Comedians
Finding comedy in everything and everything in comedy. Ron Bennington has been a stand up comedian and comedy club owner and promoter. He’s also been part of two legendary radio shows, the Ron and Ron Radio Network and the Ron and Fez show. All of that experience comes together for Bennington. Three hours of talk entertainment with nationally known comedians. His co-host is Gail Bennington who has literally grown up in the business of comedy. It’s fun, edgy and covers everything in comedy today. What ESPN is to sports, Bennington is to comedy.
Jay Wells L’Ecuyer & Eytan Millstone are professional sketch comedians and award-winning filmmakers based in NYC. Currently, Jay & Eytan perform monthly on ‘The Interrobang Presents: The Comedy Records Showcase’ at The New York Comedy Club. Their untitled sophomore album, produced by Comedy Records, is set to release in June of 2018, and the latest installment of the Jay & Eytan Web Series, ’Night Light’ recently premiered at The New York Short Film Festival.
Their debut album, All Growed Up reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in 2016 and is played frequently on Sirius XM Radio. It is also available on iTunes, Apple Music & Spotify. The first episode of the Jay & Eytan web series, Meat Pie won the Audience Choice Award at the New York No Limits Film Fest.
Nikki Glaser is a comedian, writer, and host whose television appearances have included The Tonight Show, CONAN, and Last Comic Standing. She was the co-host of the MTV late night talk show, Nikki & Sara LIVE, as well as the popular podcast, You Had To Be There. She lives in New York City, performing nightly at clubs such as The Comedy Cellar and The Stand, and travels frequently as a nationally touring headliner.
Nikki can currently be seen as a regular contestant on Comedy Central’s @Midnight and will guest star on the upcoming season of Inside Amy Schumer
Originally from Longford, Ireland, Sean Finnerty gained notoriety for becoming the first ever Irish comedian to perform on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (2019). While spending his first years of comedy in Orlando, Sean was selected for Comedy Central’s Up Next competition (2013) and as a semi finalist in Florida’s Funniest Comedian (2014) resulting in an opening spot for WWE hall of famer Mick Foley. 2015 saw Sean make his television debut as co-host on Season 9 of Fireball Run on Amazon Prime, as well as being selected to perform at the Boston Comedy Festival. In 2016, Sean moved to New York where he quickly became known as a comedian to watch, performing at famous venues such as The Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Caroline's on Broadway, The Stand, and The Friars Club. Recently, he's performed at several festivals including Laugh Your Asheville Off (2017) Edinburgh Fringe (2018) and Electric Picnic (2018), along with making it to the semi-finals of the nationwide talent search, Stand Up NBC. Sean has also developed quite the reputation as a Roaster, and was also the #1 ranked roast comic in New York City.
Anthony Passaretti is a comedian from Montville New Jersey, based out of New York City. His comedy has been described by friends as, "Better than we expected" and "Actually not that bad". He has been featured on Sirius XM, and is a 3x belt holding champion of New York's Comedy Fight Club. He spends almost all of his time outside of comedy thinking about baseball."
Gina broke onto the American comedy scene with her appearances on Last Comic Standing (NBC), where she made it to the final 10. She is also know in the US for her regular, hilarious appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC), as Madame Yashere, The Surly Psychic. What you don’t know is that Gina Yashere’s sellout live appearances are legendary. Her bombastic delivery, infectious personality and cheeky observations have wowed audiences not just in the UK and the US but also in Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and all over Europe. Gina hails from London via Nigerian parents and shoots from the hip. Her unique take on being both a cultural insider and outsider never fails to raise the roof. Following an early career as a elevator engineer, Yashere made her comedy debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996. The show sold out almost immediately and overnight both audiences and critics were smitten. Since those early heady days, Gina has continued to take the comedy world by storm and is now one of the most highly sought after comics in the UK and the US, selling out theatres all over the UK, releasing her critically acclaimed DVD ‘Skinny B*tch’, and making numerous appearances on TV, radio, and the big screen. Her TV appearances have included her own 1 hour Comedy Special 'Skinny B*tch '(SHOWTIME), The Jay Leno Show (NBC), The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC), Last Comic Standing (NBC), Chelsea Lately (E!), Live at Gotham (Comedy Central), Def Comedy Jam (HBO), Comics Unleashed (ABC), The Mobo Awards (UK Host), Mock The week (BBC UK), The Lenny Henry Show (BBC UK), and The Celebrity Fame Academy (BBC UK). Radio shows have ranged from her own BBC Radio London Show to critically acclaimed radio Sketch show-The Powder Room (BBC Radio UK). Feature films have included Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Mr. in Between. She has also appeared on the West-End stage in The Vagina Monologues. She has also performed numerous times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and Toronto, and at HBO and TBS’s The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. It’s a wonder she found the time to pick up her 3rd award in a row for “Best Female” at the recent Black Entertainment & Comedy Awards (UK). Gina recently played a principal character in the TV series in the UK entitled 'Married Single Other' which is currently being aired on ITV in the UK, and in Australia. Gina currently resides in Los Angeles and tours non-stop around the world.
Lance Weiss has been a national touring comedian for over 20 years. Originally from Brunswick, Georgia, but beginning his comedy journey in Washington, D.C. and then later moving to NYC, Lance has since been named a Top 4 Finalist in CMT’s Next Big Comic and featured on FOX’s Laughs, NBC’s The Today Show, Bravo’s The Love Broker, CNBC’s Common Cents, ESPN Radio, Sirius/XM and in commercials for AT&T, Bud Light, Kit Kat and IBM. He’s written for brands such as PlayStation, Motorola, Honeywell, USPS, and the Central Park Conservancy. Lance has also been hired to perform for companies such as the NY Times, Meredith Corporation, and AB InBev. Lance was co-creator of Gandhi, Is That You? which Time Out New York chose as one of their Critics’ Picks as well as calling it “Wildly popular” and one of “The best weekly comedy shows in NYC.” Running for over 8 years, it was part of the NY Comedy Festival presented by Comedy Central. The show was also in regular rotation at Carolines on Broadway and the UCB Theatre East.
Charly Caruso is an announcing veteran who has done everything from news reporting — covering sports such as the NFL and the NBA — to lugging her own equipment into the hills as a one-woman band reporter, now finds herself in another wild and unpredictable terrain: WWE.
Caruso, who has dabbled in standup comedy, loves playing flag football and still eats baby food prunes to this day (no, seriously), first made a splash covering all the action in NXT in early 2016. Soon after that, she also became part of the backstage announce crew for Raw.
Caruso’s vast background will certainly be needed on Team Red as she enters some of WWE’s most memorable and heated situations that will require her to think fast on her feet!
Lindsey Jennings is a bicoastal comedian and artist from New York. She’s also an active model for the company SuicideGirls. You can catch her opening their burlesque show with her standup all over the globe this year!
In a city known for its fast-pace and high-tension, Petey DeAbreu is a fresh breath of seriously cool air. The Bronx native has been around for a few years, performing at comedy festivals, on popular stages around the city and on your favorite podcasts and albums, many of which we’ve reviewed here. He’s calm, he’s cool and he’s definitely going to make you laugh.
Joe Vecsey is a comedian, producer, writer, and actor. Most recently, he acted and co-produced "Hustle," starring Adam Sandler, on Netflix. He was also a producer on Kevin James's "Home Team" and played The Announcer. Joseph has been co-producing, acting, and punching up scripts for many movies with Happy Madison such as "Hubie Halloween," The Wrong Missy," "Father of The Year," "The Week Of," "Sandy Wexler," and "Murder Mystery" starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston which was one of Netflix's biggest hits. More on screen, Joseph was in the hit commercials and web series "The Unmovers." Vecsey also wrote, directed, starred in, and produced the parody sketch "Stud Walk" for Charlamagne The God's MTV2 show "Uncommon Sense." Joseph made his TV stand-up debut in 2015 on "Gotham Comedy Live" on AXS TV and was named one of Comedy Central's Top Ten Comics To Watch the following year. Shortly after, Vecsey opened and toured with Adam Sandler, David Spade, Norm Macdonald, Nick Swardson, and Rob Schneider in arenas and theaters all across the country. Joseph also served as a co-producer on Adam Sandler's first stand-up comedy special on Netflix, 100 % Fresh." Upcoming on Netflix soon as a producer/on set writer/actor is You're So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah and Murder Mystery 2." The Call Back Podcast is also something audiences can still listen to that features comedic legends Garry Shandling, Chris Rock, Aziz Ansari, Romany Malco, Neal Brennan, Tom Green, Gary Gulman, and more who talk about their process, craft, and big break moments. OTHER CREDITS: Toured with Adam Sandler for over 40 dates. On set writer for Neal Brennan's Jordan campaign with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. Opened for David Spade at The Comedy Store, West Palm Beach Improv, & Levity Live. Opened for Rob Schiender at West Palm Beach Improv, Ontario Improv, Flappers Comedy Club, The Comic Strip Live, Tempe Improv, Suffolk Theater, & The Wilbur Theater.
Stone and Stone is an American comedy duo consisting of twin brothers, Adam and Todd Stone (born on March 22, 1983).
Red Nose Day is on a mission to end child poverty, one Nose at a time. Red Nose Day brings people together to have fun, raise money and change the lives of kids who need our help the most here in the US and in some of the poorest communities in the world. Since its US launch in 2015, Red Nose Day has raised over $100 million and impacted over 8 million kids lives. Noses On
Ron Nobles is a New York City-based stand-up comedian. He is a regular in the New York City comedy scene and performs at colleges, clubs, and theatres all over the country. He is a founding member of the Escape From NY Comedy Tour, that brings NYC comics all over the US. He's been featured on Yahoo Sports Radio and in the New York Comedy Festival. He’s a clean-cut every man with a knack for storytelling. Ron Grew up in a small town south of Buffalo called Gerry, NY but, he currently resides in New York City with his boxer Tony.
Molly Ruben-Long is a comedian/actress/writer/woman with great bangs. She was a New Face at Just for Laughs in Montreal and has been featured on Viceland, Fuse and the BBC.
She is the co-host of Well Behaved, a weekly podcast that tells you about women from history you probably have never heard of. She is also a regular contributor to Someecards.com.
Neil Rubenstein doesn’t do drugs. He’s never had a sip of alcohol. So it may come as a bit of a surprise when the Long Island comedian references past occupations like owning a brothel or running an illegal poker room. It’s a dynamic that makes Neil both incredibly interesting and incredibly funny – something that served him well when his role on a Spike TV show as a gambling expert introduced him to the world of stand-up comedy. Stand up was more than an outlet – it straightened out his life.
“I accidentally became a good role model,” Neil Rubenstein says.
Neil doesn’t shy away from discussing his former life of crime. Though he credits comedy with in some ways saving his life, his past experiences inform his understanding and his art. They also inform his work ethic.
“I can’t just play cards, I had to run a poker room,” Neil says, by way of explanation. It’s an ethic he brings to his comedy: a dedication to doing something to the utmost degree. “I couldn’t just do stand up, I had to quit my job and focus everything on the craft.”
His dedication and humor have earned him accolades including runner up in 2017 Long Island Laugh Off and the Main Event of The World Series of Comedy.
“Neil’s a burly, tattooed guy who plays against type; kind, cerebral, but still casually mentions past illegal activities the way I might reference a Renaissance Lit course I took in college,” Joe Devito, famous comedian, said about Neil’s show. It’s a show you won’t want to miss.
Lucas Connolly has been seen on Seeso's New York's Funniest Comedians (2016), Comedy Central's New York and South Beach Comedy Festivals (online/2012 - 2014), and won the National Lampoon Joke Off (2011). He has been featured in a national commercial for Joe's Crab Shack and was featured on the front page of Reddit countless times.
Comedian, podcast host and Alzheimer’s advocate, Jessimae Peluso, appeared on MTV’s “Girl Code” and “Safe Word”, The Joe Rogan Experience, TBS’s “Deal With It”, NBC’s “Last Call w/Carson Daly”, E!’s “Chelsea Lately”, FOX’s “World’s Funniest Fails”, VH1’s “Hip Hop Squares”, AXS’ “Gotham Live”, and multiple appearances on Comedy Central’s, “@Midnight and TruTV’s “Comedy Knockout”, David Spade’s Lights Out, and your local news.
Jessimae Peluso, most known from MTV’s “Girl Code”, can be heard weekly hosting The Sharp Tongue Podcast. Available on iTunes, Stitcher, Sound Cloud and Google Play. You can watch her LIVE every Wednesday on her IG and FB Live show “Weedsday”, an interactive broadcast for her fans that raises awareness and charity for the Alzheimer’s Disease. An important cause for Jessimae as her father passed away from Alzheimer’s in October 2018.
Jessimae was featured in the Just For Laughs festival, Joe Rogan Experience, Moontower Comedy Festival, Kid Rock’s Chillin’ The Most cruise, New York Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, and featured on Kevin Hart’s LOL Live network. She has contributed to Cosmopolitan Magazine, High Times Magazine, DOPE Magazine, Self Magazine, GQ.Com, Playboy.com, MadeMen.com, and was highlighted in Huffington Post as ‘one of the funniest comics to follow on Twitter’. And also highlighted by her stalker as “an easy person to follow on the street.” Peluso also recently has started to tour with the USO, bringing her high energy and fun comedy to our troops stationed in Japan, Iraq, Bahrain, and Afghanistan.
John Stamos has also tweeted, “Who are you?” in response to Jessimae’s numerous online marriage proposals.
For all things Jessimae go to: www.Jessimae.com
Jessica is a comedian originally from Long Island, although she prefers to say New York. After spending her entire childhood at Orthodox Jewish schools, Jessica loves to talk onstage about religion, sex, and anything else that makes her parents uncomfortable. When she’s not performing at or hosting shows around the city, Jessica is writing a PhD dissertation on 19th century British prostitution.
Kira Soltanovich grew up in San Francisco during a time when there were bad neighborhoods, cheap coffee and it wasn’t ironic to ride the cable cars. She began her comedy career back in 1998 after asking her Russian immigrant parents if they would support her dream to become a stand up. After her mother and father confessed “It’s not like you’re smart enough to be a doctor…” Kira took that as their blessing to pursue her dreams and she’s never looked back.
She was a series regular on How To Be A Grownup for TruTV, the hidden camera show Girls Behaving Badly and was a correspondent on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for over 8 years. Recently, Kira co-hosted the game show Winsanity with Donald Faison for the Game Show Network.
One of Kira’s greatest achievements is shooting her latest 1 Hour Stand Up Special,You Did This To Me, which was completely self-produced and she shot it while over 7 months pregnant. The first stand up comedian to shoot a special pregnant!
Kira has appeared on The Jay Leno Show, Hello Ross! with Ross Mathews, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Hell’s Kitchen, Last Comic Standing, Set List TV, and The World Stands Up on Comedy Central. She has written for Joan Rivers, Scott Baio, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. And here’s an interesting fact, three of those people have dated each other.
Kira’s pilot Weren’t You Scott Baio? was optioned by New Line Television, her hidden camera dating show Who’s Got Game? was optioned by MTV and her feature film What’s Your Sign? was optioned by Terra Firma at Universal. For a while there, she and her writing partner were only developing projects that asked a question. Genius, right?
She’s been a writer on Easiest Game Show Ever, How’d You Get So Rich? for TV Land, Warning: Men Thinking, Raising Whitley and Prankstars on Disney.
Will Lopez is a stand up comic from Miami Florida, by way of Cliffside Park,
New Jersey. He is of Cuban American decent. Will is the father of three.
Will got his start in entertainment as the lead singer of the Cuban Punk
Rock band Guajiro. Pronounced (No One You Would Know). He has toured
extensively through the United States, Puerto Rico and many parts of South
America. Guajiro starred on an MTV reality show called "Road Rally" and opened for many prominent bands such as Pennywise, Flogging Molly, Lil
Wayne and Rancid.
Will began his foray into comedy 9 years ago and in that short time has
amassed quite a list of credits from runner up in the Boston leg of the
World Series of Comedy in 2014, Finalist at Ultimate Miami Comedian 2016
and 2017, to appearances on hit TV shows like Glades. He is a regular at
the Florida Improvs and has performed with many national headliners like
Brett Ernst, Tom Cotter, and Jimmy Shubert.
Because of his music background Will is most likely being the only human
being on this planet to have the distinction on his resume of opening for
both The Ramones and Carlos Mencia in the same life time.
His material covers his heritage, being raised by a Cuban mom, to his recent
divorce, and of course, being a dad, father of three insane children. He
also touches on the differences between being a musician and a stand up.
Will Lopez's life is exactly like a comedy club. Everyday he requires TWO
drinks. Minimum.
The founder of the Fresh Drunk Stoned Tour. Growing up in South Florida to immigrant parents, Franco is a storyteller who weaves in between past and present. One minute you're laughing and then next minute you're leaning in to hear a life lesson.
Matt Bellak is a Chicago based comedian, but started his comedy career in South Florida. There he was the house Emcee for both the Ft Lauderdale and West Palm Beach Improv's. He has worked with such comedy greats as Tom Segura, Chris D’Elia and David Spade. Now in Chicago Matt tours the country co-headlining the Fresh Drunk Stoned Comedy Tour, which performed in over 50 cities last year! Don't miss him when he comes to your town.
