
Brendon Michael Walsh (born July 27, 1978) is an American
stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up.
Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...
and
podcaster
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originally from
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
.
Career
Walsh started performing stand-up comedy in
Austin, Texas
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in 2002. He has appeared on ''
The Price Is Right
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'', ''
Premium Blend'', ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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'', ''
Conan'', ''
Last Comic Standing
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'', in sketches on the
G4 network, ''
@midnight
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'', and ''
The Bob & Tom Show
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''.
['']The Bob & Tom Show
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'
Guest; Brendon Walsh
He toured from 2005 to 2008 as the opening act for
Doug Stanhope
Doug Stanhope (born March 25, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, author, political activist and podcast host. His stand-up material favors caustic and often obscene observations of life in the style of Bill Hicks and Bill Burr, which he d ...
.
Walsh has performed at the
Vancouver Comedy Festival
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;
Just for Laughs in
Montreal
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;
South by Southwest
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(SXSW); the first annual
Bentzen Ball in
Washington, D.C.; the
Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas; the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in
Portland, Oregon
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; and the
Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2007, he won the $10,000 grand prize on the comedy stage at Famecast.com. In 2008, he was named one of the "Top 9: Emerging Comedians" on
AskMen.com.
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Top 10: Emerging Comedians
, AskMen.com.
On March 12, 2010, Walsh performed at ''A Night of 140 Tweets'', a benefit for
Haiti
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at the
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
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Prior t ...
in Los Angeles. In 2011, he appeared on ''
WTF with Marc Maron
''WTF with Marc Maron'' is a weekly podcast and radio show hosted by stand-up comedian Marc Maron. The show was launched in September 2009. The show is produced by Maron's former Air America co-worker Brendan McDonald.
Background
The show's t ...
'' and ''
The Joe Rogan Experience
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''.
[Rogan, Joe (September 22, 2011)]
Podcast #140.
''The Joe Rogan Experience
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'' He previously co-hosted a podcast, ''The Bone Zone'', with Randy Liedtke, and ''Do You Know Who
Jason Segel Is?'' podcast with
Nick Thune on the All Things Comedy network. He currently hosts
The World Record Podcast, wherein each week he and a guest analyze a different world record. Guests have included
Melissa Villaseñor,
Josh Gad,
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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,
Christopher Nolan
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,
Jared Fogle,
Michael Keaton
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,
Tom Brady
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and
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
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.
Ted Danson
Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'', for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. H ...
also appeared on the show to discuss his pursuit to break a bowling world record. In December 2020, he interviewed veteran celebrity traspo captain Dicker Troy.
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, Patreon
References
External links
Brendon Walsh website*
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Living people
1973 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
American stand-up comedians
Comedians from Pennsylvania
People from Philadelphia
21st-century American comedians