Kelly Pryce

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Kelly Pryce
Born1976or1977(age 46–47) [1]
OccupationStand-up comedian
Years active2003-present

Kelly Pryce is a stand-up comedian and writer from Sacramento, California. She was a staff writer for the George Lopez talk show Lopez Tonight , and a contestant on Last Comic Standing in 2014. Her debut album, 2020's Life With a Pryce, was produced by Grammy winner Dan Schlissel for his label Stand Up! Records.

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Personal life

Pryce grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood in Sacramento, the oldest of four children. Childhood dyslexia made school difficult, but she compensated by learning to make her mother and classmates laugh by impersonating her teachers. [1] [2]

Pryce has four children . [3]

Career

Pryce began performing stand-up comedy at age 22. [2] [3] Sacramento magazine called her comedy "brazen and fearless" for not shying away from risqué and R-rated material while still focusing on topics such as family life and children. Pryce commented to an interviewer for Capital Public Radio that "I have a family and I talk about them in not a family-act way," joking that she wouldn't let her children listen to her act until they were over 21. [4] She has frequently toured with Dave Attell, and cites both Attell and Rosie O’Donnell among her comedic influences. [1] [5]

From 2003 to 2006, she hosted a morning show on KWOD-FM in Sacramento with Boomer Barbosa, Ian Gary and DJ Mervin, which ended when the station was sold and changed format. [6] [7] [2]

Pryce joined Lopez Tonight in 2010, writing topical and political monologues and skits, and occasionally performing in sketches. [4] [8]

In 2012, she performed in New York for the stand-up series NickMom Night Out . [9]

She appeared on Last Comic Standing in 2014, making it to the third round of the invitationals. [3] [10]

She appeared in the 2015 TLC series What She Said, which featured female comedians commenting on motherhood and other issues. [11]

Discography

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  6. ↑ Probst, Jason (2005-06-16). "No rules, only edicts: While its new deejay lineup debuts, KWOD v2.0 maintains corporate silence". Sacramento News & Review. Sacramento, California . Retrieved 2020-07-29.
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