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A towering force in comedy, Erik Griffin is an American actor, comedian, writer, and podcaster. He is best known for his work as the mustachioed Montez Walker on the hit Comedy Central series WORKAHOLICS as well as his series regular role in Showtime’s I’M DYING UP HERE, executive produced by Jim Carrey. He recently filmed the ABC pilot BUCKTOWN opposite Nicole Richie and the feature film MR. RUSSO written and directed by Ray Romano. Griffin was featured in the global Netflix film MURDER MYSTERY alongside Adam Sandler as well as THE SLEEPOVER for Netflix, Laurie Collyer’s FURLOUGH and the indie feature MAYFIELD'S GAME. Griffin can also be seen in the box office hit MIKE & DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES. A veteran stand-up headliner, Griffin performs in venues across the world, but most often can be seen at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, CA. Griffin’s comedy is immortalized on his debut comedy album, TECHNICAL FOUL: VOLUME ONE, his Comedy Central special THE HALF HOUR, in addition to his two hour-long comedy specials titled THE UGLY TRUTH, and AMERIKAN WARRIOR, which are available to stream NOW on Amazon and Showtime respectively. He will next be seen in the Netflix feature THE SLEEPOVER as well as the independent feature films GUEST HOUSE with Mike Castle, Aimee Teegarden and Pauly Shore and MAYFIELD’S GAME. You can also catch your weekly dose of Griffin on his hit new podcast RIFFIN’ WITH GRIFFIN.

Comedian Eddie Pepitone is a master of the dark art of comedy. Hailed as a modern day cross between Jackie Gleason Don Rickles and Eckhart Tolle. Eddie is a force of nature on stage switching back and forth between social rage and self doubt. His shows are an energetic combo of calm and chaos blue collar angst and sardonic enlightenment. Few comedians working today channel the power of the rant better than Pepitone. He’s one of a kind and a favorite among fellow comedians and die heard comedy fans alike. In addition to his stand-up skills Eddie Pepitone is a stand-out comic/character actor. Pepitone began his comedy career in New York City quickly becoming a regular on the scene. He appeared regularly on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. His other numerous television appearances include Chappelle’s Show Jimmy Kimmel Live King of Queens Last Comic Standing It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Sarah Silverman Program. Pepitone recently released a Comedy Album entitled "A Great Stillness" and has a Documentary about his life coming later this year called "The Bitter Buddha."  

Baron Vaughn is an actor, writer, director, and standup comedian. As an actor, he was a series regular on Netflix’s Grace & Frankie in the role of “Bud” and is the voice of "Tom Servo" in Netflix’s Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return. He’s also been a recurring guest star on Comedy Central’s Corporate, Tru TV’s Those Who Can’t, Comedy Bang Bang, and appeared in the films Cloverfield and Black Dynamite. He was the co-creator and co-host of Comedy Central’s The New Negroes and Funny or Die’s Call & Response. He also starred in the Fusion network documentary Fatherless. Baron’s directorial debut, the short film So Muck to Do, featuring Toni Trucks, can be seen in the horror anthology Scare Package on Shudder.   As a comedian, Baron’s performed stand-up on HBO’s 2 Dope Queens, TBS’s Conan (twice), Showtime's SXSW Comedy, as well as The Meltdown and The Half Hour both on Comedy Central. He’s performed at many festivals around North America including the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival (Aspen), Just for Laughs Comedy Festival (Montreal), South Beach Comedy Festival (Miami), Moontower Comedy Festival (Austin), SXSW Festival (Austin), San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival (Portland), High Plains Comedy Festival (Denver), Vancouver Comedy Festival, Accidental Comedy Festival (Cleveland), Chicago Comedy Exposition, JashFesht (Palm Springs), Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (TN), and Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival (Seattle).   Baron has two comedy albums, Raised by Cable and Blaxistential Crisis, both available on AST Records. He holds a BFA from Boston University, and currently resides in Atlanta.

Tom Rhodes is a world traveling comedian who is now celebrating his 34thyear as a stand up comedian. The New York Times describes him as “A mostly natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism.”  An adventurer forging his own path, Rhodes has built a career that not only includes stand-up specials, a sitcom, a travel show, a late night talk show, numerous live CD’s & DVD’s, his critically acclaimed podcast Tom Rhodes Radio Smart Camp, as well as being a travel writer for the Huffington Post. Fresh from releasing his latest live album All Hail Laughter (2017) Rhodes has had a long raucous career covering every corner of the globe. Other recordings released are Colossus of Me, Live in Paris and Hot Sweet Ass. In 2009 Laughspin.com named his DVD Rhode Scholar the Number One Comedy DVD of 2009. His one hour stand up special Light Sweet Crudepremiered on Netflix. His latest TV appearances include Montreal's Just for Laughs gala performance,IFC's Comedy Bang Bang and Sullivan and Sons. Tom is a regular guest on Comedy Central's @midnight.Rhodes was featured in Comedy Central Comedy Underground with Dave Attellseries and inthe Showtime stand-up series, Live From Amsterdam. His three half hour stand-up specials include two Comedy Central Presents... and Raw, recorded in Stockholm for Swedish television. He had his own sitcom television show on NBC called Mr. Rhodes, his own Late Night Talk show on Dutch television Kevin Masters starring Tom Rhodes, and traveled the world as a TV presenter on the Dutch travel program Yorin Travel.  As a featured travel writer for Huffington Post his travel story ‘A Tragedy, A Miracle And A Brawl...Welcome to Ireland’ got awarded by the Huffington Post one of the Top 10 Best Travel Stories of 2011.  His podcast Tom Rhodes Radio Smart Camp was named one of the Top 10 ofBest Podcasts of 2011 by Matador Network and was praised as the best newcomer in The Onion AV’s Club. Tom Rhodes Radio joined Bill Burr's & Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy Network. Tom has been a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience(#248, 364, 420 & 500), The Adam Corolla Show, Marc Maron's WTF, Aisha Tyler's Girl On Guy, London Real, The Artie Lange Show, Ron & Fez Show, NPR Snap Judgment, Unmasked with Ron Bennington on Sirius XM.

Actor, producer, and comedian Jamie Kennedy just wrapped James Gray’s sci-fi epic Ad Astra, opposite Brad Pitt. His other recent work includes starring roles in the latest installment of the Tremors film franchise for Universal, as well as Riley’s Peak with Jon Voight, and the thriller, Spinning Man, opposite Guy Pearce and Pierce Brosnan. Prior, he appeared in Chris Carter’s (The X-files) Amazon drama pilot The After, and NBC’s medical dramedy, Heartbeat. He is also voicing multiple characters on the new Comedy Central animated series, Legends Of Chamberlain Heights, and portrayed legendary music manager Jerry Heller in the Lifetime movie Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, & Michel’le. Jamie can also be seen performing his stand up show around the country. Jamie landed his big break when he was cast in Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as a punked-out rival to John Leguizamo.  His career soon kicked into high gear as he co-starred in his breakthrough performance as Randy Meeks in Wes Craven’s Scream and its follow-up Scream 2. Jamie has worked alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood like Steve Martin in Bowfinger and Greg Kinnear in the Oscar-nominated As Good As It Gets. In 2002, Kennedy created The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, which became the WB’s highest-rated show. Kennedy portrayed a number of wacky characters, but the audience’s favorite was Brad Gluckman, the white rapper from Malibu. In 2003, Kennedy brought Brad Gluckman to the hit film, Malibu’s Most Wanted. Along with those films mentioned above Jamie has had memorable roles in fan favorites like Three Kings directed by David O. Russell, Enemy of the State directed by Tony Scott, Boiler Room opposite Vin Diesel and over 190 episodes of television under his belt with networks that include CBS, WB, MTV, Comedy Central, Showtime, NBC, Fox, and VH1.  

Jimmy Shubert delivers ‘tough love’ with side-splitting skill. He is every bit as satisfying as Lewis Black at his best. -- San Antonio Express News Whether it’s stealing scenes in major motion pictures or blowing the roof off any comedy club from Hawaii to Halifax Jimmy Shubert is stand-up comedy’s next breakout star. His full contact comedy has led him to headlining The Improv and Comedy Store in Hollywood as well as the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in December 2011 to his own stand-up special on Comedy Central with five years on “King of Queens” and several appearances on “Entourage” for good measure. A veteran of stage and screen Jimmy is one of the rare triple threats in today’s comedy scene. “I like to entertain people in any form under any circumstances ” he says. “Whether it’s in a sold-out three thousand seat theater or in the middle of a war zone in Afghanistan “my mission is to make ‘em laugh as hard as I can.” He has produced three albums of his material and his own concert performance DVD which showcase his “hilarious” take on the world at large. “I am a pragmatist ” he says in his Philly rasp that’s as authentic as a Philly cheese steak “I think people are fed up with all the horse shit!! We are subjected to on a daily basis. The virtual assault on our senses from every angle a barrage of Bullshit on a constant feed from the 24 hour news cycle and don’t get me stated about the lunatics in Washington D.C. “I will run through your bubble garden with a pin and make no apologies!! From the audience’s reaction…. they appreciate the candor.” His crowning achievement was his hour-long stand-up comedy special “Alive N’ Kickin’” – soon to be seen on a premium cable network in 2012. It made Top Ten Best Stand Up comedy DVD’s for 2010 by punchlinemagazine.com the leading comedy web site in the industry. “Alive N’ Kickin’” was Shubert’s brainchild from start to finish. “I did everything but hang the lights ” Jimmy says. “Oh wait I did that too.” It is a theatrical presentation of his stand-up persona of a working man’s man. Jimmy combines the outlook of a modern-day Archie Bunker with an utterly real world sensibility to create signature bits on Starbucks airport security the dumbing down of America and relationships. But Jimmy’s work is not confined to comedy. He has aced several dramatic parts as well. He’s played everything from a prison guard in a hostage crisis to a murder victim on “Monk ” He’s worked with such marquee names as Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Charlize Theron Katie Holmes Robin Williams. He says: “One of the great things about working in movies is I get a chance to work with A-list filmmakers.” It is another medium that allows you to be creative in a whole other way. He recently completed work on two short films entitled “Wedding Jimmy” & “Uncle Melvin’s Apartment” which just won best screenplay at the Hoboken Film Festival June 2011 it is currently making it’s rounds on the festival circuit as well as a feature entitled “Cut Off” starring Faye Dunaway and Malcolm McDowell. On the small screen He recently did a guest star on CBS freshmen comedy “2 Broke Girls” He plays Betty Whites neighbor in a new NBC show called “ Off Their Rockers” and also Bobby Dicey”-“World’s Greatest Daredevil” on Disney’s #1 show Zeke and Luther he’s made three appearances on HBO’s hit comedy “Entourage” after five years in a recurring role on CBS’s “King of Queens.” He has also made appearances on such shows as “Heist ” “The Loop ” “ER ” “Reno 911 ” “Rude Awakenings ” “Angel ” “Lucky ” “New Car Smell ” “Sonny with a chance” ” “Just Shoot Me” and “Youth In Revolt.”  In September 2007 Jimmy recorded his first half-hour special for Comedy Central at the Hudson Theater in New York City which received rave reviews and a standing ovation from the discerning New York audience and the Comedy Central Presents plays in heavy rotation on the Network. In Addition He has released two break out comedy albums “Animal Instincts” and “Pandemonium ” produced by Grammy-winning producer Dan Schlissel which have both sold incredibly well. He has performed all over the United States Canada Ireland Mexico The Bahamas Korea and in 2007 he along with Drew Carey performed for the troops in the Middle East and Afghanistan as part of the “America Supports You” program for the Defense Department and Armed Forces Entertainment. Growing up as the son of a Philadelphia Detective wasn’t easy for Jimmy. He says “ It was like living with Lieutenant Colombo.” Jimmy and his band of six brothers were always getting into trouble. Jimmy was the middle child; so most of his childhood days were spent wearing bloodstained hand-me downs from his older brothers. He attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts majoring in Drama. It was from those experiences in acting class that Jimmy knew he wanted to be an entertainer. Always the class clown and performer Jimmy performed magic tricks for his friends and family at nine years of age. By the age of 15 he had become an accomplished professional magician. He later channeled that energy into stand-up comedy. Jimmy started performing out of high school in comedy clubs around the Philly area. He later moved to Los Angeles and started working at the Comedy Store performing and writing material for acts like Yakov Smirnoff Jimmy Walker and Andrew “Dice” Clay. It was the Comedy Store where he later met Sam Kinison and they became friends. Kinison liked Shubert’s chutzpah and included him as one of the original “Outlaws of Comedy” which he toured with for five years playing major casinos in Las Vegas and other venues like the Universal Amphitheater in front of audiences as large as 6 500 people. After a well recognized performance at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal he was spotted by the late Brandon Tartikoff who signed Jimmy to a holding deal to develop a pilot sitcom for him to star in at 20th Century Fox. Jimmy’s comedy routine is usually performed with an observational point of view in comedic short-story form and typically focuses on poking fun at pop culture. As AllMusic.com put it “His confidence and lucid delivery enhances his humor making even his most perverse moments hilarious.”

Gary Cannon’s mom knew her son had comedic talent when, at the young age of five, Gary had a very bad cold. At the time, his mom was out of kleenex and offered her son toilet paper instead. Gary quickly replied, “I need to blow my nose not wipe my ass.” After getting the @#$% beaten out of him, and a timeout, his comedy career began. Gary began making people laugh in San Francisco but soon moved to LA. After a short time in LA things started happening. He was soon working at all the Southern California Improv clubs, was a regular host at the Hollywood Improv, consistently emceeing shows with some of the biggest names in comedy. His amazing crowd skills, high energy and ability to jump-start an audience enabled Gary to transition his skills to a television warm-up comic. Anyone visiting LA and seeing a show tape in front of an audience has probably met Gary. He sets the tone before and during the show creating a fun atmosphere and making audiences enjoy their time especially when many shows can often take hours to tape.

Originally from Lake Charles Louisiana Kober has bounded onto the national stage - playing colleges theatres and comedy clubs all over the country and bringing crowds to their feet with her original blend of stand-up story telling and improvised rock-n-roll comedy. Leslie Berman of The SWLA Times writes "Kober is one of the most talented comics of our time. I have been betting on her to find her niche and go national since the first time I saw her. I thought: Shes got to be our 21st Century Lucille Ball and thats no exaggeration. If you’re twenty years younger than me think hipper Tracey Ullman." Jen Kober currently lives in Los Angeles CA where she continues to develop new material and travel the globe spreading mass amounts of laughter world-wide with both her stand-up and improvised comedy shows. Jen loves Yoo-Hoo and ranch flavored Corn-Nuts and wonders why instant gratification takes so long.