star on the very first HBO comedy special, was comedy host of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert for four years on NBC, a series regular on Make Me Laugh, and is featured on the DVDs Jeff Foxworthy's Comedy Classics and The World's Greatest Stand-up Comedy Collection.

"This is the funniest man in America."
Clint Eastwood

"You're the greatest, the funniest…always were."
Steve Martin

"A Gary Mule Deer performance is like watching Johnny Cash and Keith Richards getting drunk with Jack Benny."
Spencer Theater, Ruidoso, NM

Gary Mule Deer's 2012 Promotional Video


Gary Mule Deer Promo Video 2012
Gary Mule Deer - The Golfer's Dilemma  


The Golfer's Dilemma, Gary Mule Deer
Gary sings "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"- Colonial Theater Show
Gary Mule Deer Colonial Theater Show
Gary sings "Folsom Prison Blues" - historic Colonial Theater - 9/11/2010 for the CPTV program An Evening with Gary Mule Deer".
Folsom Prison Blues at Colonial Theater
View Gary's August, 2009 appearance
on Late Show with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman 2009
View Gary's February, 2008 appearance
on Late Show with David Letterman

2008 Late Show with David Letterman

Gary Mule Deer - "Jeff Foxworthy's Comedy Show" - Duke Children's Hospital Classic.


Filmed by Gene Galin for the Chatham Journal newspaper
Gary's January, 2007 appearance on
Late Show with David Letterman


Late Night with David Letterman 2007
Gary's February, 2006 appearance on
Late Show with David Letterman


Late Night with David Letterman 2006

Gary's July, 2005 appearance on
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman 2005


Gary Mule Deer - Dear John

Gary Mule Deer - Dear John
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