A native of New Orleans, Alan began his entertainment career as a comedian before acting in "bad dinner theatre". After tiring of being relegated to conly comedies, he went back to stand up comedy and quickly found success as the opening act of for some of the biggest performers of the 80' and 90's and a total of at least members of The Rock N ROll Hall of Fame. The Temptations, The Four Tops, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many others are just a sampling of the acts. After appearing on Showtime"s Comedy Club Network and several other cable shows, Donnes entered The Johnny Walker Red Comedy Search. Although one of 5 finalist , he retired from stand up again. Alan Donnes jumped to radio starting a sports network covering the NFL. Quickly his network grew to be one of the largest covering the league. On a lark, he covered a boxing event in Las Vegas and with great comic timing and sports knowledge became a much sought after boxing commentator. This odd career turn became even odder when a few years later he became part of the management team of Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes. After one too many dealings with Don King, he secured the rights to The National Lampoon Radio Hour including the rights to the classic library. Along with head writer Tanner Colby and executive producer/host Richard Belzer, he built the show into a powerhouse of comedy once again. In 2011, Alan Donnes was made President of National Lampoon leading the company in a brilliant turn around. Alan Donnes is currently producing a slate of film and television projects.
Attended Jesuit High School (New Orleans) with baseball great Will Clark. Covered the New Orleans Saints on radio for 4 years and later developed the largest independent radio network in the NFL. Former manager of Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes, camp manager of Champ Riddick Bowe. Producer/co-writer National Lampoon Radio Hour.
Once promoted Oscar Dela Hoya and Roy Jones, Jr double header boxing event in a tent in Mississippi. The fight was De la Hoyas first on HBO and was the highest grossing fight in the states history up to that time. Air conditioning was pumped in and a construction crane was parked behind the tent to hold the massive lighting grid required by the network.
After reading a Montgomery Clift bio, he tracked down Mira Rostova and took private acting lessons in her Chelsea apartment.
Asked what his most amazing memory is, he replied that its of being on the field long after his New Orleans Saints had won the Super Bowl. He walked the field and then collected two bags of confetti which he has shared with friends. He was one of the very last people on the field and only five fans were left in the stands. He collected confetti for them as well.
