Sam Tripoli views comedy as a calling rather a profession. It’s a passion that he’s been preaching to audiences at comedy clubs across the country and on television, including Comedy Centrals’ “Premium Blend” (receiving only one of two standing ovations in the history of the show), a frolicsome turn as a male escort for E! Entertainment’s “Party @ the Palms,” “The Late Late Show on CBS”, “Comic Unleashed” and as a co-host of Spike TV’s “Wide World of Spike,” a comedy-action cult classic. On stage he’s a force of nature, pacing the stage like a cyclone of funny as he questions authority and the conventions of our society one moment, then earnestly expresses his affinity for the bizarre the next. His comedy has no limits – its whatever he’s thinking about, and that’s usually what everyone else is thinking about, even though sometimes we don’t like to admit to it. “I like to think of myself as the little voice in everyone’s head, except I have a microphone and I’m funnier,” Sam says. read more

Sam Pancake is an actor, improviser, and comedian who hails from Romney, WV. He first came to the attention of film and television casting directors in the late ’90’s as a member of the award-winning sketch comedy troupe, Margot’s Bush. and not long after that he found himself being called, well, the c-word by none other than Larry David in the notorious “The Shrimp Incident” episode of “Curb Your Enthusiam.” That inglorious moment led to numerous high-profile recurring and guest starring television roles on many popular series, including Disney’s “Jessie,” “Parenthood,” “Shit My Dad Says,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Svetlana, “‘TIl Death,” “Unscripted” with George Clooney, “Friends,” “Arrested Development,” “‘Will & Grace,” “LIfe with Bonnie,” “Fat Actress,” “Charmed,” “West Wing,” “NYPD Blue,” “Without a Trace,” “King of Queens” and many more. Sam was also a regular on back-to-back critically acclaimed series, FOX’s “Kitchen Confidential,” with Bradley Cooper, & created by Darren Star, and Lifetime’s improv-based sitcom. “Lovespring International” with Jane Lynch. Sam has also appeared in a slew of films, including “Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3” “Falling Up,” “Ready? OK!,” “Over Her Dead Body,” “Straight Jacket,” “Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!,” “Legally Blonde 2,” “Girls Will Be Girls,” and the upcoming “QWERTY”, “Space Station 76” (which he also co-wrote) and “Out West.” Sam also has two autobiographical one-man shows under his belt, “The Head Is Not Reliable” and “Wasted On a Boy,” that he performs occasionally on stages around L.A. Currently Mr. Pancake can be seen starring as “proud pageant dad” Michael Champagne in the popular web series “PRETTY” available for viewing RIGHT NOW at prettytheseries.com. And, YES, Pancake is his real last name. read more

Sam Morril, one of the fastest rising comics in New York City, is also one of the best joke writers in the scene today. How do you know that’s true? Because he is writing this bio, and he wouldn’t lie about that to get extra work.  Sam won March Madness 2010 at Comix, has performed in a Friars Roast, and was featured in a 4-page spread in the Daily News as “one of the four funniest in New York?” He then won the Laughing Skull Festival in Atlanta, beating out over 600 (dreams were shattered!) applicants. read more

Sabrina Jalees is a comedian, actor, keynote speaker and writer based in New York City (Brooklyn.)

Since stepping onto the stage of (Toronto’s) Yuk Yuk’s amateur night at 16, she’s become one of the most recognizable faces in the Canadian media.

Lovers of comedy were immediately intrigued by the ½ -Pakistani, ½ -Swiss teen’s humor (…mostly because she was so damned clever (and admittedly, partially due to her moustache at the time).

She was soon skipping class to tour the country. Going on to record a CTV Comedy Now special, perform at the famed Just For Laughs Festival and break Mike Myers’ record as the youngest improviser ever hired by Second City. read more

They call him the “Wrinkled Rebel” but if that’s true, he says he’s “going down fighting.”   He’s comedian Marty Ross who started his stand up comedy career late in life, so he may have to take a nap before the fight.   Marty waited until he was almost eligible for Social Security before taking to the stand-up stage so “I could fully experience the misery of getting old” he says.

Ross shares this misery with audiences of all ages..  Young people enjoy the fact that though he looks like their grandfathers, but he certainly doesn’t act like their grandfathers…   and old-timers?  Well they can just relate, period.   Like when in the midst of a political discussion with his family, he was asked his opinion of various presidents.  The topper was when he mentioned that Washington was the father of our country and his grandson asked if he voted for George Washington. read more

Bronx native Mark Viera became fascinated with comedy, the art he would one day master, very early on.

While his mom spent countless hours as a social worker to provide for her family, Mark and his older brother would pass the time after school watching the popular T-V shows of the 70’s and 80’s. Mark became so engaged in the performances of his favorite comic personalities, it didn’t take long before he began to emulate the characters he came to love. On any given night, he would entertain his family with his remarkably accurate portrayals from shows like Carol Burnett, Sanford and Son and Three’s Company. read more

A certified clinical hypnotherapist, Mark Sweet is the man that can help you “Focus the Power.”With his blend of hypnosis and comedy, Sweet pulls seemingly ordinary people from the audience and makes them capable of doing extraordinary things by tapping into the subconscious mind.He has been seen on “Access Hollywood”, “The Today Show” and CNN and has been featured in The New York Times.He currently works warming-up studio audiences in “Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men.” read more

He’s performed on HBO, Comedy Central, and “Night Shift” with Kevin Ferguson. He’s hilariously out of control. Growing up in a large family, Sweeney realized early on that his humor got him a lot of attention. A jack of all trades, this sarcastic and silly comedian has served as a bus boy, construction worker, real estate agent, copier repairman and even in the Marines.

When Mark Schiff was six, his mother took him into Manhattan every weekend for singing and ballet lessons. When Mark returned to school each Monday and showed his fellow Bronx classmates what he had learned, the class would gather around and beat him up. Mark’s mother smartened up and enrolled him in karate lessons, but those came to a halt when the karate teacher beat him up. When Mark was twelve, his parents took him to a nightclub. There, live on stage was Rodney Dangerfield doing his act. At that moment, he knew the path he had to follow. read more

A powerful performer, comedian Vic DiBitetto churns energy, honesty, and humanity into nonstop laughter. His pace is frenetic. His material is vivid and true. From his first words to his famous, word-free, mannequin head encore, DiBitetto leaves his audience breathless with laughter.

Vic DiBiteto has appeared on television’s “America’s Funniest People” (ABC), where he was a $10,000 Grand Prize winner, as well as “Stand-Up Spotlight” (VH1) and “Last Laugh” at Pips, a pilot with Woody Allen and Danny Aiello. In addition, he has warmed-up hundreds of audiences for hit shows such as “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and “The Ricki Lake Show.” read more