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Daniel Humbarger
Born
Phoenix, Arizona
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego, University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law
OccupationStand-up comedian
Years active2011-present

Daniel Humbarger is an American stand-up comedian from Sacramento, California.[1]

Humbarger's 2018 Stand Up! Records album Funny Bones reached No. 1 on Amazon's comedy chart[2] and No. 2 on the iTunes comedy chart.[3]

Early life

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Humbarger was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His family moved frequently; he lived in six states and attended 11 schools before his family settled during his teen years in Washington state. His father, a truck driver, died when Humbarger was 13; Humbarger told Capital Public Radio that the event brought a dark edge to his comedy.[4][5]

Humbarger was a rave DJ for two years before joining the United States Air Force to fund his college studies, eventually settling in Sacramento. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of California, San Diego, then went to the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law. He worked as an attorney in corporate bankruptcy for several years.[6][5][7]

Career

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Stand-up comedy

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Humbarger began performing at open mics in 2002, and turned professional as a comic in 2011.[8][9] He won the 2010 Laugh Auburn First Comedy Night Contest.[10] He quickly advanced into hosting comedy events,[7] and co-created the longrunning pun-battle show Capital Punishment in 2016.[11][12][13]

Humbarger's comedy is observational and often dark.[4][10] Describing his comedy, Lesley Goldwater of the Carson City, Nevada news site Carson Now said that "Daniel uses his dark sense of humor to explore subjects that are smart, weird, sometimes inappropriate and personal."[14]

He has performed across the U.S. and in England, Scotland, and Germany, and at festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (where he won the Manchester Comedy Store Competition in 2018),[15][16] the Altercation Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas,[17] San Francisco Comedy Competition,[6] San Francisco Comedy Festival,[18] Savage Henry Festival,[15] SF Sketchfest, Sacramento Comedy Festival and the S.H.I.T.S. and Giggles Festival in Humboldt, California.[19]

With comic Johnny Taylor, he co-hosted the sports podcast Cowbell Kingdom in 2015 and 2016.[20][21][22][23][24]

He was featured on the cover of the August 23, 2016 issue of Sacramento's Submerge Magazine.[6]

He appears in director Larry Brand's 2012 documentary The Coexist Comedy Tour.[25]

Albums

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Humbarger recorded his debut stand-up album, Funny Bones, at Sacramento Comedy Spot in 2016.[4][6] It was released by Stand Up! Records in 2018,[5] and reached No. 1 on Amazon's comedy chart[2] and No. 2 on the iTunes comedy chart.[3]

Other work

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Humbarger also works in the video game industry, as a game designer, voice actor, and community manager.[5][26] He is a voice actor in the Phoenix Online game Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, playing Officer Jonathan Duffner.[27]

Discography

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Podcast appearances

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  • Cowbell Kingdom, multiple episodes as co-host, 2015 and 2016[21][22][23][24]
  • The Junior & Leo Show, Episode 24 (September 22, 2012)[8] and Episode 98 (June 27, 2013)[9]
  • Gag On This… Podcast, Episode 85 (May 25, 2020)[13]
  • Barley & Me, Episode 18 (March 7, 2016)[20]
  • ComedyWham, "The Many Lives of Daniel Humbarger" (October 20, 2018)[5]
  • Radio Tatas!, Episode 170 (September 30, 2018)[16]
  • The Hard Talk with Johnny Taylor, Episode 9 (December 2, 2020)[26] and Episode 15 (December 2, 2020)[12]
  • STAB!, Episode 257 (May 3, 2021)[28]
  • Illuminati By Nature, Episode 42 (November 8, 2019)[29]
  • Random Thoughts With Robert Omoto, Episode 176 (September 9, 2020)[15]
  • Sportsball with Drew Absher, June 15, 2021[30] and August 25, 2020[31]
  • UK Pun Off, August 5, 2020,[32] August 28, 2021,[33] and October 17, 2021[34]

References

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  1. ^ Solomon, Samantha (June 30, 2020). "After months of coronavirus-forced closure, Punch Line Sacramento reopens". KXTV-TV. Sacramento, California. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ a b "Stand Up! Records". Facebook. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  3. ^ a b "Stand Up! Records". Facebook. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  4. ^ a b c Vicki Gonzalez, Cody Drabble (August 25, 2016). "Sacramento Comedian Daniel Humbarger Gears Up For Stand-Up Album". Insight With Vicki Gonzalez (Podcast). Capital Public Radio (California State University, Sacramento). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  5. ^ a b c d e Smith, Lara; Goodwin, Richard (October 20, 2018). "The Many Lives of Daniel Humbarger". ComedyWham. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  6. ^ a b c d Garcia, Andy (2016-08-15). "Honesty Is the Best Comedy: Daniel Humbarger Takes a Look at the Ups and Downs of His Life in Stand-up". Submerge Magazine. No. 220. Sacramento, California. p. 20. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  7. ^ a b Carabba, Jonathan (2012-06-04). "The Stream: Daniel Humbarger's Thursday Night Jive at Shine". Submerge Magazine. No. 112. Sacramento, California. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  8. ^ a b Junior Bruce, Leo Zuniga (September 22, 2012). "Episode 24: Comedians Daniel Humbarger and Johnny Taylor!". The Junior & Leo Show (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  9. ^ a b Junior Bruce, Leo Zuniga (June 27, 2013). "Episode 98: Comedian Daniel Humbarger". The Junior & Leo Show (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  10. ^ a b "12th Annual Comedy Gala is something to laugh about". Auburn Journal. Auburn, California. March 7, 2013.
  11. ^ Zarate, Mozes (2019-09-12). "Listen, laugh: Capitol PUNishment celebrates three years of competitive corniness at Punchline". News & Review. Sacramento, California. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  12. ^ a b Johnny Taylor (2021-01-20). "Episode 15 - Capital Punishment with Daniel Humbarger, Damian Harmony, and Mark Burg". The Hard Talk with Johnny Taylor (Podcast). The Hard Times. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  13. ^ a b "Ep. 085 - All About Getting Punny and Bitches with Capitol PUNishment (Damian Harmony & Daniel Humbarger)". Gag On This… Podcast (Podcast). May 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  14. ^ Goldwater, Lesley (December 3, 2017). "The Carson Comedy Club Presents Comedian Daniel Humbarger". Carson Now. Carson City, Nevada.
  15. ^ a b c Robert Omoto (2020-09-29). "#176 - Daniel Humbarger - Airforce, Attorney, Comedian". Random Thoughts With Robert Omoto (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  16. ^ a b "Episode 170 - Emotionally Horny (featuring Daniel Humbarger)". Radio Tatas! (Podcast). September 30, 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  17. ^ Lobell, Kylie Ora (2018-08-16). "A Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Festivals in the U.S. and Around the Globe". Vulture. New York City. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  18. ^ Milligan, Kaitlin (2018-11-19). "Lineup Announced for the 18th Annual San Francisco Comedy Festival". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  19. ^ "Daniel Humbarger". SF Sketchfest. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  20. ^ a b Ben Rice (March 7, 2016). "Episode 18: Tom Moseman of Oakshire Brewing & Comedian Daniel Humbarger". Barley & Me (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  21. ^ a b Daniel Humbarger, Johnny Taylor (2015-12-24). "CK Podcast 229: Rondo statistics and a game with high stakes". Spreaker (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  22. ^ a b Beas, Leo (January 8, 2016). "CK Podcast 231: A hard look at the Kings' real big 3". TheSportsDaily. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  23. ^ a b Daniel Humbarger, Johnny Taylor (2016-01-21). "CK Podcast 233: ESPN Director of Analytics, Ben Alamar discusses the Kings' chances of making the playoffs". Spreaker (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  24. ^ a b Daniel Humbarger, Johnny Taylor (2016-02-14). "CK Podcast 236: Leo Beas calls out Yahoo's subjective article about the Kings". Spreaker (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  25. ^ Daniel Humbarger at IMDb
  26. ^ a b Johnny Taylor (2020-12-02). "Episode 9 - Daniel Humbarger". The Hard Talk with Johnny Taylor (Podcast). The Hard Times. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  27. ^ Green, Paul (2019-09-13). Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives: Supernatural and Paranormal Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media. McFarland. p. 38. ISBN 9781476638379.
  28. ^ "Episode 257: "Phantoms Of Our Own Shadows"". STAB! (Podcast). May 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  29. ^ "Daniel Humbarger, Zack Maas and Bobby Benedict at the 8th Annual Savage Henry Magazine Comedy Festival". Illuminati By Nature (Podcast). Savage Henry Magazine Radio Network. November 8, 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  30. ^ Drew Absher (June 15, 2021). "Daniel Humbarger, Robert Omoto and Jack Brown". Sportsball with Drew Absher (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  31. ^ Drew Absher (August 25, 2020). "Josh Means, Robert Omoto and Daniel Hamburger". Sportsball with Drew Absher (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  32. ^ "UK Pun Off 18". UK Pun Off (Podcast). August 5, 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  33. ^ "UK Pun off at The Edinburgh Free Festival No. 7". UK Pun Off (Podcast). August 28, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  34. ^ "outPUNched October". UK Pun Off (Podcast). October 17, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
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