Career
He began performing in the 1970s and later made guest appearances on Fred Penner's television show as well as Sesame Street. He tours regularly across Canada and the United States. Simmons worked as a gas jockey, steelworker and clerk before becoming an entertainer.
He started performing in amateur shows and volunteering his services for benefit concerts. He formed a comedy/rock band called Out to Lunch and then a comedy/folk band, Kornstalk, before venturing out on his own again as a musician and prop comic. His best-known act was the Human Juke Box: “two bits a laff.”
He also voiced the Genie Award-winning 1985 animated short, Get a Job.
Al married Barbara Freundl in 1976. They have three sons, Karl, Will, and Brad.Will's favorite instructors at Red River college were Jamie and Eric.