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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carrot Top</span> American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1965)

Scott Thompson, known professionally as Carrot Top, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and Song Writer. He is widely known for his use of prop comedy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demetri Martin</span> American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist

Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, director, cartoonist and musician. He was a contributor on The Daily Show. In stand-up, he is known for his deadpan delivery, playing his guitar for jokes, and his satirical cartoons. He starred as Ice Bear in Cartoon Network's We Bare Bears.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gina Yashere</span> British comedian, actress and writer

Regina Obedapo Iyashere is a British comedian, actress and writer who has made numerous appearances on British and American television. She co-created the American sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola, on which she plays a supporting role.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susie Essman</span> American stand-up comic and actress

Susan Essman is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and television producer, best known for her role as Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bobbi Wexler on Broad City, and the voice of Mittens in Bolt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norm Macdonald</span> Canadian comedian (1959–2021)

Norman Gene Macdonald was a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer whose style was characterized by deadpan delivery, eccentric understatement, and the use of folksy, old-fashioned turns of phrase. He appeared in many films and was a regular guest on late-night talk shows, where he became known for his chaotic, yet understated style of comedy. Many critics and fellow comedians considered him to be the ultimate talk show guest, while prominent late-night figure David Letterman regarded him as "the best" of stand-up comedians.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Wood Jr.</span> American comedian and actor

Roy Norris Wood Jr. is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his correspondent appearances on The Daily Show. A resident of Manhattan, Wood was raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee. After graduating from Ramsay High School in 1996, Wood began his career in stand-up comedy as the opening act for Tommy Davidson. He had a position as head writer on the WBHJ radio series Buckwilde Morning Show from 2001 to 2006. Wood has been featured on NBC's reality television series Last Comic Standing in 2010 and the TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son from 2011 to 2014. He formerly hosted two podcasts for Comedy Central: Roy's Job Fair and Beyond the Scenes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wayne Federman</span> American comedian

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Cathy Ladman is an American stand-up comedian, television writer, and actress. She was featured in an installment of HBO's One Night Stand comedy series, was a guest on The Tonight Show on ten occasions, and a guest on The Late Late Show on six occasions (2007-2015).

Ross Daniels is an Australian actor and comedian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Mulaney</span> American comedian and actor (born 1982)

John Edmund Mulaney is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Mulaney first rose to prominence for his work as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2008 to 2013, where he contributed to numerous sketches and characters, including Stefon, a recurring character that he and Bill Hader co-created. Since his departure from SNL, Mulaney has hosted it several times, becoming a member of the SNL Five Timers Club in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Papa</span> American comedian and actor

Thomas Papa Jr. is an American comedian, actor, and radio host. He hosts the Sirius XM Satellite Radio show Come to Papa and, in July 2019, he and Fortune Feimster started hosting the Sirius XM show What a Joke with Papa and Fortune. Papa hosted the show Baked on the Food Network and was the head writer and a performer on the radio variety show Live from Here, hosted by Chris Thile, where he delivered the "Out In America" segment.

Fraser Young is a stand-up comedian who lives in Toronto, Ontario but headlines right across Canada, and as far away as Hong Kong.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Caparulo</span> American stand-up comedian

John Caparulo is an American stand-up comedian.

Sky Comedy is a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky, a division of Comcast. It launched on 27 January 2020, replacing Universal TV. It is the first dedicated full-time comedy station in Sky's channel portfolio since the closure of The Comedy Channel in 1992.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Myq Kaplan</span> American stand-up comedian

Myq Kaplan is an American stand-up comedian. Born Michael Kaplan in Livingston, New Jersey, he is based in Boston and New York City.

<i>Rove LA</i> Australian TV series or program

Rove LA is an Australian television comedy talk show which debuted on Fox8 on 19 September 2011. The show is hosted by Rove McManus and is set in Los Angeles. The show is presented in a similar fashion to McManus's previous talk show Rove, featuring comedy segments and interviews with celebrity guests. The show was picked up for a two-year run on the Fox8 subscription channel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deon Cole</span> American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1972)

Deon Anthony Cole is an American comedian, actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role in the sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022), which earned him nominations for two NAACP Image Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. On June 25, 2020, he became the second panelist to win the Doris Award on the ABC version of To Tell the Truth. He stars in Average Joe.

Jenny Yang is an American comedian, writer and actor from Los Angeles.

Glen Foster is a Canadian stand-up comedian. He is most noted for That Canadian Guy, his 2001 episode of the stand-up comedy performance series Comedy Now!, for which he received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series at the 16th Gemini Awards, and a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Writing in a Television Special or Episode at the 2nd Canadian Comedy Awards.