Keith Stubbs (born January 12, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, radio personality, and businessman.

Early life and education

Stubbs was born in

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in 1960. Stubbs' father served in the

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. He was the fifth of seven children. Stubbs graduated from RB Stall High School in

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in 1978. He then attended

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, but did not graduate. Stubbs is a member of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...

, and served an

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. In his early twenties, Stubbs went door-to-door selling peep holes to support himself. Stubbs eventually became a stockbroker with

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, but left to pursue a career in

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Stand-Up

Stubbs studied comedy improv at th
Groundlings Theatre & School
in Hollywood, California. He began performing stand up comedy in 1991. Stubbs has opened for notable comedians like

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Lewis Black Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series ''Lewis Black's ...

Jim Gaffigan James Christopher Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. His material often addresses fatherhood, laziness, food, religion, and general observations. He is regarded as a "clean" comic, using l ...

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, and

Joel McHale Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger, Jeffrey "Jeff" Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community (TV seri ...

Radio

Stubbs formerly hosted two radio programs in the

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. He first hosted ''The Stubbs Show'' on

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101.5 The Eagle
He also hosted ''Keith Stubbs Sports'' on ESPN 700.

Television

Stubbs has performed twice on A&E’s ''

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'' program. He also appeared on

Rob Schneider Robert Michael Schneider ( ; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor and comedian. He rose to prominence as a cast member on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' (1990–1994), where he earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Following ...

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series

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as Rob's accountant and on Byron Allen's Comedy.tv.

Business

Stubbs is the owner of th
Wiseguys Comedy
Clubs in

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, and

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References

External links

Keith Stubbs

StubbsCast

Wiseguys Comedy
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