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"Jim David's stand-up comedy was as effective as any I've heard in a club in the past year." - New York Post
“Well informed, engaging, funny. He chooses his words perfectly, with flawless timing. He hurls his words at the audience with surgical skill and a killer’s power. David’s humor is dark and very deep.” - Le Devoir, Montreal
‘Smart, agile comedy.” Time Out NY
"I have honestly never enjoyed a performer more." Backstage
“Hilarious mayhem! If you’re not laughing out loud at the punchlines that pepper his performance, you probably need resuscitation!” Rochester Democrat/Chronicle
"Well-Tuned Comic Cartwheels. He doesn't crack a joke. He knocks it into the last rows of the balcony." Westchester Register News
"I especially enjoyed Jim David. He's the one who calls Las Vegas 'A 24 hour Prozac moment." The New York Times
"Jim David is a hoot, with plenty of laugh-out loud topical humor, warning everyone,"When opportunity rings, you better have call waiting.'" Hollywood Reporter
"Wonderful...totally energetic without seeming insincere." Bergen Record
"Jim David offers jokes much on a level with Jay Leno." New York Post
Jim David's outrageous and biting comedy has been seen on his own 1/2 hour special Comedy Central Presents Jim David, as a comic pundit on Comedy Central's Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn, as well as Out On The Edge and Comedy Central'S USO Tour. He was a guest "comedy consultant" on Bravo's smash Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, and appeared on Bravo's Greatest Things About Being.... His humor column, "Bitter, Party Of One" appears in The Advocate. He has also appeared on ABC's The View, Comedy Central's Comic Cabana, New Joke City with Robert Klein, NBC Comedy Showcase with Louie Anderson, A&E's Caroline'S and Evening At The Improv, MTV 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, VH1's Fools For Love, Showtime Comedy Club Network, Dateline NBC, Star Search, Last Call, Spotlight Cafe, USA Live, and others. He performed on Comedy Central's Friars Club Roast Of Rob Reiner and hosted the backstage interviews of Comedy Central's Friars Club Roast Of Hugh Hefner. (see the Media section for video)
A headliner across the world, he can be heard on his CDs, Eat Here And Get Gas (2000) and Live From Jimville (2003). He is two time winner of the MAC (Manhattan Assn. of Clubs & Cabarets) Award for Outstanding Comedian and the Backstage Magazine BISTRO Award for Outstanding NY Comedian. He has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in films, and his one-man comedy "South Pathetic," a play about the worst community theater in the South, was presented at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, NYC'S Revelation Theater, as well as other theaters around the country.
He recently returned from Canada on the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour, and has performed at the Montreal Comedy Festival many times as well as other worldwide comedy festivals.
He was in residence at the University of the South as a Tennessee Williams Fellow in writing and performance.
He appears at many charitable events, recently for The Trevor Project, the nation's only suicide hotline for troubled gay, lesbian and questioning youth. For more information, visit www.thetrevorproject.org. He also produces and hosts Comedy Cares, the only standup comedy benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which has featured great comics like Joy Behar, Darrell Hammond, Cory Kahaney, John Pinette, Colin Quinn, Kate Clinton and Julie Halston. For more info, visit www.broadwaycares.org.
He is one degree away from Kevin Bacon - he appeared in Radioland Murders with Mary Stuart Masterson, who appeared in Digging to China with Kevin Bacon. His guilty pleasures include "Extreme Makeover," disaster & "Airport" movies, the Miss America Pageant, the Lawrence Welk Show, and cheesy true crime novels. He is a member of Actor's Equity, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, The Dramatists Guild, and the Friars Club.
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