Comedians
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High Plains Comedy Festival Presents: Kyle Kinane
High Plains Comedy Festival Presents: Kyle Kinane live at the Paramount Theatre! Kyle Kinane is a comedian from Addison, Illinois. According to Wikipedia, he is a notable person from that town. Other notable residents of Addison have been the boxer Leon Spinks and a woman who wrote poetry about Beanie Babies. Raised in such a cultural fondue pot as this, it was natural for Kyle to find his way from warehouse work into show business. As a comedian, he has been seen on Conan, The Tonight Show, Netflix’s “The Standups,” and three of his own hour-length specials on Comedy Central. As an actor, he’s been in the Judd Apatow series “Love” and truTV’s “Those Who Can’t.” He was also on “Drunk History,” where he unfortunately wasn’t acting. As a voice over actor, he was the former voice of Comedy Central for 8 years and currently plays Bullet on the Netflix series “Paradise PD.” He is also cohost of the Boogie Monster podcast along with Dave Stone, and the streaming show “Hey Girl” with Matt Braunger. As a musician, he has done nothing, as he is not a musician.
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Holiday Roast
***WARNING: This show is for mature audiences and people who appreciate the comedic-ridiculousness of comics dressing up as fictitious characters to roast each other.*** Wreck the Halls with Boughs of Naughty! Ever thought about what Rudolph really thinks of Santa? Want to see Frosty the Snowman kick the Nutcracker where it counts? If you need a break from the wholesomeness of the holiday season come experience the Holiday Roast at the world famous Comedy Works. This is no ordinary comedy roast! Denver’s top headlining comics will become your favorite holiday characters. You have never seen Mrs. Claus this angry, or the Gingerbread Man this belligerent. These heartwarming characters come alive on stage only to verbally and viciously destroy each other with vile vitriol! Your childhood will be ruined as they get explicit and offensive, cleaning your holiday palette from the ho ho ho hum holidays. Have a holly jolly Roast-mas with your Comedy Works family and laugh your chestnuts off! Hosted by the one and only Santa Claus! PLEASE BE AWARE: This show contains VERY DIRTY HUMOR. NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED!!!
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Hollywood Crime Scene
LIVE PODCAST VIP includes priority seating located in the first three rows! Rachel Fisher and Desi Jedeikin host Hollywood Crime Scene, a podcast that discusses Hollywood true crime, scandals, LA history, and more! Join us as we travel beyond Hollywood to discuss the weird stories, local legends, and true crimes from your city!
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How Did This Get Made?
High Plain Comedy Festival and Comedy Works Entertainment present HOW DID THIS GET MADE? with Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael! Have you ever seen a movie so bad that it’s good? Paul Scheer (The League & Veep), Jason Mantzoukas(The League & The House) and June Diane Raphael (Grace & Frankie, New Girl) are experts in the best of the worst of cinema. On each episode of their Award Winning podcast, HOW DID THIS GET MADE? they gather with their funniest friends and subject themselves to a cinematic nightmare and report back to you with the results. With over 160 episodes, past guests have included Adam Scott, Amy Schumer, Nick Kroll, Patton Oswalt, Whitney Cummings, Illana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Gillian Jacobs, Vanilla Ice, Chris Hardwick, Chelsea Peretti, Pete Davidson, Kumail Nanjani, Scott Aukerman and many more. Every episode features the deconstruction and mockery of one particular film such as ‘Surf Ninjas’, ‘XXX: Return of Xander Cage’, ’The Room’, and the entire ’Fast and Furious’ franchise. With sold out shows across the country, each live episode is truly unique as the audience gets to play a part in the show by asking questions of the hosts and coming up with impromptu songs for segments of the show and seeing one of a kind clips. HOW DID THIS GET MADE? has been voted "The Best Comedy Podcast" by LA Weekly, one of Vogue's 'Best Podcasts to Listen to Now’, one of TIME Magazine’s ’50 Best Podcasts’, one of Entertainment Weekly's '15 Podcasts That Will Give You A Break From Reality’, one of Vulture's 'Funny and Fascinating Podcasts”, one of Backstage's 'Podcasts to Inspire and Entertain You’, as well as being listed as one of the Top Film podcast’s in The Washington Post and is also consistently one of the Top 10 most downloaded comedy podcasts. PAUL SCHEER is most known as a star of the FX series 'The League' and also as the co-creator and one of the stars of the cult MTV sketch series, Human Giant as well as the Adult Swim action-comedy series NTSF:SD:SUV::. He has regularly been seen on the HBO comedy, 'Veep', the ABC sitcom, 'Fresh Off The Boat', Netflix's 'Wet Hot American Summer' and 'Lady Dynamite.' He'll next appear in the James Franco directed film, 'The Disaster Artist' and alongside Chance the Rapper in 'Slice.’ JASON MANTZOUKAS is best known for his starring role in the Will Ferrell/Amy Poehler film THE HOUSE as well as his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series 'The League'. You can also see him in 'Brooklyn 99', 'Transparent', 'I'm Sorry', and the upcoming independent film, The Long Dumb Road, co-starring Tony Revolori. Mantzoukas has also appeared in such films as The Dictator, Sleeping With Other People, They Came Together, and How To Be Single. JUNE DIANE RAPHAEL is best known for starring in comedy programs such as Burning Love, Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV:: and is currently in the Netflix series 'Grace and Frankie'. You can also see her in 'New Girl', 'Lady Dynamite' and 'American Dad'. Notable film work includes supporting roles in YEAR ONE and ZODIAC, as well as her 2013 Sundance film ASS BACKWARDS, which she co-wrote and starred in with her creative partner Casey Wilson. She is also co-authoring a book to help women get into politics titled “The Badass Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World,” which will be released in 2019.
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Howie Mandel
While Howie Mandel has remained a constant force in show business for over 30 years, he has been thrust back in the spotlight as the host of what has become a national phenomenon Deal or No Deal. The show has become an instant hit and is consistently one of the most watched programs each week. Howie’s versatile career has encompassed virtually all aspects of the entertainment spectrum, including television, film and stage. From his work on the Emmy-Award winning St. Elsewhere, to the international (and also Emmy nominated) Bobby’s World, Howie has become a mainstay of the American comedy scene. Bobby’s World ran eight seasons on FOX and now appears in syndication six days a week in 65 countries. As the series’ creator and executive producer, Howie was closely involved in its writing, as well as providing the voice of Bobby, Bobby’s dad and other characters. Howie attributes the show’s success to drawing the story lines from real life. Howie has done countless comedy specials both on cable and network television. He has also hosted his own syndicated talk show, The Howie Mandel Show, and continues to be a mainstay on the talk-show circuit. He frequently appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno performing his signature hidden-camera bits. He also is one of the first people that Regis calls to fill in for him when he takes a vacation from Live with Regis and Kelly. Howie also continues to perform as many as 200 concerts a year throughout the US and Canada.
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Hunter Hill
Hunter Hill is a storytelling comic from Los Angeles. Bringing heart and storytelling together with non stop laughs, Hunter has been featured on festivals including Just For Laughs Sydney, MoonTower Presents, and can be seen on Netflix as part of an upcoming series. He can be seen headlining clubs around the country, and featuring on Iliza Shlesinger’s international Elder Millennial Tour. Please review our ticket resale policy
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Ian Abramson
Ian Abramson co-created The Pitch and Talent Scout’s Honor, both web series for Tom Snyder (of Dr. Katz fame). Ian also voiced an episode of the producer/writer’s Explosion Bus, featured alongside Daryl Hall of “Hall and Oates.” He has produced events such as A Funeral for a Prop Comic and A Court Case for a Young Comedian. He is also a regular contributor for The Onion. Ian’s stand-up has evolved into a mix of precise wordplay, longer emotionally absurd jokes, and larger conceptual pieces. In the past year, Ian has performed at the world-famous Just for Laughs Festival as part of their New Faces of Comedy, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, and UP Comedy Club. Chicago Magazine named Ian “Best Experimental Comedian” and also listed him in a separate article as one of the “16 Comedians You Should See This Fall.” *Sunday’s show will be 7 Minutes in Purgatory Show! Click here for tickets and information.
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Ian Bagg
VIP tickets include Priority Seating in the first five rows for Comedy Works Downtown and rows seven and eight, (behind the Lucy Preferred Seating in rows one through six), for Comedy Works South! Ian Bagg is a world-touring comedian whose comedy was recently described as "dangerously flawless" on the JRE. But he is not just a comedian he is also the cohost of the weekly hockey podcast, Enjoying Orange Slices with Jeff and Ian. Life has been fantastic for this energetic and wildly funny boundary-pushing entertainer. His fast-paced, off-the-cuff, quick-witted, animated style has him winning over television audiences. He placed in the finals of NBC's Last Comic Standing. He made appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show, a half-hour comedy featured on Comedy Central and HBO, not to mention one-hour specials on Showtime, Ian Bagg: Getting to F**king Know You and Amazon Prime Conversations. It also has earned him roles in award-winning movies like MVP 2. Ian’s fast-paced multi-direction show has made patrons want to see multiple shows on a weekend. The audience becomes characters in his performance as they answer questions. Most comedians have a monologue; Ian has a dialogue. Attend a show immediately and see why his high school history teacher asked Ian's parents if there was something he should know about Ian. Looking to dine before the Friday and Saturday shows on November 6 & 7 at Comedy Works South? Dine at Lucy Restaurant to get preferred seating in rows 1 - 6. Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com.
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Ian Edwards
A comedian writer of over 20 years, Ian Edwards has toured the country with his stand-up regularly opening for Joe Rogan. Most recently, Ian released his debut album 100% Half Assed on Conan O’Brien’s new record label, Team Coco Records. Ian has made television appearances on Conan and @Midnight, as well as done radio interviews on NPR’s Bullseye with Jesse Thorn and Kroq’s Kevin and Bean Show. He was a full time staff writer on season 1 of the new hit ABC show Black-ish and wrote on Ice Cube’s Barbershop 3. Ian can next be seen in Sean Baker’s feature Tangerine, which just premiered at Sundance to rave reviews. He also wrote/consulted on CBS’s Two Broke Girls, was a writer/Supervising Producer on season 3 of Adult Swim’s Black Dynamite and appeared in the Jeff Garlin feature, Dealing with Idiots. In previous years Ian was a regular cast member on season 6 of MTV’s hit show Punk’d, wrote on Saturday Night Live, Cartoon Network’s The Boondocks and MTV’s The Lyricist Lounge, and performed stand-up on HBO’s Bad Boys of Comedy, Showtime’s Live Nude Comedy and the Comedy Death Ray Album. Ian just launched and hosts two of his own podcasts – Soccer Comics on the All Things Comedy Network partnered with Laughspin.com and The Preposterous Sessions on The DeathSquad Network. Looking to dine before the show? Dine at Lucy Restaurant to get preferred seating in rows 1 - 6. Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com.
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Ian Fidance
VIP tickets include priority seating in rows one through six! Ian Fidance is an offbeat yet upbeat New York City comic, actor, and writer, that Dave Attell has described as a “Power Act” and Ron Bennington has called “One of the most unique comics working today.” He just dropped his debut special titled, Ian Fidance: Wild Happy & Free, and his wildly popular podcast Bein’ Ian with Jordan, co-hosted with fellow comic Jordan Jensen, is available on all platforms. Fidance, originally from Wilmington, Delaware, has been featured on major podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience, Your Mom’s House with Tom Segura & Christina P., Duncan Trussell’s Family Hour, and Kill Tony to name just a few. He has also been featured on NPR’s This American Life.