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- Dave Petitjean Jr. was born in 1928 to Dave Sr. and Mary Petitean, who ran a warehouse that stored crops for local farmers. Influenced by Louisiana humorists Bud Fletcher and Justin Wilson, Petitjean, with his Acadian ancestry, found he could mimic the Cajun dialect and started telling jokes after sales meetings. He went on to record his first album at a Houston nightclub in 1961.
Living in Crowley, La., he and his wife, Audrey, have been married since 1950 and have two sons. With the phrase, "A smile is contagious, so be a carrier," Petitjean publishes the newsletter "Cajun Recipe for Humor" on the Internet at www.cajunlaff.com.
He briefly attended Louisiana State University at age 16, but left the school to join the Navy and was assigned to the USS Estes, flagship for the 7th Fleet. As the ship's disbusing storekeeper, he was stationed in Tsingtao, China, for his entire naval career. After the war, he studied agriculture at Southwest Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette). He graduated and joined Olin Chemical Co. around 1950, from which he retired after some 25 years. He then joined Farm Bureau Insurance and retired in 2000.
He credits Bill Gove with teaching him how to organize routines and develop motivational messages through humor. - Actor
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Jo-El Sonnier was born on 2 October 1946 in Rayne, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Steel Magnolias (1989), Mask (1985) and True Detective (2014). He was married to Bobbye Weaver. He died on 13 January 2024 in Llano, Texas, USA.- Josh Reed was born on 1 May 1980 in Rayne, Louisiana, USA.
- Tom Petitjean was born on 15 November 1956 in Rayne, Louisiana, USA. Tom was a writer, known for Alta comedia (1965), Another World (1964) and As the World Turns (1956). Tom died on 5 May 2006 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA.