Scott Blakeman is a standup who doesn't dumb down.
Scott Blakeman has performed his political humor from a liberal Jewish point of view around the world, including the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
Scott was featured on MSNBC's live coverage of the 2010 and 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner. He appears weekly as a liberal pundit on FoxNewsLive.com.
Blakeman is an original member of Laughing Liberally and appeared in the Off Broadway comedy revue Laughing Liberally: This Ain't No Tea Party at the Midtown Theater at HA! in New York. He hosts a political comedy talk show The End Of The Week As We Know It at The Tank in New York, with a panel of liberal and conservative pundits.
Blakeman co-hosted with Keith Olbermann, a celebration of James Thurber at the 92nd St Y, where he has also interviewed Robert Klein, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara and Lewis Black.
Blakeman tours with Palestinian-American comedian Dean Obeidallah in Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace. Scott was the warmup comedian for the Late Show with David Letterman.
Blakeman teaches the Standup Comedy Workshop at The New School, and his former students include Jon Stewart and Caroline Rhea. Contact Scott at ScottBlakeman@gmail.com.