Joe List

{{Infobox person

| name = Joe List

| image = Joe List.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = List performing in December 2016

| occupation = Comedian, actor, podcast host

| other_names = Luke List , ‘Cruisin’ Joe List

| birth_name = Joseph Albert List

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|04|06}}

| birth_place = Whitman, Massachusetts, U.S.

| spouse = {{marriage|Sarah Tollemache
|2017}}

| children = 1

| website = {{URL|comedianjoelist.com}}

}}

Joseph Albert List (born April 6, 1982) is an American comedian and actor.

Early life

Joseph Albert List was born in Whitman, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1982. He began performing stand-up comedy in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2000, shortly after graduating from high school.{{Cite web|title=Hi. I'm Joe List. I tell jokes for a living. {{!}} Comedian Joe List|url=https://www.comedianjoelist.com/|access-date=2020-08-06| publisher = comedianjoelist.com}}{{cite web|last1=Zaino|first1=Nick|title=Comic Joe List Stays Grounded as Career Takes Flight|work= The Boston Globe |access-date=2018-01-15|language=en-US|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2015/06/09/comic-joe-list-stays-grounded-even-career-takes-flight/LxlR0HLDWtRI3U0AAXp8UP/story.html}}

Career

List has released two stand-up comedy albums, So Far No Good (2013) and Are You Mad at Me? (2016). He has been featured on Conan and The Late Show with David Letterman. In 2015, he was a finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing and recorded a half-hour comedy special on Comedy Central.

List has been a co-host of the weekly podcast Tuesdays with Stories alongside fellow comedian Mark Normand since 2013.{{Cite news|url=http://theinterrobang.com/joe-list-mark-normand-celebrate-four-years-tuesdays-stories-podcast/|title=Joe List and Mark Normand Celebrate Four Years of the "Tuesdays with Stories" Podcast|date=2017-10-18|work= The Interrobang |access-date=2018-01-15|language=en-US}} More recently, he has also hosted the Mindful Metal Jacket podcast{{Cite web|title=Mindful Metal Jacket on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joe-lists-mindful-metal-jacket/id1497367623/}} and the Joe and Raanan Talk Movies podcast with comedian Raanan Hershberg.{{Cite web|title=Joe & Raanan Talk Movies| publisher =YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbCjuYJCnB3hmUNvNTyvk7Wgnw5uVLcwy}} He is also a regular on Robert Kelly's podcast You Know What Dude. In 2016, he toured the U.S. and Europe while opening for Louis C.K., which included three performances at Madison Square Garden. He is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.

List released a special for Netflix's The Standups in 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://theinterrobang.com/joe-list-gina-yashere-among-comics-will-record-half-hour-netflix-specials-season-2-stand-ups/|title=Joe List, Gina Yashere Among Comics Who Will Record Half Hour Netflix Specials for Season 2 of The Standups |date=2017-10-28|work= The Interrobang |access-date=2017-12-26|language=en-US}} His next special, I Hate Myself, was self-produced{{Cite web|title=Episode 1146 - Joe List|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1146-joe-list|access-date=2020-08-06|website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast|language=en-US}} and premiered on Comedy Central's YouTube channel in August 2020.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Joe List: I Hate Myself – Full Special|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odtAJ2kPdqc|access-date=2020-08-06| publisher

= YouTube}} In April 2022, he released a one-hour comedy special on his YouTube channel called This Year's Material and in August 2023, he released another one-hour special on YouTube called Enough for Everybody.

In 2022, he co-wrote (with Louis C.K.) and starred in Fourth of July, a comedy-drama film directed and produced by Louis C.K.

Personal life

List is a recovering alcoholic and has been sober since 2012.

In 2017, List married Sarah Tollemache, a fellow comedian from Kingwood, Texas.{{cite web |title=AYG Comedy Podcast: Sarah Tollemache – Trashier in Texas |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEOnG3ppEN4&t=300s |work = AreYouGarbage? Comedy Podcast| publisher = YouTube|access-date=1 July 2021}} They battled against each other on an episode of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle.{{Cite web|title=Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle – Roast Battle III: Randy Sklar vs. Jason Sklar|url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/8jn2vi/jeff-ross-presents-roast-battle-roast-battle-iii--randy-sklar-vs--jason-sklar-season-3-ep-302|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825092001/http://www.cc.com/episodes/8jn2vi/jeff-ross-presents-roast-battle-roast-battle-iii--randy-sklar-vs--jason-sklar-season-3-ep-302|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 25, 2018|access-date=2020-08-06| publisher = Comedy Central}}