Jerry Seinfeld - Career

In 1976, after graduating from Queen's College, Jerry Seinfeld made his stand up debut at New York City's Catch a Rising Star. After that, his career was boosted by an appearance on a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special.

In 1979, Jerry Seinfeld had a small role on the Benson sitcom, playing Frankie, a delivery boy who did comedy routines that nobody wanted to hear. But the comedian Jerry Seinfed was fired from the show and then swored never to do another sitcom in he hadn't control.

In 1981, at age 27, Jerry Seinfeld had his first national exposure, by appearing on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. This was comedian Jerry Seinfeld's breakthrough, becoming by the late 80's one of the best payed stand up comedians.

Jerry Seinfeld started appear regularly on similar shows, like Late Night with David Letterman and The Merv Griffin Show. In 1989, Jerry Seinfeld was invited to create a sitcom for NBC and he teamed with his colleague Larry David.

In 1989, Jerry Seinfeld and his friend Larry David, created for NBC the sitcom, The Seinfeld Chronicles, renamed later Seinfeld, in order to avoid confusion with the sitcom The Marshall Chronicles.

Seinfeld Show was aired in 1989 and became a succesfull sitcom until its final season in 1998, and in 2009 still is one of the heavy airplayed sitcoms in syndication.

Inspired by the 1950s sitcom Abbot and Costello Shows, Seinfeld show had nine seasons, being one of the highest-rated shows in USA even now. With characters like Elaine Benes, Cosmo Kramer or George Costanza played by talented actors like Michael Richards or Jason Alexander,

Seinfeld episodes entered the history of tv comedy and gave people in the entire world a bit of the genial observational humour that Seinfeld has.

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Tom Rhodes's Career

In a raucous stand up career spanning 25 years and 7 continents, Tom Rhodes has been on HBO, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and filmed two half hour specials for Comedy Central “Comedy Central presents…Tom Rhodes”.

Tom was also the host of his own late night talk show in Amsterdam for Dutch television. Tom is one of those rare exotic creatures who has dedicated his life to stand-up comedy. Starting out at the tender age of 17, in Orlando, Florida he was soon touring the Southern United States and up the eastern seaboard to New York City.

But it wasn’t until Tom moved to San Francisco, that he discovered his comedic “voice”. There in the city he describes as “The Jerusalem of Stand-Up Comedy” he was discovered by Comedy Central. Tom was given the channel’s first ever development deal contract which led to his critically acclaimed hour special “Viva Vietnam! : A White Trash Adventure Tour”.

The following year at the Montreal Comedy Festival he was “discovered” again, this time by NBC who gave him his own sitcom on the network called “Mr. Rhodes” where Tom played a rebel teacher in a stuffy prep school trying to inspire revolution in his students. The sitcom was short lived but Tom took his “NBC artist’s grant money” and moved to New York City to rededicate his life to the art of Stand-up comedy.

As Tom’s horizons broadened he found himself regularly performing in London, which led to many other engagements in the Comedy clubs scattered across Europe. While performing in Amsterdam he was seen by the Dutch television network, Yorin , who gave him his own late night talk show entitled “The Kevin Masters Show : starring Tom Rhodes”.

The much loved show ran for 2 years with Tom interviewing Holland’s biggest celebrities and experiencing every aspect of the unique Dutch culture.

At the end of the show’s run the same network gave Tom a travel show named “Yorin Travel” where he got to film highlights on Peru, Russia, France and the Dutch Caribbean. Tom’s lovable personality and warm charm have won him fans all across the globe.

He continues to perform regularly in Asia, Australia, Europe, and all across the United States. Pretty much anywhere there is a comedy microphone plugged in.

Having come a long way from his small hometown of Oviedo, Florida, to a seasoned world class performer and traveler, Tom Rhodes is truly an International Man of Comedy.

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Demetri Martin's Career

After graduating from Yale University and went to the NYU School of Law, Demetri Martin decided to drop out one year before his graduation and in 2001 he appeared on Comedy Central's stand up Premium Bland, this being his first big break in stand up comedy.

In 2003, Demetri Martin's stand up show If I... got him the Perrier award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the show became in 2004 a British television special. During this time, demetri Martin also wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and in 2004 he appeared on Comedy Central Presents Demetri Martin, this being his first stand up comedy special.

Demetri Martin is best known for his work on The Daily Show, on which he started working since 2005, hosting a segment called Trendspotting, in which he talked about the hip trends among youth and in 2006, he returned as the new Youth Correspondent, with the segment Professional Important News with Demetri Martin.

In 2007, the comedian appeared again on The Daily Show and talked about the lawsuit Viacom started against YouTube and Google.

Demetri Martin's stand up comedy album These Are Jokes is the comedian's first CD/DVD set, which was released on September 26, 2006.

Some of the jokes included on Demetri Martin's stand up album These are Jokes, have appeared also on his Comedy Central Presents special and on his portion of the 2005 compilation Invite Them Up.

In May 2009, Demetri Martin's These Are Jokes stand comedy album was certified gold by the RIAA.

In 2007, Demetri Martin's Person stand up comedy show was filmed at Austin's Paramount Theatre, in front of a live audience and the video was released on September 4, the same year.

Demeri Martin's DVD Person includes extra feature, such as deleted scenes, commentaries with his family and some early gigs.

In 2007, the comedian appeared on HBO's Flight of the Conchords season finale, playing a keytar player and he also had a small role in The Rocker movie.

He also starred as a gay artist, in the Ang Lee film Taking Woodstock, which had the premiere at the Cannes Festival in 2009.

In 2009, Demetri Martin hosted and starred in his own Comedy Central television show, called Important Things With Demetri Martin and due to the success it had, the TV show was renewed for a second season by Comedy Central.

Demetri Martin is expected to play a supporting role in his movie Will, that he sold to DreamWorks, to appear in Young Americans film and also to play the lead part in Moon People pitch, that he sold to Columbia Pictures.

Demetri Martin's stand up comedy style is unconventional and unique, the comedian accompanying his jokes with drawing and singing.

On stage, Demetri Martin uses either a piano, guitar, harmonica, keyboard, tambourine and sometimes all at once.

Comedian Demetri said that Steven Wright was an important influence, but Martin's comedy style is clean and energetic, as a difference from Wright's style. Even though both comedian use deadpan one-liners, Demetri Martin's stand up comedy style is a perfect timed mix of music, observational humor and funny drawings.

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Russell Peters' Career

Russell Peters' stand up comedy career started in 1989, in Toronto, Ontario and he never stoped since. The well-known stand up comedian took his stand up comedy performance all over the United States, UK, Hong Kong, Australia, mainland China, South Africa, Denmark, Vietnam, Phillippines India, the Caribbean, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Lebanon and a lot of other countries.

In 1997, Russell Peters starred in Show Me The Funny, from the TV-series Comics! and for his act was nominated for the Gemini Award in the "Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series" category.

Russell Peters has also had feature appearances in a few films, like the 1999 film Tiger Claws III as Detective Elliott, the 1999 Analyze This, the 2004 film My Baby's Daddy as the obstetrician, the 2006 film Quarter Life Crisis as Dilip Kumar, the 2007 film The Take as Dr. Sharma, and the 2008 Senior Skip Day as Uncle Todd.

In 2004, Russell Peters: Comedy Now! special brought the comedian a new nomination for a Gemini Award and by 2005, the comedian was the first South Asian to sell-out Appollo Theatre in New York City.

On August 26, 2006 Russell Peters: Outsourced stand up comedy special aired on Comedy Central, being filmed at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, California.

Russell Peters' Outsourced was dedicated to the memory of Peter's father and was the comedian's first work produced by himself.

Russell Peters' DVD Outsourced was released on DVD on august 29, 2006 and became very popular in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies.

In 2006, he also hosted the Canada Day comedy Festival and during his career, has been featured at shows like the Edinburgh Festival, Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival or the Winnipeg comedy Festival.

By 2007, Russell Peters became the first comedian to sell-out Toronto's Air Canada Center and one year later, the famous Madison Square Garden nad reached over 50,000 million views on YouTube.

In 2007, the comedian made a deal with Fox Network, to develop a new sitcom and he also completed that year two USO tours for the troops, having performed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Greenland and on the USS Eisenhower.

On February 2, 2008, Russell Peters: Red, White and Brown comedy special was filmed at the the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in front of a live audience.

Russell Peters' Red, White and Brown stand up comedy videos was released on CD/DVD in September 2008 in Canada and on the 27th of January 2009, in the US.

In 2008, Russell Peters hosted the Juno Awards, for which he was awarded with the Gemini Award for "Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series" and got him another invitation to host the 2009 Juno Awards as well.

Between June 2008 and June 2009, comedian Russell Peters became one of the highest-paid comedians, earning over $10 million in 12 months.

On September 23 & 24, 2010 Russell Peters' Green Card Tour came at London's O2 Arena, being his last tour as a single man, according to his statement in a interview and the show was also his DVD recording.

In our interview section, you can read the full interview with Russell Peters.

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Carlos Mencia - Career

Carlos Mencia's stand up comedy career began at The Laugh Factory, a comedy club. Carlos Mecia first did stand up comedy on amateur night and after that, the comedian showcasted at The Comedy Store, where he became a regular. Ned Holness, better known as Carlos Mencia was named from Buscado Estrellas, "International comedy Grand Champion", but only after the comedian became a success in L.A.

 

After the L.A. circuit success, Carlos Mencia had many appearances in "Living Color", "Moesha","The Arsenio Hall show" or "An Evening at the Improv". In 1994, Carlos Mencia was also the host of the Loco Slam HBO latino comedy series and in 1997 hosted Latino Laugh Festival. One year later, in 1998 Carlos Mencia was chosen to host Funny is Funny on Galavision.

In 2000, was released by Warner Records, Carlos Mencia's comedy album "Take a Joke, America" and he continued to do stand up comedy so well, that in 2001 Carlos Mencia along with Freddy Soto and Pablo Francisco toured as "The Three Amigos", a big success in the stand up comedy world.

In 2002, Carlos Mencia's breakthrough happened along with comedian's performance on Comedy Central Presents. Besides television shows like Moesha or The Shield, Carlos Mencia lend his voice between 2001 and 2005, to Felix in the animated The Proud Family. In 2002, Carlos Mencia won a CableACE Award nomination for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special for his HBO special.

In 2002 was released Carlos Mencia's comedy album America Rules, followed by his 2003 Unmerciful. Also in 2004, was released the album Down To The Nitty Gritty, also on DVD and in 2005 had the premier Carlos Mencia big stand up comedy succes , the album "Not for The Easily Offended", which was released on DVD the same year.

In 2004, took place the first talks between Comedy Central and Carlos Mencia about his own show, but things were in stand by until 2005. Only after Dave Chappelle left Dave Chappelle's Show in March 2005, Comedy Central announced Carlos Mencia of his own comedy show Mind of Mencia. Carlos Mencia's comedy show Mind of Mencia was a mix of sketch comedy and stand up comedy, very similar to Chappelle's Show. After a moderate first season, in 2006, Carlos Mencia's  video Mind of Mencia became the second highest rated program on Comedy Central, after South Park. Carlos Mencia's comedy show Mind of Mencia was brought back for a third season the same summer.

In 2006, was released Carlos Mencia's video on DVD No Strings Attached, a great stand up comedy recorded live in San Francisco and even though Carlos Mencia was voted into 2nd place of Top 25 stand up comics on Comedy Central in 2006, Maxim named Carlos Mencia the 12th-worst comedian of all time.

Sometimes, Carlos Mencia is a a guest on XM Satellite Radio on the Opie and Anthony show and CBS Radio. In 2006, the comedian was part of the first Opie and Anthony 's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour.

In 2007, Mecia took part at a national comedy tour "Carlos Mencia Live Presented by Bud Light " and the comedian starred in a Super Bowl XLI commercial for the same Bud Light, being according to TiVo the #1 most replayed commercial. Also in 2007, in December, Carlos Mencia went to the Persian Gulf to entertain the troops serving over seas, followed by an concert that he hosted - Operation MySpace - in Middle East alongside The Pussycat Dolls and Jessica Simpson and a trip to Kuwait.

In 2008 was filmed Carlos Mencia's video comedy special Carlos Mencia: Performance Enhanced, released on DVD the same year.

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George Lopez Career

George Lopez stand up comedy career started in the 80's, the comedian becoming a success by the late 80's, with many appearances on television, comedy specials and being an regular in clubs around the country. George Lopez stand up comedy shows had been based on comedian's unfortunate childhood experiences and also the Mexican-American community in general.

In 1990, George Lopez was cast in the comedy film Ski Patrol, in which he plays Eddie Martinez and in 1993, in Fatal Instinct playing an Murder Investigator. Even though George Lopez tv career was a success, the comedian never stopped doing stand up comedy and he does it at the highest level, performing at venues like: ARCO Arena, Las Vegas Hilton, the Town Hall in New York, SBC Center in San Antonio, Foxwoods Casino, Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, The Rosemont Theatre in Chicago and let's not forget the performance George Lopez gave for the President at the Ford's Theatre in Washington , D.C.

In 1996, George Lopez stand up comedy show Alien Nation had the premier, being comedian's first stand up comedy album.

In 1999, George Lopez hosted an morning radio show at Clear Channel Communications in L.A., being the first Latino that hosted a major keystone morning radio show on an English - language station in Los Angeles.

In 2000, George Lopez was cast in the drama Bread and Roses, directed by the British filmmaker Ken Loach, and the film was nominated for the Palm D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2001 was released, George Lopez second stand up comedy show Right Now, followed by the 2002 George Lopez comedy album Team Leader, comedy album for whch George Lopez was nominated in 2004 for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

In 2002, George Lopez played Mr. Guzman in the film Real Woman have Curves, which had the premier at the Sundance Film Festival and in 2002, received an Audience Award.In the 2003-2004 football season, George Lopez was a commentator and a cast member for the Inside the NFL, HBO's hit sports show.

George Lopez Why You Crying stand up comedy show had the premier on Showtime, being George Lopez first stand up comedy special and being recorded first in 21st of February 2004, at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach California.

George Lopez Why you Crying video was released on DVD , on 13th of September 2005 and on 26th of September 2006 was released, George Lopez stand up comedy album El Mas Chingon, one of the best comedy albums ever.On 24th of February 2007, was premiered George Lopez second stand up comedy special, America's Mexican.

George Lopez video America's Mexican was broadcasted live on HBO and was released on DVD, on 3rd of July 2007.In 2008, George Lopez starred in the success film Swing Vote and also in the everly Hills Chihuahua and the same year, George Lopez appeared in the Reno 911, as the Mayor of Reno, Nevada.

In January 2009, George Lopez appeared in the We Are One: The Obama Ianugural Celebartion at the Lincoln Memorial.

In 2000, the actress Sandra Bullock, being concerned by the lack of sitcoms for Hispanics on American televisions, started to propose to televisions, an sitcom starring Hispanics, but without being about just the Hispanic American community.

From all the televisions, ABC was the one that accepted the televison series, mostly because it had been criticized for lack of Latinos in tehir tv shows, by Hispanic American groups.

So, in 2002, George Lopez became the star, co-creator and producer of the George Lopez show, an comedy show of which actress Sandra Bullock was the exceutive producer.

The George Lopez show, which aired on ABC from 2002 - 2007, was based on George Lopez personal experiences and made George Lopez one of the few Latinos that starred in a television series.

On 24th of March 2009, it was announced that George Lopez will have his own late night talk show on TBS. The late night talk show will be broadcast begining with November 2009, from Monday through Thursday at 11pm.

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Dane Cook's Career

In 1994, at 22 years old, the comedian Dane Cook moved to New York City and started follow his dream, by performing stand up comedy in different places and also he worked at Comedy Club and College circuits. Since 1996, Dane Cook lives in Los Angeles, where the comedian moved at 24 years old.

In 1998, Dane Cook took the oportunity to take his act public, during one of David Cross's stand up comedy, presented himself as Earnest Glenn, who was missing that night.

So, the act being an success, Dane Cook found his confidence and from that moment he improved his stand up skills by adding the art of improv from Al and the Monkeys, Dane Cook's solo comedy act becoming a regular on local.

The success was followed by press atention and then tv producers who invited Dane Cook on David Letterman's and Craig Kilborn's late-night shows.

Even though Dane Cook played several roles in movies since 1997, in 1999 he was cast in two good movies Mistery Men and Simon Sez, alongside Dennis Rodman.

In 2000, Dane Cook was invited by Comedy Central to have his own episode on Comedy Central Presents and his half-hour special has won since then, the comedy Central Stand-up showdown twice in a row.

In 2003, Dane Cook's video Harmful If Swallowed stand up comedy album was released on 23rd of July as well on CD as on DVD, and Dane Cook's comedy album was a huge success, being ceritfied platinum. Dane Cook's Harmful If Swallowed stand up comedy album got the attention of Comedy Central Records and Dane Cook got a recording contract.

Dane Cook's stand up Vicious Circle is Dane Cook first HBO special aired on 15th of April 2005, after being filmed at the TD Banknorth Garden. That year, Dane Cook also filmed Cooked sitcom two pilot episodes, but unfortunately Dane Cook's sitcom was never aired, so the pilot episodes were released on DVD later, entitled the Lost Pilot Episodes.

In 2005, Dave Cook's Retaliation stand up comedy album was released on July, 26 on CD and DVD, being Dane Cook's second comedy album , after Harmful If Swallowed. Dave Cook's video Retaliation went double platinum and #4 on the Billboard charts, taking Dane Cook to the top , alongside Bill Cosby, Steve Martin or George Carlin, the stars of the comedy. Because of his succes, MTV Video Music Awards offered Dane Cook, his own comedy act during the Awards and the opportunity to present with Snoo Dogg, the Best New Artist Award.

2005 was a good year for Dane Cook, being also the year Dane Cook's Tourgasm started, a 20-show college tour, alonside the comedian's friends, Gary Gulman, Jay Favis and Robert Kelly. Dane Cook's Tourgasm was also filmed and later aired on HBO as a 9-episode documentary.

On 3rd of December 2005, Dane Cook performed on Saturday Night Live the longest monologue in the history of Saturday Night Live and the comedian also hosted the show, which was one of the highest-rated that season.

The next year, Dave Cook was invited to host the premier of season 32 of Saturday Night Live. Also in 2005, Dane Cook was cast in the movie Waiting , followed by his first leading role in the success Employee of The Month.

The same year, 2006, Dane Cook was invited to host alongside Jessica Simpson the Teen Choice Awards and the comedian also was the headline for Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour.

In November 2006 sold out Madison Square Garden twice in one night, becoming the second comedian that sold out Madison Square Garden and in 2007 Dane Cook was awarded for Best Comedian.

On 10th of April 2007, Dane Cook performed on stage at The Laugh Factory, for 3 hours and 50 minutes, breaking the record, but five days later Dave Chappelle broke Dane Cook's record.

Dane Cook's comedy show from Madison Square Garden, New York City was filmed and release on DVD, being thee comedian's third comedy album entitled Rough Around The Edges. Dane Coook's Rough Around The Edges was released on DVD, on 13th of November 2007 and the album debuted at no 1 on Billboard Top Comedy Albums Chart. Dane Cook's Rough Around the Edges tour started the same year, being his first arena tour.

In 2007, Dane Cook had major roles in 3 box-office hits: Mr Brooks, in which Dane Cook played alongside Demi Moore and Kevin Costner, Good Luck Chuck or Dan in Real Life. 2008 came for Dane Cook with another film My Best Friend's Girl, with Kate Hudson and Alec Baldwin.

In 2008, on 1st of January, Dane Cook performed on stage at The Laugh Factory, for 7 hours, breaking again the endurance record.

In 2008, Dane Cook perfromed alongside Robert Kelly and Al Del Bene at the Coliseum in Caesars Palace and after that, they all went to Iraq performing for the american troops, with Bene as Emcee and Dane Cook as the Headliner.

After Dane Cook's stand up Rough Arround the Edges, the comedian started working at his fifth album ISolated INcident, an stand up comedy show that Dane Cook performed only in Los Angeles and Tampa. Dane Cook's video ISolated INcident was filmed at the Laugh Factory and was aired on 17th of May 2009 on Comedy Central. Dane Cook's video ISolated INcident was released on DVD on 17th of November 2009, being the last from comedian's four record deal with Comedy Central Records.

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Aziz Ansari’s Career

In 2001, while he was attending New York University, Aziz Ansari started performing stand up comedy  in local bars and restaurants. Aziz Ansariâ??s stand up comedy career started at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and at weekly shows like Invite Them Up.

His comedic talent didnâ??t go unnoticed and in 2005, was included by the Rolling Stone in their annual Hot List as their choice for the Hot Standup.

After that, Aziz Ansari took his stand up show all over the U.S. with Comedian of Comedy and appeared as a special guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

In 2005, Aziz Ansari began collaborating with fellow comedians to produce short films and in 2006 they produced the critically acclaimed Human Giant, which ran from 2007, on MTV for two seasons. They were offered a third season, but chosed to pass, because of other commitments.

In 2006, the comedian Azizi Ansari won the Jury Award at the 2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, in Aspen Colorado.

In 2007, Aziz Ansari appeared as a xenophobic fruit vendor on the HBOâ??s Flight of the Conchords series and in 2008 on The Worse Week, as the morgue employee.

In June 2008, Aziz Ansari was hired for NBCâ??s Parks and Recreation show, which debuted in April 2009.

Aziz Ansariâ??s performance in Park and Recreation, as the government employee Tom Haverford, launched him as a TV star, being named by Entertainment Weekly one of  2009â??s â??Breakout TV Starsâ?.

In 2008 and early 2009, Aziz Ansari toured the U.S. with his own comedy tour, the Glow in the Dark Tour and the material from this tour is part of his first stand up comedy album.

In 2009, he laso starred in films such as: Funny People, Observe and Report or I Love You, Man.

On July 1, 2009 was filmed Aziz Ansariâ??s stand up comedy show Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening, at the Brentwood Theatre. On January 17,  2010, was premiered Aziz Ansariâ??s stand up comedy video Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening and the album was released on CD/DVD on January 19,  being the comedianâ??s first stand up album.

Due to the success with Human Giants, Aziz Ansari was invited by MTV to host the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. The event took place on June 6, 2010 and the show opened with a parody of the film Precious, in which the comedian appeared as Aziz "Precious" Ansari.

In 2010, Aziz Ansari appeared also in Get Him to the Greek, began a new theatre tour titled the Dangerously Delicious Tour and he is currently filming 30 Minutes or Less, directed by Ruben Fleischer, the film being scheduled for release on August 12, 2011.

Aziz Ansari took a different approach in his stand up comedy career and it worked. When other comedian touch general topics like politics or economics, Aziz Ansari finds the humor in his own life and on trending topics, such as Facebook, Craiglist or R Kelly.

â??I like talking about things that are going on in my life, because thatâ??s always going to be different and original,â? he says. â??No one else is gonna be talking about my personal experiences."

Aziz Ansariâ??s comedy style is a perfect mix of cool topics and aspects of his personal life.

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