Television Appearances
Edwards has had numerous TV appearances over the past decade. Among the most notable are his 2002 piece on the Greg Giraldo show on Comedy central. It was the first comedic TV skit about preparedness. Humor is a subject Edwards knew well. In the mid to late 80's he was a former popular and highly controversial political stand-up comedian called "Badd Guy." at the time, he was called "the most dangerous man in comedy" by Dixie Whatley of Entertainment Tonight, The "Strongman of Comedy" by Flo Anthony of the NY Post, and a cross between George Carlin & Richard Pryor by Andy Warhol. Edwards has performed on Showtime Cable with Chris Rock and other peers such as John Leguizamo, Tommy Davidson, Adam Sandler, and many others. Upon the re-opening of the Apollo theatre in 1985, Aton was selected by Ralph Cooper Sr. as the first house comic after winning the infamous amateur night three times in a row. The first win was during an NBC special called Motown's 50th anniversary salute to the Apollo theater starring Bill Cosby. Aton beat out Tisha Campbell (My Wife & Kids) & T'china Arnold (Everybody Hates Chris, Martin) & was selected by audience member David Geffen to star as the Dentist in the feature Film Little Shop of Horrors until a bad management deal ended that opportunity.
At the time, Edwards used stand-up as a vehicle to present his views about the importance of preparedness and likened himself to a "stand-up Omega-Man" Edwards & the late Greg Giraldo believed that a comedic treatment of preparedness would help to take off the rough edges and make it more palatable to the masses. Edwards agreed and they worked together to create the piece for his program.
In 2007, Edwards appeared on a Current TV short called Aton's Top Ten.| in 2009, he appeared in the National Geographic Special "6-Degrees.", Fox News " In 2010, Edwards hosted the Discovery Channel/documentary special "Track Me If You Can." He has also been featured on MSNBC news as a commentator on disaster preparedness self-reliance & security. On September 18, 2011, Edwards was featured in the Discovery Channel special How Will The World End, starring Samuel L. Jackson.
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