David "Gruber" Allen (born 1958, is an American television and film actor. He may be best known for his work on the 1990 T.V. series Higgins Boys and Gruber. Allen has also had a notable recurring role as guidance counselor Jeff Rosso on the short-lived NBC dramedy Freaks and Geeks. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the year. ... The Higgins Boys and Gruber was a cable television show that aired on weekday afternoons during the last few months of 1990. ... NBC, formerly called the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Dramedy, a portmanteau of drama and comedy, is a genre of movies and television in which the lines between these very different genres were blurred. ... Freaks and Geeks was an American television series, created by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 TV season. ...

Dave also plays the "Naked Trucker" in the eponymous L.A. cabaret show alongside David Koechner (who plays "T-Bones"). The Naked Trucker Show has often been a main act at the infamous Largo nightclub and the band has opened for musical artists such as Tenacious D. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... David Koechner (born August 24, 1962 in Tipton, Missouri) is a popular film and television character actor, known most notably for his role as Champ Kind in the Will Ferrell film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and for his work on Saturday Night Live. ... The Naked Trucker Show (or The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show) is a live musical comedy act. ... Largo is a nightclub and cabaret in West Hollywood, CA, known informally as Café Largo or Club Largo. ... Tenacious D (sometimes referred to as The D) is a band comprised of musicians and actors Kyle Gass and Jack Black, who perform rock music,[1] [2] meshed with other music styles such as folk metal [3] [4] [5], comedy rock [6] [7] and even country-rock [8]. In essence...

Dave also frequently plays the character "Todd Carlin", a hippie and fictional relative of George Carlin. This character is usually involved in comedy shows at the Largo. George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937) is a Grammy-winning Irish American stand-up comedian, actor, and author, noted especially for his irreverent attitude and his observations on language, psychology and religion along with many taboo subjects. ...

Dave most recent television role was the hippie Minister on Gilmore Girls. Gilmore Girls is an hour-long American television drama/comedy that has aired since 2000 (see 2000 in television). ...

Dave has been credited in movies and television roles as Dave "Gruber" Allen, David "Gruber" Allen, and Dave (Gruber) Allen.

External links

• IMDb entry
• The Naked Trucker Show homepage