Ben Gleib

Gleib was born Ben Nathan Gleiberman{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/206079/the-idiotest-funnyman-around-an-interview-with-be/ |last=Eby |first=Margaret |title=The 'Idiotest' Funnyman Around: An Interview with Ben Gleib |website=The Forward |date=September 23, 2014}} to Nate and Ziva Gleiberman in Los Angeles, California, on June 18, 1978.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ben-gleib/bio/3000029539/ |title=Ben Gleib Biography |website=TV Guide |access-date=June 16, 2022}} He has a younger brother named Ron Gleiberman.{{Cite tweet |author=Ben Gleib |user=bengleib |number=742274137704566784 |title=My younger brother Ron, and his two amazing children. Parker is 3 and Oliver is a newborn.}}

Gleib attended the University of California, San Diego,{{cite web |url=https://presidentialhopefuls.org/2020/02/07/ben-gleib/ |title=Ben Gleib |website=presidentialhopefuls.org |date=February 7, 2020}} where he studied communications and theater. His honors thesis work included producing a four-year campus TV talk show, The Gleib Show, the finale of which included Gleib's delivery to UC San Diego's Price Center Plaza by marines in a military tank, followed by an interview with Carmen Electra.{{cite web| url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/sdut-gleib-idiotest-gsn-tv-series-ucsandiego-leno-dali-2014sep10-story.html |last=Bell |first=Diane |title=Tank caper was just start for Ben Gleib |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=September 10, 2014}}

In 2006, Gleib sold a television pilot, The Gleib Show, to Fox. The pilot was produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, Broadway Video, and NBC/Universal.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/local/comedians-to-debut-at-harveys-improv/ |last=Nave |first=Howie |title=Comedians to debut at Harveys Improv |website=Tahoe Daily Tribune |date=March 21, 2013}} It was based on a TV show that Gleib directed, wrote, and starred in for three seasons on the National Lampoon College Network from 2003 to 2005 that aired to college campuses across the country; it was consistently the network's number one show. It was co-written and produced by Scot Richardson. The series was based on a show of the same title that Gleib had performed for four years while he attended college at the University of California, San Diego.

In 2007, Gleib starred in the NBC series The Real Wedding Crashers, a primetime comedy. The show also aired on Bravo and the Style Network.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbc.com/The_Real_Wedding_Crashers/ |title=The Real Wedding Crashers |website=NBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622023051/http://www.nbc.com/The_Real_Wedding_Crashers/ |archive-date=June 22, 2009}} Other cast members included Desi Lydic (host of The Daily Show), Catherine Reitman (creator, executive producer, writer, and star of Workin' Moms), Gareth Reynolds (co-host of The Dollop), and Steve Byrne (creator, writer, and star of Sullivan & Son).{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1002739/fullcredits |title=The Real Wedding Crashers |website=IMDb}}

Gleib was billed as one of "the six comedians who could be comedy's next big things" and part of "a bumper crop of brilliant new-alt comics" by Esquire.{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/the-side/opinion/comedians070207 |title=Will the Next Dane Cook Please Stand Up? |website=Esquire |date=July 2, 2007 |access-date=October 25, 2014}} He was also named one of the "funniest comedians working today" by TBS.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrahbrustein/2018/09/23/comedians-reveal-their-top-tips-to-be-memorable-communicators/ |title=Comedians Reveal Their Top Tips On Being Memorable Communicators |last=Brustein |first=Darrah |website=Forbes |date=September 23, 2018}} In 2008, Gleib was featured on the NBC competition show Last Comic Standing.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364829/characters/nm1186843 |title=Last Comic Standing |website=IMDb}} He subsequently performed stand-up twice on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly in 2009 and 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586942/fullcredits |title=Last Call with Carson Daly |website=IMDb}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/twin-peaks-boomers/2863831 |title=Last Call with Carson Daly |website=NBC}} He is known for covering a wide range of topics in his act as well as his improvisational skills, often making up large sections of his performance based on interactions with the crowd.

Gleib was a regular guest on the E! late night talk show Chelsea Lately for seven years until the show ended in 2014.{{cite web |url=https://submergemag.com/comedy/ben-gleib-comedian-actor-and-cartoon-sloth/ |last=Cruz |first=Alia |title=Comedian, Actor and Cartoon Sloth Ben Gleib |website=Submerge |date=October 19, 2015}} He has been a frequent guest on KPCC (Southern California's NPR affiliate) on the Patt Morrison Program, bringing his comedic spin to political issues. Gleib won a Golden Mic aware for his work on Patt Morrison's Comedy Congress.{{cite web |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/8298230/alumni-highlights-2011-beverly-hills-high-school-beverly-hills- |title=Beverly Hills High Lights |date=2011 |access-date=March 29, 2025}} He also reported for KPCC live from the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota{{cite web |url=https://media.scpr.org/about/publicdocs/fcc/issues/2008q4.pdf |website=LAist |title=Quarterly Programming Report, October-December 2008}} and the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.{{cite web |url=https://media.scpr.org/about/publicdocs/fcc/issues/2012q3.pdf |website=LAist |title=Quarterly Programming Report, July-September 2012}}

Gleib has appeared as an actor in thirteen movies, as well as several TV series.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1186843 |title=Ben Gleib |website=IMDb}} His first notable role was a supporting role in the feature film Bar Starz (2008), which had a limited theatrical release. The film also featured Charlie Murphy, Daniel Franceze, Derek Waters, Jon Bernthal, and Nikki Griffin. Gleib is billed in the main cast of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6521876/fullcredits |title=Jay and Silent Bob Reboot |website=IMDb}} Gleib was a lead actor in the Disney+ anthology series Just Beyond based on a graphic novel from R.L. Stine, and he is featured on the series poster.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/r-l-stine-just-beyond-show-poster |title=R.L. Stine's Just Beyond Poster Teases New Disney+ Anthology Show |date=September 9, 2021 |last=Landwehr |first=Amanda |website=Screen Rant}} As himself, Gleib was also a regular on Today with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on NBC.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044298/fullcredits |title=Today |website=IMDb}} Gleib is also the voice of Marshall the Sloth in Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), one of the stars of Kevin Smith's Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! (2013), and the voice of Dali in The Book of Life (2014). His voices have also appeared in Phineas and Ferb.{{cite web |url=https://www.slugmag.com/interviews-features/ben-gleib-idiotests-and-mind-games/ |title=Ben Gleib: Idiotests and Mind Games |last=Springer |first=Alex |date=July 8, 2015 |website=SLUG Magazine}} Including appearances as himself as a host (for example, on Idiotest), panelist, or correspondent, Gleib has appeared on over 400 episodes of television.

In addition, Gleib performed multiple times on The Late Late Show{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192906/fullcredits |website=IMDb |title=The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn}}{{cite AV media |publisher=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF014EUJrSI |title=The David Beckham Statue Prank |date=March 12, 2019}}{{cite AV media |publisher=YouTube |title=New Netflix Show Ideas |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTY7lO0W2tw0 |date=April 29, 2022}} on CBS and on @midnight{{cite AV media |publisher=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv8qx-BCjUg |title=Anna Akana, Flula Borg, Ben Gleib - Ghost in the Hell No |date=April 19, 2016}}{{cite AV media |publisher=YouTube |url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=LBQ_m_KkghY |title=Fortune Feimster, Ben Gleib, Moshe Kasher - Spring Break Regrets |date=March 25, 2015}} on Comedy Central. Gleib has also performed at Just for Laughs in Montreal, the Vancouver Comedy Festival, and the Laughing Matters Festival in the Netherlands. He also hosted several podcasts for Current TV and wrote for the Radio Music Awards for ABC in 2002.

Since November 2011, Gleib has hosted the podcast Last Week on Earth with Ben Gleib,{{cite web |url=http://lastweekonearth.com |title=Last Week on Earth with Ben Gleib |website=Last Week on Earth with Ben Gleib |access-date=December 4, 2022}} distributed through Kevin Smith's SModcast Podcast Network.{{cite web |url=http://smodcast.com/channels/last-week-on-earth-with-ben-gleib/ |title=Last Week on Earth with Ben Gleib |website=SModcast Podcast Network |access-date=October 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029195958/http://smodcast.com/channels/last-week-on-earth-with-ben-gleib |archive-date=October 29, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}

Beginning in August 2014, Gleib hosted four seasons (212 episodes) of the television game show Idiotest on the Game Show Network. He also served as head writer and co-executive producer for a portion of the show.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3607166/fullcredits |website=IMDb |title=Idiotest}} It was a top original program on the network,{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzerblog.com/2014/10/28/gsn-renews-idiotest-for-second-season |title=GSN Renews Idiotest for Second Season |date=October 28, 2014 |website=BuzzerBlog}} before moving to NETFLIX where it was only the second game show ever on the platform, following Jeopardy! In the Emmy-nominated show,{{cite web |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2016/daytime-emmy-nominations-2016-complete-list-531972468 |title=Daytime Emmy nominations 2016: Complete list |website=Gold Derby |date=March 24, 2016 |first=Daniel |last=Montgomery}} two teams of two contestants face off in increasingly challenging visual brain puzzles for a chance to win up to $10,000. In one memorable episode, all four contestants were Gleib’s real life ex-girlfriends.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2017/02/10/why-i-went-on-my-ex-boyfriends-game-show |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 10, 2017 |title=Why I went on my ex-boyfriend's game show |first=Danielle |last=Sepulveres}}

Gleib was guest co-anchor for a week for ABC News digital, from ABC News world headquarters in New York, and provided election night coverage for them in 2016. He has been a frequent on-air contributor on CNN, The Young Turks, and NPR, winning a Golden Mic Award for his work on Southern California NPR's Patt Morrison's Comedy Congress.{{cite web |url=https://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2012/09/05/28195/ben-gleib-for-comedy-congress/ |title=Comedy Congress: Live from the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Day 3 |date=September 5, 2012 |website=Southern California Public Radio |access-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027102346/https://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2012/09/05/28195/ben-gleib-for-comedy-congress/ |url-status=dead }} In 2017, he was one of the hosts of the social impact news show ASPIREist on CNN's Headline News.{{cite web |url=http://www.aspireist.com/about |title=About |website=ASPIREist}}

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His hour-long stand-up special Ben Gleib: Neurotic Gangster debuted on Showtime in 2016 and has been available on Amazon Prime. His follow up special, Ben Gleib: The Mad King, was produced by Helium Comedy Studios and released on their YouTube channel.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJbQT-ZcPLw |publisher=YouTube |title=Ben Gleib: The Mad King |date=August 14, 2022}}{{cite web |title=The Mad King |website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21953670}} Kelly Carlin, who later produced Gleib's third special Endings, noted that Gleib's second special "reminds me of elements of my dad’s approach."{{cite twitter |user=TheGeorgeCarlin |number=1565791565427052544 |date=September 2, 2022 |first=Kelly |last=Carlin |title=I think you’ll like this special by @bengleib. It reminds me of elements of my dad’s approach. - KC |access-date=March 29, 2025}} Gleib filmed his third special Endings in September 2024, which is about the most challenging year of his life.{{cite web |url=https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/?_ga=2.178617441.413076360.1723755916-1295865098.1723755916&id=14008&s=events_view |website=The Hotel Cafe |title=BEN GLEIB: ENDINGS – Live Comedy Special Taping}} In additional to being executive produced by Kelly Carlin, Endings was directed by Christian Lamb.{{cite instagram |postid=DARp9hpyAFF |user=bengleib |title=Saturday night was magic. |date=September 23, 2024}}

In October 2021, Charlie Kirk invited Gleib on his show for a debate about abortion.{{cite AV media |format=video |publisher=YouTube |title=Charlie Kirk faces off against pro-abortion comedian & activist Ben Gleib on the right to life. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRroUOQzH1w |date=October 7, 2021}} Gleib showed Kirk a photograph of a fetus and asked him if it was a human being, to which Kirk replied, "without a doubt", before Gleib revealed that it was actually that of a dolphin.{{cite web |url=https://god.dailydot.com/charlie-kirk-dolphin-fetus/ |title=Comedian Tricks Charlie Kirk Into Declaring A Dolphin Fetus Is 'Without A Doubt' Human |work=god.dailydot.com |date=October 12, 2021 |access-date=November 11, 2021}}{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Precious |url=https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/47873/20211019/dolphin-fetus-indisputably-human-being-charlie-kirk.htm |title=Anti-Abortionist Activist Charlie Kirk Insists Dolphin Fetus is a Human Being |work=Nature World News |date=October 12, 2021 |access-date=November 11, 2021}} Gleib's debate with Kirk, particularly the moment with the dolphin fetus, was covered by Sam Seder on The Majority Report{{cite AV media |format=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hWgiO5xkYU |title='This Is A Dolphin Fetus’ Charlie Kirk Humiliated By Ben Gleib During Abortion Debate |date=October 13, 2021 |publisher=YouTube}} as well as on The Young Turks.{{cite AV media |format=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11u-U_dcPI |title=Charlie Kirk Owned By A Dolphin Fetus |date=October 12, 2021 |publisher=YouTube}}

Since 2022, Gleib has co-hosted episodes of The Young Turks.{{cite web |url=https://tyt.com/about/talent/4PZkY1MCz95my4B4Lwj1Xs |website=TYT |title=Ben Gleib}} On December 2, 2022, Gleib, who is of Jewish heritage, made an appearance on The Young Turks criticizing Kanye West for an interview he had done with InfoWars, wherein West praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and denied the Holocaust.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC843C0FeuM&ab_channel=TheYoungTurks |title=PLEASE WATCH THIS CLIP - Jewish Anchor's EMOTIONAL RESPONSE To Ye |people=The Young Turks |format=video |publisher=YouTube |date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2022}}{{Cite tweet |last=Gleib |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Gleib |user=bengleib |number=1598910053045923841 |date=December 2, 2022 |title=Please watch this video. I'm Jewish & I just got very emotional and angry at Kanye West while anchoring the news @TheYoungTurks |access-date=December 9, 2022}}

In 2018, Gleib created (and executed produced) the Telethon for America in partnership with Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote organization.{{cite web |url=https://whenweallvote.org/press/press-release/the-telethon-for-america |date=October 31, 2018 |title=The Telethon for America |website=When We All Vote}} Olivia Munn co-hosted with Gleib. Participating celebrities included Amy Schumer, Jane Fonda, Charlize Theron, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Judd Apatow, Chelsea Handler, Alyssa Milano, Natalie Portman, Pete Davidson, and Jessica Alba.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/michelle-obama-when-we-all-vote-telethon-for-america-chelsea-handler-tiffany-haddish-judd-apatow-1202492657 |first=Dino-Ray |last=Ramos |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=November 5, 2018 |title=Olivia Munn Set To Host Star-Studded ‘Telethon For America’, Additional Guests Revealed – Update}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-telethon-for-america-20181031-story.html |date=October 31, 2018 |first=Nardine |last=Saad |title=‘Telethon for America’ adds Amy Schumer, Jane Fonda, Charlize Theron to gather pledges to vote

}}{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/telethon-for-america-charlize-theron-olivia-munn-pete-davidson-promote-voter-registration-midterm-election-8483528 |website=Billboard |date=November 6, 2018 |last=Schaffstall |first=Katherine |title=‘Telethon for America’: Charlize Theron, Olivia Munn, Pete Davidson & More Promote Voter Registration}}

Gleib again produced (with Milano and Rosario Dawson) and hosted (with Dawson) the Telethon for America in 2020 in partnership with Represent Us.{{cite web |url=https://telethonforamerica.com/welcome#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Telethon%20for%20America%2C%E2%80%9D,telethon%20for%20the%20digital%20age |title=The Team |website=RepresentUs}}{{cite web |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rosario-dawson-sacha-baron-cohen-alicia-keys-mark-ruffalo-amy-schumer-kerry-washington-orlando-bloom-chelsea-handler-alyssa-milano-billy-ray-cyrus-camila-morrone-olivia-munn-and-many-other-a-list-stars-join-telethon-for-301163020.html |website=PR Newswire |title=Rosario Dawson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alicia Keys, Mark Ruffalo, Amy Schumer, Kerry Washington, Orlando Bloom, Chelsea Handler, Alyssa Milano, Billy Ray Cyrus, Camila Morrone, Olivia Munn and Many Other A List Stars Join Telethon for America on Election Eve to Get Out the Vote |date=October 29, 2020}}

On May 13, 2019, Gleib announced his candidacy for President of the United States on Twitter.{{cite tweet |user=bengleib |number=1128003888529805312 |title=It's time for the announcement. We must do all we can to ensure trump doesn't permanently damage our democracy. Cautious politicians are not the answer. I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States. Go to http://GLEIB2020.com & share this post. #GLEIB2020 |last=Gleib |first=Ben |date=May 13, 2019 |language=en |access-date=July 1, 2019}} Shortly thereafter, Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks interviewed Gleib.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iVS6atCIOM |title=2020 Candidate Introduces NEW Progressive Policy |website=YouTube |date=May 22, 2019}} He was also interviewed by Larry King on Politicking with Larry King,{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7RhbObHv0 |title=Comic Turned Presidential Candidate Ben Gleib Arrested At US Capitol |publisher=YouTube |date=December 6, 2019}} by Hannah Jewell of The Washington Post,{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_sPppFFG0M |title=Meet the comedian running for president |publisher=YouTube |date=July 3, 2019}} by Stuart Varney on FOX Business Network,{{cite web |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6037703388001 |website=FOX Business |date=May 16, 2019 |title=Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Ben Gleib}} by Tomi Lahren on Fox Nation,{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaRhEIXTLJU |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Tomi Lahren speaks to comedian & Democratic presidential candidate Ben Gleib |publisher=YouTube}} and on NowThis.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cVL87s-TTo |publisher=YouTube |date=August 29, 2019 |title=Why It Might Take A Comedian To Beat Trump}}

Gleib campaigned over the course of seven months in thirteen states and territories.{{cite web |title=Campaign Events |url=https://www.gleib2020.com/campaign-events |website=Ben Gleib for President}} On August 21, 2019, at the annual AFL-CIO convention at Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, he was the final speaker out of all 2020 Democratic candidates who spoke.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIZUTOb1DVk |title=Full speech: Ben Gleib at Iowa AFL-CIO convention |website=YouTube |date=August 22, 2019}} However, Gleib was unable to garner significant mainstream media attention or financing, raising less than $70,000 through all of 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00011726/ |title=Financial summary |website=Federal Election Commission |date=January 2015 |access-date=June 16, 2022}} Despite media and financial struggles, Gleib's campaign finished as the 29th highest fundraising Democratic campaign out of over 200 campaigns.{{cite web |url=https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/president/2020/ |title=Election data and reporting deadlines |website=Federal Election Commission |access-date=March 22, 2025}} Additionally, his campaign's online donations were exclusively from first-time donors and represented all 50 U.S. states.{{cite web |url=https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00704627&two_year_transaction_period=2020&data_type=processed |title=Receipts |website=Federal Election Commission |access-date=March 22, 2025}} The three aggregated "ActBlue" donations reported to the FEC represent over 3300 donors, across all 50 U.S. states, all of which were first-time donors according to ActBlue.

Gleib was on the ballot for the New Hampshire primary.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/11/us/elections/results-new-hampshire-primary-election.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 27, 2020 |title=New Hampshire 2020 Primary}} On December 30, 2019, Gleib ended his campaign.{{cite tweet |last=Gleib |first=Ben |user=bengleib |number=1211710847669506048 |date=December 30, 2019 |title=THE END OF MY CAMPAIGN We don't have a clear path forward anymore, so it's time to say goodbye. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all who supported me. I have more to say than a standard concession speech. So I hope you watch this video #Gleib2020 |language=en |access-date=January 11, 2020}}

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic that left many comedians out of work, Gleib started the world's first entirely digital comedy club, Nowhere Comedy Club,{{cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90498771/is-this-zoom-on-a-club-crawl-through-the-brave-new-world-of-live-comedy-online |website=Fast Company |title=Is this Zoom on? A club crawl through the brave new world of live comedy online |date=May 20, 2020}} with fellow comedian Steve Hofstetter as co-founder.{{cite news |last=Zinoman |first=Jason |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/arts/television/rushtix-nowhere-livestream-comedy.html |title=Is Livestreamed Stand-Up Here to Stay? |newspaper=The New York Times |date= March 31, 2021}} Unlike other virtual venues, Nowhere encouraged audiences to keep their video and audio active during Zoom sessions so that performers could see and hear the audience's laughter. As a result, Nowhere Comedy Club mimicked being at a live venue in-person.{{cite web |last=Magnotta |first=Andrew |url=https://q1043.iheart.com/featured/qna/content/2021-04-15-inside-stand-up-comedys-pandemic-survival-and-its-multifaceted-comeback/ |title=Inside Stand-Up Comedy's Pandemic Survival And Its Multifaceted Comeback |website=WAXQ |date=April 16, 2021}}

Within a few months, Nowhere had sold over 10,000 tickets to livestreamed comedy events.{{cite web |last=Chacon |first=Pablo |url=https://ktla.com/morning-news/comedian-ben-gleib-on-launching-the-first-fully-digital-comedy-club-nowhere-comedy-club/ |title=Comedian Ben Gleib on launching the first fully digital comedy club 'Nowhere Comedy Club' |website=KTLA |date=June 29, 2020}} Comedians including Sarah Silverman, Bill Burr, Mike Birbiglia, John Cleese, Nikki Glaser, Christian Finnegan, Natasha Leggero, Todd Barry, Judah Friedlander, Jackie Fabulous, Sean Patton, Jay Jurden, Josh Johnson, and the Sklar brothers have all performed at Nowhere.{{cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90737807/8-life-changing-tips-to-thrive-in-an-uncertain-world |title=8 life-changing tips to thrive in an uncertain world |date=April 6, 2022 |first=Ben |last=Gleib |website=Fast Company}}{{cite web |last=Marfo |first=Amma |url=https://theinterrobang.com/how-nowhere-comedy-club-is-bringing-community-and-laughter-everywhere/ |title=How Nowhere Comedy Club is Bringing Community and Laughter Everywhere |website=The Interrobang |date=July 17, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://thecomedybureau.com/todd-barry-natasha-leggero-crowd-work-nowhere |title=Pick of the Day: Birthday Double Crowd Work Show with Todd Barry & Natasha Leggero 3/26 |website=The Comedy Bureau |date=March 23, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://nataliemcgill.com/upcoming-shows.html |title=Upcoming shows |website=Natalie McGill}}{{cite web |url=https://thecomedybureau.com/dumb-people-town-8-15 |website=The Comedy Bureau |date=July 30, 2020 |title=Pick of the Day: Dumb People Town 8/15}} Nowhere was covered in multiple profiles in The New York Times,{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/arts/television/comedy-zoom.html |title=Comedy via Zoom: It's the Golden Age of Mugging |first=Jason |last=Zinoman |date=July 1, 2020}} as well as Fast Company. The interrobang also named Nowhere as the #3 innovator that changed comedy in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://theinterrobang.com/12-innovators-who-changed-comedy-in-2020/ |date=December 25, 2020 |title=12 Innovators Who Changed Comedy in 2020}}

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