Jake Flores
{{short description|American stand-up comedian and podcaster}}
{{For-multi|the American martial artist|Jacob Flores|the Filipino TV actor|Jace Flores}}
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| name = Jake Flores
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| caption = Flores in 2007 at Austin TX, Zanies.
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|32|2019|02|08}}
| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas
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| occupation = Stand-up comedian, podcaster
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| years_active = 2005–present
| website = {{URL|https://www.feraljokes.com/}}
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Jake Flores is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster from Texas now living in Los Angeles. He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's Humours, and 2021's Bad Omen.
Early life
Flores was born in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in Houston.{{cite podcast |url= https://whosyourgodcast.libsyn.com/wyg85-jake-flores |title= WYG#85 Jake Flores |website= Who's Your God? A Comedy and Religion Podcast! |date= February 28, 2019 |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} His father is Hispanic; his mother, who is white, is originally from the Midwest.{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-210-ice-to-see-you-feat-jake-flores-51318 |title= Episode 210 - ICE to See You feat. Jake Flores |website= Chapo Trap House |host=Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Matt Christman, Felix Biederman |date=May 13, 2018 |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}Wikipedia:SPS{{cite podcast |url= https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-comedy-cellar-live-from-the-table/jake-flores-chloe-hilliard-and-wil-sylvince/ |title= Jake Flores, Chloe Hilliard, and Wil Sylvince |website=The Comedy Cellar: Live From the Table |date=June 29, 2018 |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}
Career
=Stand-up comedy=
Flores began performing comedy in Austin, Texas, when he was 19.{{cite news |last=Gomez |first=Adrian |date=February 8, 2019 |title= Making it look so easy: Comedians Jake Flores and Mishka Shubaly create an interesting show comedy |url= https://www.abqjournal.com/1277592/so-easy.html |work=Albuquerque Journal |location=Albuquerque, New Mexico |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}{{cite podcast |url= https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-positive-and-negative-31066682/episode/jake-flores-61047312/ |title=Jake Flores |website= Positive and Negative |host= Tristan Miller |date= April 9, 2020 |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}{{cite web |url= https://comedywham.com/interviews/jake-flores-confidently-unconfident |title= Jake Flores: Confidently Unconfident |last1= Lopez |first1= Valerie |last2= Goodwin |first2= Richard |date= June 9, 2017 |website=ComedyWham |access-date=December 8, 2021}}{{cite news |last= Jones Kraft |first= Brian |date=January 28, 2019 |title= Political Dementia: An Interview with Jake Flores of Pod Damn America and the Yoko |url= https://bushwickdaily.com/arts-culture/5831-political-dementia-an-interview-with-jake-flores-of-pod-damn-america-and-the-yoko/ |work=Bushwick Daily |location=Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}{{cite news |last=Brenner |first=Wayne Alan |date=December 31, 2010 |title= The Ups and Downs of Comedy |url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2010-12-31/the-ups-and-downs-of-comedy/ |work= Austin Chronicle |location=Austin, Texas |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} In 2007, he performed in the finals of NBC's Stand Up For Diversity contest.{{cite podcast |url=https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/dietsoap/episodes/2018-05-19T17_34_52-07_00 |title=Inside Zero Books #71: Comedian Jake Flores' visit from Homeland Security |website=Inside Zero Books |date=May 19, 2018 |access-date=January 19, 2022 }} He moved to Brooklyn, New York, at age 27.{{cite news |last= Rodrigues |first= Ashwin |date=April 22, 2020 |title= Live Comedy Went Online, and the Hecklers Followed |url= https://www.vice.com/en/article/coronavirus-blurs-line-online-comedy-trolls-hecklers/ |work=Vice |location=New York City |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}{{cite news |last= Reager |first= J.D. |date= May 28, 2014 |title= The Price Is Right's Skateboard Rabbi |url= https://www.memphisflyer.com/comedian-josh-androsky-ate-magic-mushrooms-and-went-on-the-price-is-right-this-week-he-plays-the-poplar-lounge |work=Memphis Flyer |location=Memphis, Tennessee |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}
Flores identifies himself as politically left.{{cite podcast |url= https://audioboom.com/posts/7841466-jake-flores |title= Episode 433: Jake Flores |website= The Duncan Trussell Family Hour |host=Duncan Trussell |date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} Flores received attention following his jokes about killing ICE agents that led to an investigation by Homeland Security.{{cite news |last= Krueger |first= Katherine |date=May 10, 2018 |title= The Brooklyn Comedian Whose Joke About ICE Got Him a Visit From Homeland Security |url= https://splinternews.com/the-brooklyn-comedian-whose-joke-about-ice-got-him-a-vi-1825865670 |work=Splinter News |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} The incident was written about in publications including Reason, an American libertarian monthly magazine and The New York Post,{{cite news |last=Nolan Brown |first=Elizabeth |date=May 14, 2018 |title= Comic Says ICE Raided His Home Over Twitter Joke About Cultural Appropriation |url= https://reason.com/2018/05/14/ice-raids-flores-home-over-twitter-joke/ |work=Reason |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City . Flores was interviewed about the incident on several podcasts.{{cite podcast |url=https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/between-awesome-and-disaster-w-16404/episodes/episode-104-jake-flores-42611278 |title=Episode 104 - Jake Flores |website=Between Awesome and Disaster with Will Carey |host=Will Carey |date=July 29, 2019 |access-date=December 8, 2021}} He also discusses the incident on his album Bad Omen.
He has performed across the U.S., and at festivals including Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest,{{cite news |last= Roe |first= Dale |date=November 6, 2014 |title= FFF scheduled comedy for you and it was (almost) all yellow |url= https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2014/11/06/fff-scheduled-comedy-for-you-and-it-was-almost-all-yellow/10072533007/ |work=Austin American-Statesman |location=Austin, Texas |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} SXSW, The Fest in Gainesville, Florida,{{cite web |url=https://thefestfl.com/comedy/jake-flores |title=Bio: Jake Flores |website=The Fest |access-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028132808/https://thefestfl.com/comedy/jake-flores |url-status=dead }} Moontower Comedy Festival, New Orleans' Hell Yes Fest,{{cite web |url= https://thelaughbutton.com/sean-oconnor-grawlix-headline-hell-fest-2014 |title=Sean O'Connor, The Grawlix and more headline Hell Yes Fest 2014 |last=Cathcart |first=Olivia |date=September 3, 2014 |website=Laugh Button |access-date=December 8, 2021}} the touring road show of Comedy Central's Roast Battle,{{cite web |url= https://theinterrobang.com/roast-battle-live-just-for-laughs/ |title= Roast Battle Goes From Big to Giant: Finals Will Air Live From Montreal Just For Laughs |last= Hawthorne |first= Amy |date= June 17, 2016 |website=The Interrobang |access-date=December 8, 2021}} and at events for the anti-capitalist streaming service Means TV.{{cite news |last= Solis |first= Marie |date= April 2, 2020 |title= The Revolution Might Be Televised |url= https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-revolution-might-be-televised-anti-capitalist-means-tv-profile/ |work=Vice |location=New York City |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}{{cite magazine |last=Knibbs |first=Kate |date=March 3, 2020 |title= A 'Netflix for the 99 Percent' Enters the Streaming Wars |url= https://www.wired.com/story/means-tv-post-cooperative-streaming-service/ |magazine=Wired |location=San Francisco, California |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}
He has written for The New York Observer,{{cite news |title=Jake Flores |url= https://observer.com/author/jake-flores/ |work=The New York Observer |location=New York City |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} Cracked,{{cite news |title= jakeFlores |url= https://www.cracked.com/members/jakeFlores |work=Cracked.com |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}and the New York Times,{{cite news |last= Flores |first= Jake |date= May 28, 2016 |title= My Adventures in Going Viral |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/opinion/sunday/my-adventures-in-going-viral.html |work=New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=December 8, 2021 }} and has contributed to the alternative punk magazine, Vice .{{cite news |last= Androsky |first= Josh |date= June 26, 2013 |title= Scenes from the Pro-Choice Chaos at the Texas Capitol |url= https://www.vice.com/en/article/scenes-from-the-chaos-at-the-texas-capitol-building/ |work= Vice |location=New York City |access-date=December 8, 2021 }}
=Albums=
He has released two albums on Stand Up! Records: 2014's Humours, and 2021's Bad Omen.{{cite web |url= https://theseriouscomedysite.com/comedy-cd-or-download/jake-flores-bad-omen/ |title= Jake Flores – Bad Omen |last=Lanoie |first=Richard |date= October 26, 2021 |website=The Serious Comedy Site |access-date=January 15, 2021}} Both albums were met with mixed reviews."{{cite web |url= https://theseriouscomedysite.com/comedy-cd-or-download/jake-flores-humors/ |title= Jake Flores – Humors |last=Lanoie |first=Richard |date= April 9, 2018 |website=The Serious Comedy Site |access-date=January 15, 2021}}
=Podcasts=
Flores has been involved in several podcasts, including several appearances on the alt comedy podcast “Cum Town”, and hosts one of his own. In 2017, he started Pod Damn America, a podcast he hosts with other comedians.{{cite web |url= https://soundcloud.com/poddamnamerica |title=Pod Damn America |website=Pod Damn America |access-date=December 8, 2021}}Wikipedia:SPS
In 2019, he and anthropologist and comedy booker Luisa Díez started “Why You Mad?” .{{cite web |url= https://theinterrobang.com/the-clubs-speak-the-best-stand-up-comedy-moments-of-2019-as-decided-by-the-countrys-best-club-owners-bookers-and-producers/ |title=The Best Comedy Clubs and Producers Share Their Best In Comedy 2019 |last=Diez |first= Luisa |date= December 21, 2019 |website=The Interrobang |access-date=December 8, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/whyyoumadpod |title=Why You Mad? Pod |website=Why You Mad? Pod |access-date=December 8, 2021}}Wikipedia:SPS
He also hosted Mr. Cleo, a comedy podcast about a telephone-psychic scam artist, for 25 episodes in 2017–18.{{cite web |url= https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/mr-cleo-512888 |title=Mr. Cleo: A Comedy Podcast |website=Mr. Cleo |access-date=December 8, 2021}}
He appeared on several episodes of Cum Town before having a falling out with host Nick Mullen.{{Citation |title=Ep. 43 - The REAL Original Cum Boys |url=https://soundcloud.com/cum-town/ep-43-the-real-original-cum |access-date=2024-01-25 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.feraljokes.com/ Official Jake Flores website]
- [https://standuprecords.com/collections/jake-flores Jake Flores at Stand Up! Records website]
- {{IMDb name|id=10339565|name= Jake Flores}}
- {{Twitter|feraljokes}}
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