Todd Glass
| Todd Glass | |
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| Born | 1964 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television, Podcast |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Surreal humor, Alternative comedy, Absurd |
| Subject(s) | American culture, pop culture, everyday life, human behavior, impersonations, self-deprecation |
| Influences | George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Bill Hicks, Jay Leno, Richard Pryor, Rodney Dangerfield, Don Rickles |
| Website | Official website |
Todd Steven Glass (born 1964)[1] is an American stand-up comedian originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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[edit] Life and career
Glass was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1980, he first began performing stand-up comedy in Philadelphia at 16 years old while he was still attending Conestoga High School, from which he graduated in 1982.[2] He made his earliest television appearances in the late 80s on A&E's An Evening at the Improv and in the early 1990s on several Comedy Central stand-up programs.[citation needed]
Glass is perhaps best known for his appearances as a contestant on the second and third seasons of NBC's Last Comic Standing and has appeared regularly on programs such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, The Dennis Miller Show, Politically Incorrect, Louie, Tosh.0, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and had his own Comedy Central Presents special in 2001. He co-hosted the podcast Comedy And Everything Else with fellow comics Jimmy Dore and Stefané Zamorano, but left the podcast in September 2009. His departure was officially announced on the November 28, 2009 episode. However, he has returned as a guest on several episodes since leaving, such as the 100th episode in July 2010.
In 2001, Glass released his debut stand-up album called Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap and was also featured on the two CD set of the Comedy Death-Ray, a compilation album of various stand-up comics performing at the popular Comedy Death-Ray comedy showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. His most recently released album Thin Pig, was released on July 7, 2009 on Comedy Central Records.
On April 16, 2010, Glass collapsed backstage at a Los Angeles comedy club after suffering a heart attack.[3] Glass appeared on The Bonnie Hunt Show only nine days later, talking about his recent "brush with death". Glass said he found out he had 100% blockage in his arteries and following an angioplasty, declared that he was doing fine.[4] Glass blamed these health problems on bad genetics. Both parents had a history of heart problems; Todd's father had his first heart attack at age 30 and died of a subsequent heart attack at age 46.[5]
Todd's podcast, The Todd Glass Show, debuted on August 13, 2011.[6]
[edit] Personal life
Glass came out publicly as gay on the January 16, 2012 episode of fellow comedian Marc Maron's WTF podcast. The information had previously been known to friends and family, and Glass explained that he was worried about coming out publicly, but the recent string of suicide among LGBT youth motivated him to do so.[7]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap (2001)
- Thin Pig (2009) Comedy Central Records -- Digital Album
[edit] Compilation appearances
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/01/16/Comic_Todd_Glass_Comes_Out_as_Gay/
- ^ http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/137441033.html
- ^ Letter-perfect honor for Kate Smith
- ^ Todd Glass Doesn't Let Heart Attacks Get In His Way
- ^ Todd Glass: Funny as a heart attack
- ^ The New Todd Glass Podcast
- ^ Maron, Marc (January 16, 2012). "Episode 245 - Todd Glass". WTF. http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_245_-_todd_glass. Retrieved 16 January 2012. "Todd Glass returns to the garage for a very different conversation than the one he and Marc shared the last time. It’s an honest, open discussion unlike any other heard on WTF."
[edit] External links
- Todd Glass at the Internet Movie Database
- Official homepage
- Todd Glass on MySpace
- Comedy and Everything Else Podcast
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