Francisco Ramos was part of the first ever Netflix is a Joke Festival held in Los Ange- les. He can be seen currently on the Netflix hit show “Gentefied”. He directed, co- wrote and starred in his debut comedy short !Zoo Animals”, which was acquired by HBO MAX to stream on their platform. He also shot a standup special !Entre Nos” for HBO. He was a top-ten finalist on Last Comic Standing and has appeared in Show- time"s !Shameless,” as well other appearances in !Angie Tribeca” from Steve Carell, Netflix"s !Lady Dynamite”, and voicing the role of Marmoset in the animated film !RIO” and part of Cartoon Network show “Victor and Valentino”. He has also ap- peared on the hilarious @midnight on Comedy Central and several times on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Francisco is part of Lorne Michael"s !Mas Mejor”, where he has written, directed and performed several sketches for them. His debut album !Vayalo” has been exclusively playing on Sirius XM and has been a top 5 album on the Billboard Comedy Charts. He directed, co-wrote and starred in his debut comedy short !Zoo Animals”, which has already been accepted to several festival, including Just For Laughs. Early in his career, Francisco was selected to perform in the CBS Multicultural Diver- sity Showcase, where he was one of 12 selected from a pool of 5,000 applicants. Hav- ing won first place in the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival sponsored by NBC/COZI TV, American Latino produced a documentary on Francisco about his rise as a comic for Latino Out Loud (LOL).

New York-born comedian, writer, and actor Harry Terjanian started his career at 18, doing stand-up in the grimy comedy clubs of New York City. As a standup and sketch comedian, Harry has appeared as part of the Chicago Just for Laughs Festival and the Johnny Carson Comedy Festival and is a recipient of The Andy Kaufman Award. In addition to appearing on SiriusXM radio and MTV, Harry has toured nationally, performing at such prestigious venues as New York’s Town Hall Theater and the Johnny Carson Theater, among others.

Born and raised in Queens, Chris threw himself into the fire of the New York comedy scene a year after graduating from college, which he still apologizes to his parents to this day because they paid for it. Since starting comedy, Chris has performed at some of the best clubs, not only in New York, but across the country. In August of 2013, Chris had the privilege of joining one of the most popular podcast’s in the country, Robert Kelly’s “You know What Dude” podcast, where he learned valuable lessons in life and comedy. Since joining the podcast, Chris worked his way to become Producer of the show, a title he currently holds. Along with the YKWD podcast, he also is the co-host of Luis J. Gomez’s “Realass” podcast. Chris has had the honor of opening for top comics such as Robert Kelly, Dan Soder, Andrew Schulz, Joe List and Luis J. Gomez. For all the directors who want to put Chris in movies, he studied two years of acting at Stetson Studio with Ron Stetson of the Neighborhood Playhouse. In those two years, Chris was trained in the Meisner technique by Ron, which he learned first-hand from Sanford Meisner. Follow Chris on Facebook and Twitter to see how his everyday life is going or don’t and check back in a few months to see if he made it.

Jeff Leach is an internationally acclaimed actor, stand-up comedian and host. Formerly a host for BBC, C4, E4, ITV2 and many other major networks, Jeff spread his wings to USA seven years ago. There he performs across the country at venues such as the world famous Comedy Cellar in NYC/Las Vegas, Comedy Store in LA and on television shows such as This Week At The Comedy Cellar on Comedy Central and Dinner With Dani on Amazon Prime. He starred in movies London Town and The Smoke, played roles in hit television series such as Hollyoaks and The Chaos, is the new lead protagonist in animated series Road Of Vengeance and has voiced major characters in an ever-growing number of AAA video games including Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare & Warzone, Total War Warhammer 1 & 3, Star Wars: Rise Of The Resistance, Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock and Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. During his free hours he spreads mental health advocacy and promotes addiction support whilst broadcasting video game content daily to his fanbase of over 500k avid supporters across TikTok, Youtube and Facebook Gaming. He is currently self-producing and directing a series of THREE comedy specials set for release at the end of 2022, the first of which is entitled Jeff Leach: A Comedy Spectacular that features written stand up, dramatic sketch, crowd work, rap music and even an animated segment in which he voices all of the characters. For more info about this project and others check out: www.jeffreyleach.com SHORT BIO / CREDITS: As seen on (BBC Comedy / Comedy Central / Call Of Duty / SiriusXM)

Dave is a comedian originally from New York and New Jersey who began doing stand up in high school and sketch and interview comedy at Syracuse University. He is most known for his videos interviewing the Westboro Baptist Church as "Brick Stone," and has been a guest on RT's The Alyona Show, The Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius/XM, and HuffPost Live. He's also a featured comedian on season 1 of NuvoTV's Stand Up and Deliver and has written for Saturday Night Live and the Triumph specials.

SHULI EGAR truly knows that if you’re going to make it in comedy, you’ve got to hustle. His start in stand up began with him bombing every night in nearly empty casinos along the Las Vegas Strip. But in 2002 Shuli’s luck would change. That’s when he met the one and only Howard Stern. SHULI’s love for The Howard Stern Show started in middle school. He moved to Las Vegas from Los Angeles to start his stand-up career and was a frequent caller to the Stern Show. After seven years of weekly calls, he was invited to play a round of blackjack with Stern and his gang while the show was in Las Vegas. As it happened, he won more than just money gambling at the table that day. Despite having no journalism experience, Shuli was brought on as a correspondent for the Howard 100 News team and has been reporting on all things Howard ever since. In addition to his work on the Stern Show, Shuli co-hosts The Jay Thomas Show, the Dr. Harry Fisch Show on Sirius XM, and he has contributed to the Scott Ferrall Show and Miserable Men. SHULI has toured the country as part of “The Killers of Comedy “ and “Ronnie’s Block Party”, and he regularly performs stand-up in clubs all across the U.S.

FELONIOUS MUNK is a comedian, social commentator, and above average beards-man. He appeared regularly on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central and at the legendary Second City in Chicago as co-creator, host, and writer for the groundbreaking Afrofuturism and Black Side of the Moon shows, the latter of which was the highest grossing show in Woolly Mammoth Theater (DC) history. He also wrote the critically acclaimed "Nothing To Lose (But Our Chains), an autobiographical stage show. He began his career doing stand up (poorly). He has since improved and has headlined comedy clubs all over the country. He’s also a nice person. Probably.

Whether it’s sharing stories about his days playing professional street basketball with modern Globetrotters or being the sensitive soft dude in relationships, Joseph Vecsey loves making audiences laugh at his expense and sharing his bizarre personal experiences. Joseph made his television stand up debut on Gotham’s AXS TV and also co-starred and punched up a web series and commercial for Optimum Cable TV called “The Un-Movers.” In addition to the spots being on TV, “The Un-Movers” have over a million views online. This is not the first time Joseph has been a part of a viral video. Joseph acted and co-produced the sketch “Sneaker Heads” starring star radio personality Charlamagne The God and Guy Code’s Andrew Schulz where it reached a million views on Youtube and World Star. Earlier this year, Joseph also wrote, acted, edited, and directed a sketch for MTV2’s popular show “Uncommon Sense” called “Stud Walk.” Joseph currently has been performing all over New York City, California, and went international hosting the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Show in Bermuda at a sold out resort. He also hosts the most popular variety stand up show in the Hamptons at The Bay Street Theater where comedians such as Donnell Rawlings from Chappelle Show (who Joseph has opened for on numerous occasions) has graced the stage. Joseph also keeps busy writing and acting in sketches that he produces on his Youtube channel while working on feature length screenplays. Joseph also was a contributing writer for the hilarious “BGCP3TV” sketch show promoting the Jordan Brand starring Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. Even with stand up, writing, and acting, Joseph still finds time to host The Call Back Podcast that has featured interviews with the world’s most successful comedians and entertainers such as Chris Rock, Aziz Ansari, Garry Shandling, Paula Patton, Tom Green, and Romany Malco just to name several. Joseph has also written articles for the NBA’s most popular publication Slam Magazine that featured brilliant comedian Colin Quinn and Power 105’s Charlamagne The God.

Based in NEW YORK CITY, Santi is a multilingual stand-up comedian who performs regularly in NYC's best comedy clubs. He has been doing standup comedy for over a decade and his comedy can be described as honest, anecdotal and personal. He is the host of the very successful comedy showcase ItMatters Comedy at New York Comedy Club. He has performed from small and big audiences in rundown bars/comedy clubs across North America to sold out clubs in London, England and Bogota, Colombia. Santi is one of the few comics who has performed at the New York Comedy Festival both in English and Spanish. He just recorded his debut comedy album IDENTITY CRISIS, which people can listen to on iTunes, Sirius XM and Spotify. Some of his credits Include: NY Comedy Festival, TBS, and Sirius/XM.

Derek Humphrey is an urban hick with an uncanny wit. Born in a single wide trailer in Detroit, Derek has been a high school dropout, laborer, hotelier and veteran of the US Navy. War and hospitality were not painful enough so he entered show business. Derek is now a New York City based comic and actor. As a comic, Derek recently released his first album "Late Bloomer" which reached #1 in the world. Derek has been featured in the 2024 New York Comedy Festival, The Boston Comedy Festival, Skankfest and was named one of "New York's Funniest" by TBS. His acting work has been featured in the award winning play "Race: The Play: The Movie" with campaigns for Gillette and appearances on Fox, MTV and ABC. You can follow Derek on Venmo at @humpderek

Andy Haynes was born in Seattle, WA where he was raised on a healthy diet of salmon and coffee. Since starting comedy in 2004, he has been seen on Late Nite with Jimmy Fallon, Conan, Comedy Central Presents, the Pete Holmes show, Roast Battle, and Another Period. He now lives in LA where he regularly performs at the Comedy Store and writes for your favorite television shows.

Adam Newman is a New Hampshire-born, Georgia-schooled, ex-Brooklyn-based, now LA-based comedian who has performed stand-up on the Late Show with David Letterman, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show, Gotham Comedy Live, Comedy Central's The Half Hour, and most recently a one hour special called Fuzzies on Seeso. He's also appeared on MTV's The CollegeHumor Show, HBO's Last Week Tonight and Silicon Valley, the Tyra Banks Show (weird!), Animal Planet's We Love Puppies, Comics Unleashed, and is a regular contestant on Comedy Central's @midnight. Adam was among Comedy Central's first class of "Comics to Watch" to perform at the 2011 New York Comedy Festival, and was invited to the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal as a "New Face" in 2013, and again (and again!) in 2014 and 2016 to perform on HBO Canada's Funny as Hell. Adam has released two critically acclaimed stand-up albums, Not for Horses (2011) and Killed (2015) through Rooftop Comedy Productions. Look for Adam in 2017 on TruTV's Full Court Pranks and Showtime's I'm Dying Up Here!

Tanael Joachim is a standup comedian who has made appearances on Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV and on Good Day New York on FOX. He is based in New York City but is born and raised in Haiti. Tanael has a very laid back, smooth, and conversational style and he jokes about race, society’s idiosyncrasies, and the inherent contrast between life in Haiti and America. Some people say his humor is smart and eye-opening; he would probably agree with these people.

Jeremiah Watkins is heralded as the comedian for making Judd Apatow fall in love with comedy again, and that’s a direct quote from Judd himself! His debut 1 hour standup special Jeremiah Watkins: Family Reunion is streaming now on Amazon Prime and his 2nd hour special DADDY is streaming now on Youtube. You can hear him as the voice of the iconic role of The Joker on DC Superhero Girls and you can see him weekly as co-host of the Scissor Bros podcast. His hit series Stand-Up On The Spot continues to receive viral attention as well as his numerous sketches online that he also directs and writes. Other credits include Carpool Karaoke, Lights Out with David Spade, Netflix’s Historical Roasts, Nickelodeon's The Casagrandes, Jimmy Kimmel Live & more. Jeremiah’s off-the-cuff and physical standup style guarantee you a memorable show experience like you’ve never seen before.

Doug Smith is a New York comic who has appeared on Conan, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and Kevin Hart’s LOL Network. His appearance on This Is Not Happening, sharing the true account of getting stabbed in the face while saving a woman from a violent attacker, has amassed 5 million views and counting, and his Comedy Central mini-mock “Brooklyn Ball Barbers” has since become their most-viewed-video of all time. Doug has been featured at numerous comedy festivals including Oddball, Bridgetown, and Just for Laughs and his debut standup album, “Barely Regal”, is available now on 800 Pound Gorilla Records.

Aida Rodriguez is a proud Afro-Latina, taking the world of entertainment by storm with her wit, strong performances, and charismatic personality. In November 2021, Aida's first-hour stand-up special Fighting Words premiered on HBOMax. In the special, she addresses today's audiences about the social issues of the day, not just because they're ripped from the headlines, but because they are in the pages torn out of her personal life. Previously, she filmed a comedy special for Netflix as part of a standup series “She Ready.” She made history as the first Latina to appear in two specials air in one month on both HBO and Showtime. She was handpicked by director Taylor Hackford for his film “The Comedian” starring Robert De Niro. In 2017, Coca Cola Global Women’s LINC Conference sponsored Rodriguez’s speech that modeled a TED Talk. Rodriguez has also appeared on Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar, The Nightly Show, five-time host of the PBS Imagen Awards, NBC Last Comic Standing’s finals, TRUtv’s Laff Tracks, Fox Laughs, Nickelodeon Mom’s Night Out, and Parental Discretion. This summer, Aida will be releasing her first Netflix special, as part of Tiffany Haddish’s They Ready series. Aida Rodriguez wears many hats as a comedian, actress, writer, and mother. Sharing her point of view of the world, she writes comedy that is poignant and incisive. Her audiences often laugh hard, think hard, and feel hard as her comedy is cathartic and confrontational. Known as Funny Aida, Rodriguez aims to challenge the norms of today and the discomfort or taboo quality around controversial topics like race, gender, sexuality, and family dynamics through her comedy. From the moment she takes the stage, the audience is engaged whether in laughter or in thought. Rodriguez’s comedy is not only medicine for the soul, but it may one day just change the world.

Actor/Comedian/ Brian Scott McFadden is one of the funniest stand up comics working in the industry today. A regular on the NY comedy club circuit, Brian has recently taken his act to a whole new level with his high energy performances & some of the most unique, incisive & hilarious routines around. After making his debut on The Late Show with David Letterman Brian followed that up with an appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS. A multidimensional performer Brian is both an accomplished stage actor, who has played Hamlet in New York, and a versatile voice over artist with a vast range of accents and character voices in his repertoire. Brian was recently seen on the big screen in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller & also performed in such films as Ice Age II with Ray Romano and Robots with Robin Williams & Halle Berry. Look for Brian’s new comedy special “Accents & Nonsense” on Drybar Comedy later this year.

Karen is a comedian, actor, and author who has performed all over the country (and sometimes in other countries, if you count Canada). Karen can be seen at just about every club in New York and is a regular at Gotham, the Comic Strip and Broadway Comedy Club. Karen has been on Comedy Central, the Oxygen Network, Court TV, and USA networks. Karen is the author of two acclaimed novels, "Following Polly" and "Perfect is Overrated," she co-hosts the popular podcast "Shut Up, Mommy’s Talking," and she puts out a popular weekly newsletter. More about Karen at www.karenbergreen.com

Rich Aronovitch, known for appearances on Gotham Comedy LIVE on AXS; The Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay, and HBO's Bomani Jones, NBC's Last Comic Standing, The WE Network Three Men And A Chick Flick. He gained social media fame for his silly dances, which led to features on NBC's Access Daily, a Tiesto music video, performances with Limp Bizkit at Madison Square Garden, and on the jumbotron for the New York Islanders. Recently, he was featured on TNT's March Madness Sweet Sixteen Pre-Game Promo and appeared on The Food Network’s Worst Cooks In America Season 25 Viral Sensations.

Dave Ross is dumb. He makes dumb comedy about his emotions. His comedy is so dumb that it is sometimes called “smart“, and it is so emotional that it is sometimes called "brave". Dave is the only stupid comedian on planet earth, and no one on earth is stupid but him. He loves to make things. That’s basically all he does. He’s been on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Corporate, This is Not Happening, Drunk History, WTF with Marc Maron and so much more. He’s made some shorts and sketches you might’ve seen, he’s a Moth Grand Slam winner, and he tours like crazy. Vans Warped Tour, Fest, SXSW, The Hollywood Improv, SF Sketchfest, The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs in Montreal and your basement are just a few of the places he's done stand-up. His podcasts Terrified (on Nerdist) and Suicide Buddies (on Starburns Audio) have both garnered hefty cult followings, and you also might know him as co-host of Nerdist’s Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast for a time. At the current moment, Dave lives in beautiful Glendale, California with his very old cat. His first album The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex is out now on Aspecialthing Records and Little Dipper. Parental advisory he talks about cum a lot lol

.P. McDade started doing stand up comedy in New York City in the Fall of 2012. He began by hitting open mics and grinding through unpaid gigs in bars, but these eventually opened the door to slightly better unpaid gigs in bars. Night after night McDade has performed at various comedy clubs, bars, and small theaters around New York and on the road and built a reputation as a clever joke writer. In 2015 he began writing for the web series Sports Balls, demonstrating his knack for topical joke writing. In addition to writing for this web series, he has appeared onscreen in several others. Although J.P. has done his share of monologue and roast joke writing, his stand up act is more than a collection of one-liners. J.P. is a capable mimic who weaves characters and impressions into his set to keep the audience guessing and, more importantly, laughing. In New York, J.P. is a regular at Stand Up New York, appears at other comedy clubs like The Stand and The Standing room, as well as independent shows, such as his free semi-regular show at Lucky Jack's called Suckerpunch. In 2016 J.P. appeared at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and performed as a New Face at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. He also made his television debut on Comedy Central's "Roast Battle II."

Described by LA Weekly as “a comic who’s got big ideas and big plans to go big places,” Byron Bowers is a stand-up comedian and actor that has toured nationally with Dave Chappelle, Hannibal Buress, John Caparulo, and The Eric Andre Show Live. Byron won the Big Sky International Comedy Competition and was named by LA Weekly as a “Comedy Act to Watch”. He was also featured as a New Face at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. Byron performed on the main stage at the Oddball Comedy Festival, sharing the spotlight with Louis CK, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman and others. Byron’s appeared on The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim, Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party, on the reboot of BET’s Comic View and he made his late night debut on The Pete Holmes Show and followed that with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He was also featured in the last season of MTV’s Guy Code. In 2016 alone he performed at the Famous Hollywood Bowl to 12,000 people with Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and George Clinton. He is in the film THE 4TH written and directed by Andre Hyland and also appears in KUSO which recently got into Sundance this year. His TV credits include season 3 of The Meltdown on Comedy Central, Funny as Hell in Montreal for Canada HBO, and Vice Land TV. He has also performed at many festivals this year including Montreal Comedy Festival, SXSW, Life is Beautiful, Austin City Limits, RIOT, SF Sketchfest and Blue Whale Comedy Festival. Byron appears regularly at The Comedy Store, The Comedy and Magic Club, The Hollywood Improv, The Nerdist Theater, and various Colleges and Clubs throughout the nation.

Matt Goldich is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Comedy Central's Premium Blend. Matt began performing stand-up comedy in 1999 when he was a sophomore at Brown University, where he founded the Brown Stand-up Comics. In 2001 he was selected as one of the "five funniest college students in America" by HBO.com and performed at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. He has also been a staff writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, the Jeselnik Offensive, Ellen, and VH1's Best Week Ever. He has appeared at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, OR. He has also written for the game shows Cash Cab, Stump the Schwab, The Chase, and the World Series of Pop Culture. He has written for the Spike Guys Choice Awards and was a consultant on the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. He has won two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Charlie Pickering spent ten years travelling the world as an award winning stand-up comedian before settling into the closest thing he had to a day job since he left his legal studies behind. As host of The Project for 5 years, Charlie was at the centre of one of Australian television’s most daring experiments – re-defining the way that hundreds of thousands of Australians see the news. Charlie chose to wrap up with The Project at the start of 2014 so that he could focus on his stand up and some other exciting projects and in 2015 he returned to our TV screens as host of his own hotly anticipated show for the ABC, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering which returned for a second series in early 2016.

Kimberly Congdon is an actress and producer, known for Stoned Science (2018), Half Fulland Metal Heads (2016).

You can hear Regina long before you see her, so this stand-up comic is always easy to find! Take a little time to enjoy The View on ABC, because Regina is there every day warming up the audience and having fun with the ladies and the amazing crew - it really is a party! Regina recently appeared on CBS's Blue Bloods and Sherri Shepherd's show Sherri as part of her Laugh Lounge segment. For the last three years she has warmed up the audience for NBC's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting. ABC News sent Regina to Philadelphia to warm up both President Joe Biden's and President Trump's Town Halls, and she also went to New Hampshire to warm up the audience for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate for ABC News. In addition, Regina warmed up the audience for both of Showtime’s Funny Women of a Certain Age television standup specials, starring The Nanny herself Fran Drescher and comedy greats like Caroline Rhea, Lynne Koplitz, and Luenell. Regina has hosted Bloomingdale’s “Make-Up Date” event in Westchester, sharing the stage with TV personality Carson Kressley. At night, you can find Regina performing at the world famous Comedy Cellar in NYC. Also a favorite at Gotham Comedy Club, Regina is often asked to participate in benefit shows for organizations like Gilda’s Club and Achilles International. You can sometimes hear Regina on SiriusXM, either as part of The Ladies of Laughter From The Friars Club album or as a guest contributor to The Howard Stern Show. Regina has performed at the “We've Got Friends” Annual Golf Classic alongside Whoopi Goldberg, ABC’s Deborah Roberts and DeMarco Morgan and Jericka Duncan of CBS, as well as Broadway’s Sydney James Harcourt; “We’ve Got Friends” is a program that provides hangouts for teens with special needs. Regina made her television debut on AXS-TV’s Gotham Comedy Live. Her stand-up has been featured numerous times on FOX TV’s Laughs, and she appeared on The Dr. Oz Show as herself. She’s performed at colleges all over the United States, and she’s even done comedy in Shanghai, China. She’s been a part of the Nantucket Comedy Festival, the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, the Asheville Comedy Festival in Asheville, North Carolina and Boston’s Women in Comedy Festival. Before taking the plunge into stand-up comedy, Regina worked for many seasons behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live, and then Whoopi, Whoopi Goldberg’s NBC sitcom. Regina's original musical comedy premiered at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania in November 2017. The New World was an incredible experience with an extremely talented creative team comprised of Regina, her writing partner L.F. Turner, and the song and lyrics team of Gary Adler (Altar Boyz) and Phoebe Kreutz. Stafford Arima (Allegiance) was the Director, and Lorin Latarro (Waitress) choreographed. In 2012, Regina was crowned the new winner in the Ladies of Laughter competition, thereby joining the ranks of the many fabulous female comics who came before her. She was a Semi-Finalist in the 2012 She-Devil Comedy Festival in NYC. Regina was voted Lower Hudson Valley’s Funniest Person in 2011. Regina happily shares her ever evolving story of being a woman in comedy. As a graduate of Barnard College, she was asked to return as the keynote speaker for their Senior Class Dinner.

When he is not on the road, you can usually find him at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. He made his Comedy Central debut on Gabriel Iglesias' "Stand Up Revolution". He would rather write movies than this bio, so if you want to know who he is, please listen to his podcast "Good Times with Steve Simeone".