Thirsty Thursday w Jimmy Pardo from Conan Starring: Jimmy Pardo NEVER NOT FUNNY PODCAST, CONAN, COMEDY BANG BANG, COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS, June 9th, 2016 at 8:00PM
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A seasoned veteran of comedy clubs and late night television, Jimmy Pardo has appeared on such shows as â€"The Tonight Show,†"Conan,†"The Late Late Show" and his own half-hour special on Comedy Central. Jimmy is the host of the award winning podcast â€"Never Not Funny,â€Â which has been named a top comedy podcast by The AV Club, Esquire, GQ and USA Today. Jimmy has recorded three comedy albums: â€"Uno,†â€"Pompous Clown†and â€"Sprezzatura,†which Entertainment Weekly named one of the Best Stand-Up Albums of the year.
Jimmy Pardo is as funny talking to a stranger in an elevator as he is talking to a crowd from the comic stage. That's because everything he observes or thinks, he immediately scans to find the funny. And he always finds the funny. After Jimmy was told for like the thousandth time that he was even funnier offstage than he was onstage, he dropped most of the jokes from his act. Now he spends nearly his entire set interacting with, and making fun of, his audiences. And they love it. Jimmy stands at the very center of the comedy world. That's not only because he's the ultimate "comic's comic," (as he's often called), but also because he represents where comedy is going, and everybody wants to come along. Jimmy's raucous-but-smart weekly podcast, "Never Not Funny," has revolutionized the way comedians use the Internet to connect with their audiences. It's the No. 2 paid podcast hosted by a comedian, after Ricky Gervais'. His guest list reads like a Who's Who of comedy: Conan O'Brien, Adam Carolla, Kevin Pollack, and Sarah Silverman have all been guests. Actors Jon Hamm, Ty Burrell and Rich Sommer have appeared on several of the funniest episodes. "Never Not Funny" was voted by both iTunes and USA Today as one of the top podcasts of 2006 and 2007. It was an "Editor's Pick" in the September 2009 issue of Esquire magazine. In 2010, GQ magazine called the show "The Number 1 Relatively Obscure Thing You Need to be Paying Attention To." The show, which started in Jimmy's dining room in 2006, now regularly hits the road with live tapings at festivals like SF Sketchfest, MaxFunCon, the Vancouver Comedy Festival and Bumbershoot. Twice, Jimmy and Co. have presented the "Pardcast-A-Thon," taping for up to 12 hours to raise money for The Smile Train. Besides the podcast, Jimmy continues to headline at some of America's top comedy clubs and currently works as Conan O'Brien's opening act on “Conan,” getting the studio audience into a laughing mood before the show tapes. (He did the same for Conan on "The Tonight Show.”) A true multimedia talent, Jimmy has frequently appeared on television and in movies. He has performed on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” He had his own half-hour special, "Comedy Central Presents Jimmy Pardo." He hosted "National Lampoon's Funny Money" on the Game Show Network and was the co-host of AMC's "Movies at Our House" for four seasons. He has hosted episodes of VH1's "The Surreal Life,” "Love Lounge" and NBC's "Late Friday." He's appeared on popular shows such as "Monk," "That '70s Show" and "Becker." And he has acted in independent films such as "Relative Strangers" and "The Godfather of Green Bay." Jimmy was the co-writer and star of a critically acclaimed one-man show subtly titled "Attention Must Be Paid: The Jimmy Pardo Story" and a live pilot presentation, "Jimmy Pardo's Dance Party." He hosts monthly shows at the famed Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. He has recorded two comedy albums, "Uno" and "Pompous Clown."
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Host/MC Paige Wesley MARCH MADNESS FINALIST, TODAY IN LA, EAGLE ROCK COMEDY FEST, SAN DIEGO PRIDE FESTIVAL,
Paige Wesley is a fun, confident, and assertive new voice in comedy. Originally from Dublin, California she found her calling when the kids started picking on the "chubby chick" and it seemed that the only comeback for those bullies was a few solid punchlines. After a brief stint at UCLA where she studied screenwriting, she decided she couldn't stay away from Stand-Up Comedy. She has been seen on Today in LA, at the San Diego Pride Festival, and the Eagle Rock Comedy Festival. She was Burbank's Funniest Female Finalist in 2016, and a Los Angeles' March Comedy Madness Finalist 2013. @paigewesley WEBSITE |
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Feature Ken Schultz SOMEECARDS WRITER, SIRIUS/XM, MTV WRITER
Ken Schultz combines a quick-witted writing style with a booming basso-profundo delivery, resulting in a stand-up act that proves intelligent people can be intentionally funny too. Credited by his peers for his well-crafted material, Ken is unafraid to tackle "bigger topics" such as religion or politics and make them work for a comedy club audience. He was born and raised in Chicago and is currently living in New York City. TWITTER |
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Dorothea Coelho is a stand-up comic, writer and a television host who has hosted several shows for various networks including G-4, VH1, CNN, and Animal Planet. She recently shot multiple episodes of “Parental Discretion with Stefanie Wilder-Taylor” on Nickelodeon. Her stand-up comedy performances have included The Toyota Comedy Festival in New York, The New York Comedy Club, The Comedy Cellar and headlining The Icelandic Comedy Festival and The Improv at Harrah's in Las Vegas. In Los Angeles she has also performed at The Improv, Flappers, The Comedy Store, The Ice House and The Largo Show. As well as performing and writing comedy, she produced multiple live theatrical and comedy performances including the comedy show Velveeta Underground featured at The HBO Workspace. TWITTER |
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