John Vorhaus (Photo – Light Bringer Project)
Light Bringer Project and The Doo Dah Preservation Society announced their selection of the 2024 Grand Marshal of the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade, local ultimate frisbee legend John Vorhaus.
By News Desk
John Vorhaus, the runner of Hahamonga and Brookside Parks’ “Slacker Wednesday” ultimate frisbee game, renowned comedy writer and teacher, and self-described “serial creative entrepreneur” was in a cab in London finishing up a three-week teaching tour when he received the news of his selection. He “couldn’t say yes fast enough” and called his appointment to the position “the apotheosis of my life.”
Vorhaus, known broadly in ultimate circles as “JV” is a longtime resident of the San Gabriel Valley and a lifelong devotee of ultimate. “I’ve been playing twice a week for 45 years,” says JV, “but I can quit anytime I want.” Though he won a world gold medal with the 1990 USA Masters ultimate frisbee team, he considers founding Slacker Wednesday to be the pinnacle of his contribution to the sport. Slacker Wednesday has been going strong now for more than two decades, energized by one of its many mottos: It Works Because You Don’t.
John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is The Book of Practice: How to do Better What You Want to do Well. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America.
The Pasadena Doo Dah Parade began as a grassroots event in 1978 to gain national attention for its eccentric and, often, irreverent satire. The parade which has spawned numerous off-beat replicants across the country was even highlighted in the Wall Street Journal. Dozens of inventive, if zany, art cars, mutant vehicles, marching, rocking, and punk bands, and a memorable cast of performance artists, showstoppers, hoofers and crooners, disruptors, political pundits, satirists, absurdists, lone wolves, float makers, and Merrymakers.
45th Pasadena Doo Dah Parade Nov. 24, 2024 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Location Old Pasadena (Starting at Memorial Park)
why wouldn’t you mention the actual date of the DooDah Parade?
We just added it. Thank you.