“The combination of Joe’s calming vocalization and inventive writing is a thing of magic. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more enjoyable show.”
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Joe Zimmerman grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia, and started his comedy career in North Carolina after graduating from Davidson College. He moved to New York City in 2012, quickly appearing on The Late Late Show and John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show as well as Montreal’s prestigious Just for Laughs festival as a “New Face”. His resume has since grown to include The Tonight Show, Conan, Nickelodeon, Last Comic Standing, and his own Comedy Central Half Hour. He is a regular at New York’s iconic Comedy Cellar, and his stand-up was featured on Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar in 2019. Joe’s first album Smiling at Wolves reached number two on the iTunes comedy charts and is played regularly on SiriusXM, and his second, Innocence came out in 2018 with Comedy Central records. His third hour, Cult Classic was directed by Nate Bargatze, will premier Sept 25 on YouTube.
He has also contributed humor writing to The New York Times and The New Yorker, and his recent pilot script advanced to the finals of the Austin Film Festival.