Andrew Schulz

www.theandrewschulz.com

Andrew was born and raised in Manhattan, NY but started his stand-up comedy career in Santa Barbara, California. While attending The University of California at Santa Barbara, he managed a restaurant that had a comedy night.  The woman who produced the night, Louise Palanker, asked Andrew if he had any interest in performing. Andrew took the opportunity and hasn’t stopped performing since. He returned from school one month later and began to work himself into the New York comedy circuit. Andrew got his start in New York at the Comedy Village. Although he only had a few months experience he soon found himself performing with the top acts in the city.  In search of more stage time Andrew began to play New York’s  infamous “Chitlan Circuit.”  He gives full credit to the comedian “Smokey” for giving him an opportunity to get on stage and grow comedically. After the Comedy Village closed down, Andrew branched off to the other clubs in the city.  He credits Comic, Calise Hawkins, for providing him with stage time and knowledge about the New York comedy circuit.  In 2008, Andrew started his own show at the Village Lantern; a show which he still runs today with comedian Mike Rogan every Tuesday at 9:30.

Currently, Andrew Schulz is the host of the television show “Certified” on the Music Choice network.  In the summer of 2008 he performed in the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Festival in Scotland.  He is finishing the filming of a sitcom pilot called “Rise of the Radio Show” and is creating a web series.

 

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Andy Pitz

www.andypitz.com

Funny, clean standup comedy from one of the country’s most popular comedians! Andy’s hilarious and original comedy has landed him performances on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Andy has been performing his unique and always fresh and funny brand of standup comedy across the US and worldwide for 20 years. He’s sure to provide fun, wholesome entertainment for any event. Dependable, professional and very, very funny!

 

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Bobby Johnson

www.bobbyjohnson.com

BOBBY JOHNSON is a regular on the NYC circuit performing at the hottest clubs including “The Times Square Arts Center” and “Caroline’s on Broadway.” He entertains audiences on “The Tyra Banks Show,” and FOX TV’s, “Morning Show with Mike and Juliet.” He can also be heard daily on top NYC radio station 98.7 KISS FM’s morning show, “The KISS Wake Up Club.” He has a featured segment entitled “Bobby Johnson Walks Through The NYC Yellow Pages.” He crank calls unsuspecting businesses as one of his many personalities and takes them on a ride they won’t soon forget.

Bobby who is the most mixed up comedian you’ll ever meet was literally born into an eclectic family of races that include Japanese, Black, Spanish and Caucasian to name a few. Combine that with growing up half of his life in the rough projects of Cleveland and the other in a Cuban dominated Miami and it leaves no wonder why Bobby has identity issues.
His passion for comedy is outrageously demonstrated on stage with authentic character exposés rooting from his multi-racial, multi-cultural, and of course, multi-dysfunctional background.

 

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Calise Hawkins

Calise Hawkins wears her heart on her microphone. If anything makes her cry, she will find a way to laugh about it. She has been a featured panelist on Lewis Black’s “The Root of All Evil” on Comedy Central and on BETJ’s “My Two Cents.” Calise Hawkins was a finalist in NBC’s “Stand-Up for Diversity” competition, semi-finalist in New York Comedy Festival’s “Funniest Comedian in New York” challenge, was featured on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and on “Russell Simmons Presents Stand-Up at the El Rey. Catch Calise on stage at several major comedy clubs in New York and you will experience the development of a true comedian.

 

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Cory Fernandez

Donned as the young veteran, Cory Fernandez is one of the fastest rising stars in comedy today. In 2004, after only a year of doing stand up, he made his debut television appearance as a finalist on BET’s stand up comedy competition show Coming to the Stage with comedians Kim Coles and Bruce Bruce.

Shortly after coming off of the nationwide Coming to the Stage Tour, Cory opened up for the Teens of Comedy Tour. The Teens Tour featured young comedians such as Lil JJ from the show Just Jordan on Nickelodeon and Brandon T. Jackson from the film Tropic Thunder starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.

In 2006, he was a semi-finalist on Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes on TV One and also made an appearance on Jamie Foxx Presents Laffapalooza on Comedy Central. In the same year, NBC/Universal held their annual nationwide search for the top ethnic comics in the country. This search, known as Stand Up for Diversity, selected Cory as a finalist.
Three years after his first tv appearance, he became the first Puerto Rican on Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam on HBO (hosted by D.L. Hughley). Four years after Coming to the Stage, Cory made a return to BET when he performed on Comic View: One Mic Stand (hosted by Kevin Hart).
He has since made his first transition to the big screen in the upcoming 2010 Warner Bros movie release of A Couple of Dicks starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan (directed by Kevin Smith).
Cory currently lives in his hometown of New York City and continues to perform at comedy clubs and colleges across the country.

 

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Damien Lemon

 

www.damienlemon.com

Brooklyn native D. Lemon’s (Damien Lemon) comedy career began from his seat in the back of public school classrooms over 20 years ago and continued at his college alma mater, Clark Atlanta University, where he fine-tuned his ability to make people laugh until they cough and choke. Over the last two years, he has rapidly built a name for himself on the New York City comedy circuit and beyond. Hard work is what he is all about and it shows with the numerous requests for his talent.

On stage, his material comes from everywhere and nowhere, from fornicating politicians driving up sex prices to the “Stop BCC’N!” campaign, and is delivered with a flair that can best be described as an all-inclusive bug-out session. He has performed in the New York Underground Comedy Festival and was recognized as runner-up in The Funniest NYC Comedian Comedy Olympics.

In the summer of 2009, D. Lemon’s hard work propelled him into being the opening Act for comedy great Dick Gregory at Carolines on Broadway and Grammy award winning Aretha Franklin at Radio City Music Hall. Catch him as both performer and co-producer on Wednesdays at the Laugh Lounge in “Comedy On The Hump,” a weekly showcase of New York’s freshest young comedians.

 

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Dante Nero

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Comedian Dante Nero has climbed through the ranks of the New York comedy scene over the last ten years. He can be seen all over New York, performing at the Comic Strip, Caroline’s on Broadway, the Comedy Cellar and Stand-up New York.

Dante’s credits include co-starring opposite Channing Tatum and Terrance Howard in the major motion picture “Fighting”. He has also been seen on Russell Simmons presents Live at the El Rey on Comedy Central, ABC’s Cupid, FOX’s Fringe, HBO’s Everyday People and Chappelle’s Show.

When he’s not acting and performing on stages across the New York Metro area, Dante co-hosts a radio program with fellow comedian Patrice O’Neal on Sirius/XM satellite radio called the “Black Philip” Show.

Dante is currently featured in the indie film “Big Shot Caller” and stars in a forthcoming documentary series called “Bounced”, which follows the lifestyle of New York City bar/club bouncers.

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Joe Devito

www.joedevito.com

Joe DeVito has the power to start fires using his mind, and he also does standup comedy. Whether taking on relationships, his Italian-American family, or current events, Joe’s dead-on timing, unexpected twists and sheer flights of lunacy make him a favorite at clubs and colleges across the USA, and at the top venues in New York City.

After spending a decade as a journalist and advertising writer, Joe gave into his coworker’s demands to try performing so he could find fame, while they finally got some work done. In 2006, he was invited to the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Canada, where the Montreal Gazette rated his performance “9.5 out of 10.”

Joe’s TV appearances include The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and a semi-finalist turn on season five of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. His savage wit has also made him an in-demand panelist on shows like Chelsea Lately, CNN’s Headline News, Animal Planet’s Wild 100, and a regular guest on FOX News Channel’s Red Eye. As a writer, Joe has contributed to Maxim Magazine, MTV, and the award-winning film Super Size Me.

 

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Josh Homer

Winner of Best Emerging Comic at the 2007 New York Underground Comedy Festival, Josh Homer is a promising new comic whose roster of experience includes stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, improv performance, filming, and production.

The past year has been monumental for Josh, and his talent has been recognized by the likes of the legendary Paul Mooney, who personally selected Josh to open for him at Caroline’s Comedy Club in New York. In 2006, Josh received second place in the competitive Sal’s Comedy Hole Laugh-Off in New York.

He is a regular performer throughout New York and hosts his own show: “Red-Carpet Comedy” at the Amarachi Lounge in Brooklyn.

 

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Justin McClure

www.justinkellymcclure.com

YOU mean so much to me. Who are you again? I forgot. Oh yeah, you are the person I begged to read this.  Just know this: I love you. I do. You had me at “I’m getting a restraining order.” Who cares though? That’s just paperwork, we’ll get around it. I’m gorgeous.

Listen, well don’t listen ’cause I’m typing this and not saying it (unless someone is reading this and then you would be listening, that would be rad). My point is let’s be Care Bears, me and you. I call Tenderheart though, I got dibs on that, back off. You can be Wish Bear if you want, but if you are something lame like Funshine Bear then I’ll push you off a cloud…seriously, and we aren’t going tandem.  You should have picked a better Care Bear, not my fault, but thats probably why YOU don’t have many friends in life – you make bad decisions. Go read a Joel Olsteen book and write a 3 page paper on how it’s changed your life. Until then we can’t be close.

We did have a moment though, me and you. I can’t remember what it was about, but it was sweet…not the moment, the candy we stole from that kid at the bus stop. That was some sweet candy wasn’t it. I couldn’t believe it, probably 54 grams of sugar.
Listen future convict, this is my bio, let’s take it seriously…there is a point: use good moisturizer. Seriously, take care of your face. Small circles too, let the product work, don’t rush to the eye cream….let it work baby. I love you. You love me, we both love me, that’s the point of all this…it has to come back to me somehow.

I will never forget you. Can I borrow some money? XYZ…your fly is open.

 

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