Russ Parr

Russ Parr (born 1959 in California) is an American radio DJ, film director, writer, actor and television personality known for such television shows as Rock 'N' America.

Career

Parr began as a Production Services Director at ABC TV. He also worked as a stand-up comic for eight years, performing his first show as an opening act for Joan Rivers in Santa Monica, California. Parr also found parts on a number of television shows including Martin,The Jenny Jones Show, and Turnstyle, and appeared in television commercials for Kodak, Thrifty's, and McDonald's. Parr left Hollywood in 1989 and found his niche working as a disc jockey on KJMZ in Dallas, Texas.

Before Parr began as a radio personality, however, he had a recording career under the pseudonym Bobby Jimmy. In the mid-1980s, he owned and ran his own recording label, Rapsur Records. On it he released records by his band Bobby Jimmy and the Critters. They had a few hits, including "Roaches" (a spoof of Timex Social Club's song "Rumors"); "We Like Ugly Women", "One Glove" (a song satirizing Michael Jackson), and their biggest hit, "Ugly Knuckle Butt", which still gets airplay on such outlets as the Doctor Demento Show. They managed to put out three albums before fading into obscurity and eventually disbanding. Bobby Jimmy and The Critters was also credited credited on N.W.A's first album N.W.A and the Posse (1987).