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Chris Fleming
Fleming at the Wilbur Theater in Boston
Personal information
Born (1987-01-29) January 29, 1987 (age 37)
Stow, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationSkidmore College[1]
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • YouTube personality
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
Subscribers421 thousand subscribers (January 2021)[2]
Total views69+ million views (January 2021)[2]

Chris Fleming (born January 29, 1987) is an American comedian best known for his YouTube series Gayle, in which he stars as the titular character of Gayle Waters-Waters. In June 2019, Fleming was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch for 2019.[3]

Early life and education

Fleming grew up in Stow, Massachusetts, attended Nashoba Regional High School, when he first began to do stand-up comedy. He received a degree in theater from Skidmore College in 2009,[4][5] and one credit short of receiving a minor in dance.[6]

Gayle

GAYLE is a 40-episode, absurdist comedy series on YouTube that was launched in 2012.[6] The series follows high-strung, eccentric suburban mother Gayle Waters-Waters and her ruthless journey to uphold social status in her small suburban community of Northbread, Massachusetts.[7] Fleming developed the idea for Gayle through stand-up.[5] GAYLE is written by Fleming and directed by Melissa Strype, who also plays Gayle's daughter, Terry Gross Waters-Waters.[5] Fleming's mother co-stars as Bonnie, Gayle's best friend and biggest rival, and his father's legs play the role of Dave (with Fleming's voice), Gayle's very submissive husband.[5] The music is by Brian Heveron-Smith,[6] Tom Lowery, and Chris Hartford.[8] Comedian Margaret Cho grew an interest in the show and guest starred in an episode.[9] The series is filmed in Chris Fleming's hometown in Massachusetts.[10] In 2014 the Gayle team went on a US tour with the show titled Gayle Live.[11]

YouTube channel

Fleming runs a YouTube channel under his own name; the channel has gained over 414,000 subscribers as of October 2020. In addition to Gayle, Fleming has a variety of other content that ranges from music videos to car rants. His 2015 video "COMPANY IS COMING",[12] starring his Gayle character, went viral, accruing over 12 million views as of September 2020.

Stand-up comedy

Chris Fleming began doing stand-up comedy in 2005, and in 2016 and 2017 he toured the United States with his stand-up comedy show titled Showpig.[13]

Fleming's current stand-up tour entitled "Boba Everyday" began in late 2019 and has been postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] In October of 2020, Fleming announced "Forest Musings", a virtual show.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Genderfreak Zach
2019 The Last Laugh Kickapoo Comic

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012–2015 Gayle Gayle Waters-Waters Writer[16]
2019 Corporate Todd
2019 Splitting Up Together Rando
2019 Twelve Forever Mr. Fleming Voice role
2019 The Diaper Sert
2020 Bigtop Burger Cesare Voice role

References

  1. ^ https://theater.skidmore.edu/2017/03/chris-fleming-09/
  2. ^ a b "About chuntzit". YouTube.
  3. ^ https://variety.com/2019/legit/features/10-comics-to-watch-2019-variety-1203242713/
  4. ^ Boston Comedy: Funny Grown Here. "Chris Fleming Interview March 2010". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Humphrey, Michael. "Meet The Man Inside The Madwoman, Gayle Waters-Waters". www.forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Wenzel, John (9 July 2017). "The Ideal Jester for the digital age". The Denver Post. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  7. ^ The Paley Center for Media. "The Next Big Thing in Digital Comedy: Gayle Waters-Waters". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Dadgeplott, by Brian Heveron-Smith & Friends". Brian Heveron-Smith. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  9. ^ "Margaret Cho – Chris Fleming (Gayle Waters Waters) – 1:22:19". radiopublic.com. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  10. ^ "Local Comedian Chris Fleming Brings Fictional Local Web Character 'Gayle' to Boston Stage". BDCWire. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  11. ^ Zaino III, Nick A. "Comic takes 'Gayle' offline in Davis Square". The Boston Globe. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  12. ^ "COMPANY IS COMING". Youtube.
  13. ^ Bedford, Keith. "Chris Fleming is going beyond 'Gayle'". The Boston Globe. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Tweet from @chrisfluming". Twitter. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Chris Fleming: Forest Musings – new media touring". Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  16. ^ Gayle (TV Series 2012– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-10-12
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