Known from KSFM's 102.5, Comedian Willie Barcena recently shot his first one hour special, Deal With It, at the El Portal Theatre which will air in 2008.
Barcena grew up in East L.A. and it is his people skills, street-smart wit along with his mother's "just use common sense, dummy!" which enable Barcena to connect with a wide array of cultures, yet his performances are able to maintain pride and cultural awareness without perpetuating any Latino stereotypes. His philosophy: know who you are and have people laugh with you, not at you. Growing up in the diversity of L.A. taught Willie that people have more similarities than differences. He takes that knowledge and uses it to create humor that crosses the cultural and economic boundaries of America. On stage, Barcena relates hilarious stories about the characters that pepper his life including: his anal-retentive bosses, a macho Archie Bunker uncle, and his numerous relationships with women like "Psycho Chick" and "Bitter Broad."
He has also appeared as much as eleven times on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show including Moesha and The Wayans Brothers as well as Galavision’s Loco Slam, Que Locos and Funny is Funny. In addition to performing, Willie writes on a regular basis. He performed in and wrote a one-man show called Cry Like a Man and has done script writing for the Nickelodeon television show The Brothers Garcia. Barcena is also a host of the Willie, D-Lo and Trejo Morning Show on Infinity Broadcasting’s Sacramento affiliate station, KSFM 102.5 Hip-Hop and R&B radio.