Corey Adam
{{short description|American stand-up comedian}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2023}}
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| birth_name = Corey Adam Allegrezza
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|37|2018|3|15}}
| birth_place = Hibbing, Minnesota
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| occupation = Stand-up comedian
| years_active = 2008-present
| website = [http://www.coreyadamwastaken.com/ coreyadamwastaken.com]
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Corey Adam is an American stand-up comedian from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has released three comedy albums on Stand Up! Records, including 2018's Jokes.
Personal life
Adam was born Corey Adam Allegrezza in Hibbing, Minnesota.{{cite news |last= Potter |first= Tony |date= 2016-12-31 |title= Hibbing jokester enjoying comedy career |url= https://www.mesabitribune.com/news/local/hibbing-jokester-enjoying-comedy-career/article_268f4eaa-04fc-5959-9817-5a04ae946956.html |work=Hibbing Daily Tribune |location=Hibbing, Minnesota |access-date=2020-09-24 }} Adam began using his first and middle names as a stage name in 2008 because of his frustration with frequent mispronunciations of "Allegrezza."{{cite podcast |url= https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/manners-optional-podcast/e/67505793 |title= Episode 121: Corey Adam |website= Manners Optional |host=Mark Opdahl. |date=2020-02-21 |access-date=2020-09-24 }}
Career
=Stand-up comedy=
Adam's comedy has been described as "self-deprecating and sarcastic." Adam's early comedy was influenced by Sam Kinison; he studied group improv comedy at venues such as Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, but eventually decided solo stand-up was more suited to his style.{{cite news |last= Strait |first= Patrick |date= August 25, 2012 |title= Standup Spotlight: Who the F is Corey Adam? |url= http://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2011/07/standup_spotlight_who_the_f_corey_adam.php |work=City Pages |location=Minneapolis-St. Paul |access-date=2020-09-24 }} He moved briefly to Las Vegas at age 22 to further his stand-up career, but has been based in the Twin Cities until 2021, when he moved to Austin, Texas.
Adam has toured internationally, performing to audiences in Ireland and at the Akumal Comedy Festival in Mexico, and has been a frequent tour opener for Nick Swardson.{{cite magazine |last=Bonavita |first=Julia |date= February 6, 2019 |title= Comedians entertain FGCU during homeecoming |url= https://issuu.com/eaglenews/docs/combinepdf__15_ |magazine=Eagle News|volume=17|issue=22 |access-date= 2020-09-24}} He has been a regular host of comedy nights at several clubs in Minneapolis.{{cite news |last= Strait |first= Patrick |date= March 15, 2018 |title= Corey Adam aims to become the GWAR of Twin Cities comedy |url= http://www.citypages.com/arts/corey-adam-aims-to-become-the-gwar-of-twin-cities-comedy/476860253 |work=City Pages |location=Minneapolis-St. Paul |access-date=2020-09-24 }}
Adam has released three albums of his stand-up comedy. Two of these, No Joke and No Joke 2, are nontraditional sets capturing not his actual stage performance but his interactions with audiences and hecklers.{{cite news |last= Strait |first= Patrick |date= February 26, 2015 |title= Corey Adam Releases Comedy Album with No Jokes |url= http://www.citypages.com/arts/corey-adam-releases-comedy-album-with-no-jokes-6590379 |work=City Pages |location=Minneapolis-St. Paul |access-date=2020-09-24 }} Originally self-funded through crowdsourcing, No Joke was later picked up by Grammy-winning producer Dan Schlissel of Stand Up! Records, who produced his subsequent works. Richard Lanoie of The Serious Comedy Site praised 2018's Jokes for its "adult sense of humor and a taste for the absurd."{{cite web |url= https://theseriouscomedysite.com/comedy-download/corey-adam-jokes/ |title= Corey Adam – Jokes |author= Richard Lanoie |date=2018-04-10 |website=The Serious Comedy Site |access-date=2020-09-24}}
=Radio and podcasts=
He was a regular co-host on the Steel Toe Morning Show on Youtube.com out of St. Cloud, Minnesota,{{cite web |url= http://steeltoeshow.weebly.com/about.html |title=About The Steel Toe Morning Show |author= |access-date=2020-09-24}} and has been a frequent guest on the sports talk show SKOR North Live on KSTP-AM,{{cite podcast |url=https://www.skornorth.com/2020/04/assessing-kirk-cousins-value-among-other-quarterbacks/ |title=Assessing Kirk Cousins’ value among other quarterbacks |website= SKOR North (KSTP-AM) |host=Matthew Coller |access-date=2020-09-24 }}{{cite podcast |url=https://www.skornorth.com/2020/01/confident-concerned-curious-are-the-twins-next-corey-adam-in-hour-2/ |title=Confident, Concerned, Curious/Are the Twins next?/Corey Adam in hour 2 |website= SKOR North Live |publisher= SKOR North (KSTP-AM) |host=Matthew Coller |date=January 17, 2020 |access-date=2020-09-24 }}{{cite podcast |url=https://www.skornorth.com/2020/01/chad-graff-on-zimmer-rumors-corey-adam-in-for-hour-2/ |title=Chad Graff on Zimmer rumors, Corey Adam in for hour 2 |website= SKOR North (KSTP-AM) |host=Matthew Coller |date=January 3, 2020 |access-date=2020-09-24 }}{{cite podcast |url=https://www.skornorth.com/2019/11/should-mahomes-play-sunday-comedian-cory-adam-stops-by-for-hr-2/ |title=Should Mahomes play Sunday?/Comedian Corey Adam stops by for Hr 2. |website= SKOR North Live |publisher= SKOR North (KSTP-AM) |host=Matthew Coller |date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=2020-09-24 }}{{cite podcast |url=https://www.skornorth.com/2019/08/comedian-corey-adam-joins-at-the-fair/ |title=Comedian Corey Adam joins at the Fair |website= SKOR North Live |publisher= SKOR North (KSTP-AM) |host=Matthew Coller |date=August 27, 2019 |access-date=2020-09-24 }} Laughing Matters with Robert Baril on KTNF-AM,{{cite podcast |url= https://www.am950radio.com/laughing-matters-october-3-2015/ |title= Corey Adam and Derek Henkels |website=Laughing Matters with Robert Baril |publisher= KTNF-AM |host=Robert Baril |date=2015-10-03 |access-date=2020-09-24 }}{{cite podcast |url= https://www.am950radio.com/laughing-matters-april-18-2015/ |title= Corey Adam and Raghav Mehta |website=Laughing Matters with Robert Baril |publisher= KTNF-AM |host=Robert Baril |date=2015-05-14 |access-date=2020-09-24 }} and the WFTC-TV pop-culture show On the Fly with Tony Fly.
In 2019–20, he co-hosted the podcast Unregulated Radio.{{cite web |url=https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/unregulatedradio |title=Unregulated Radio |author= |website=Libsyn |access-date=2020-09-24}} In 2012–2013, Adam co-hosted Dirty Bomb Shop, a podcast about the craft of stand-up comedy.{{cite web |url= https://archive.org/details/podcast_dirty-bomb-shop_582895333 |title=Dirty Bomb Shop |author= |website=Internet Archive |access-date=2020-09-24}}
Discography
- No Joke (Stand Up! Records, 2015)
- Jokes (Stand Up! Records, 2018)
- No Joke 2 (Stand Up! Records, 2019)
References
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External links
- [http://www.coreyadamwastaken.com/ Official Corey Adam website]
- [https://standuprecords.com/collections/corey-adam Corey Adam at Stand Up! Records website]
- {{Twitter|Coreyadamcomedy}}
- {{IMDb name|id=7594360|name=Corey Adam}}
- {{Twitch|Coreyadamcomedy}}
- https://dlive.tv/CoreyAdamComedy
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Category:American male comedians
Category:People from Hibbing, Minnesota
Category:Comedians from Minnesota
Category:21st-century American comedians