Josh Gondelman from Nice Try, The Late Late Show and NBC

Josh GONDELMAN IS A WRITER AND COMEDIAN WHO INCUBATED IN BOSTON BEFORE MOVING TO NEW YORK CITY, where he currently lives and works as a writer and producer for Desus & Mero on Showtime. Previously, he spent five years at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, first as a web producer and then as a staff writer. He’s also the author of the essay collection _NICE TRY: STORIES OF BEST INTENTIONS AND MIXED RESULTS_ [https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062852755/nice-try/] published September 2019 by Harper Perennial. In 2016, he made his late night standup debut on Conan (TBS), and he has also performed on Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC) and _The Late Late Show with James Corden _(CBS). Onstage, Josh charms audiences using his good-natured storytelling and cracks them up with his sharp, pointy wit. He takes topics from surprise parties to his experience teaching preschool and makes them all equally hilarious.  Josh’s most recent album _DANCING ON A WEEKNIGHT [https://www.blondemedicine.com/blonde-medicine-store/bm012-josh-gondelman]_ came out April 19th on Blonde Medicine Records. (His prior album _PHYSICAL WHISPER [https://rooftopcomedy.bandcamp.com/album/physical-whisper] _debuted in March of 2016 at #1 on the iTunes comedy charts (as well as #4 on the Billboard comedy chart)  and stayed there for…well…longer than he expected, honestly.)   Offstage, Josh has earned two Peabody Awards, four Emmy awards, and three WGA Awards for his work on _Last Week Tonight_. He is also the co-author (along with Joe Berkowitz) of the book _YOU BLEW IT [http://www.amazon.com/You-Blew-It-Awkward-Already-ebook/dp/B00SI028UY], _published October 2015 by Plume. In the past, Josh has written for Fuse TV’s _Billy On The Street_. His writing has also appeared in prestigious publications such as McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, New York Magazine, and The New Yorker. Gondelman is the co-creator and co-author of the Shorty Award-winning  Modern Seinfeld Twitter account, and his own Twitter feed was named the year’s best by Paste Magazine in 2015. The Ellen DeGeneres Show took notice of Josh’s joke writing skill and featured him as part of their “Tweetly Roundup.” Additionally, Josh has performed at the Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen, CO, and headlined at the Laugh Your Asheville Off Festival in Asheville, NC. More recently he has appeared in the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and SF Sketchfest. His debut standup comedy CD, _Everything’s The Best_ was released in November of 2011 by Rooftop Comedy Productions. *This show is co-produced with Underground Comedy