Eric I was born in New York City at the tender age of zero.
Then, at the not-so-tender age of six, while watching The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson with his father, Eric decided that when he grew up, he wanted to become a stand-up comic.
After graduating from college, instead of hitting the comedy club circuit immediately, Eric got this weird idea in his head that he should have some money in the bank BEFORE starting a career that pays virtually nothing in its first few years.
As such, Eric decided to go to graduate school, start his own business, make a bunch of money, and THEN start his comedy career.
So instead of embarking on the pursuit of his dream in his early 20’s, Eric instead went to graduate school, started his own business, made a bunch of money, invested virtually all of it in the stock market, turned a bunch of money into a ton of money, got greedy, left a ton of money in the market, and then proceeded to lose the entire ton of money.
At that point, while licking his wounds by watching one of his favorite all-time comics performing live, the epiphany finally hit - it was time to begin his comedy career immediately.
So, on June 29, 2001, in Charleston, South Carolina, Eric FINALLY made his stand-up debut.
He bombed.
Badly.
Nevertheless, the rush from performing was addicting, and Eric kept writing and performing - within months, Eric was working A-rooms on the road.
From the summer of 2001 through the fall of 2002, in his first fifteen months as a comic, Eric was already performing in some of the country’s premier comedy clubs: Charlie Goodnight’s in Raleigh, The Punchline in Atlanta, The D.C. Improv and Zanies in Nashville.
During that exciting year-and-a-quarter, Eric I opened for some of the biggest names in the business: Mitch Hedberg, Kevin Brennan, Jon Fisch, Mike DeStefano, Bob Nelson, Tom Simmons and Caroline Rhea, to name a few.
In his fourth month as a comic, Eric won a contest and was crowned The Funniest Person In North Carolina.
But by default, he’s AT LEAST the eight millionth funniest person in New York City, and he thinks that the latter is way more impressive.
Then, in April 2002, Eric appeared in the Boston Comedy Festival in only his tenth month as a comic.
Then, all of a sudden, in the autumn of 2002, only fifteen months into the game, Eric I mysteriously vanished into thin air.
Then, almost four years later, in the summer of 2006, Eric I resurfaced in his hometown, New York City.
On June 26, 2006, almost exactly five years to the day of his original debut, Eric I opened the second chapter of his stand-up career, this time in the friendly confines of NYC.
Eric can now be seen performing at a variety of venues in New York City spitting out cerebral one-liners, touching on subjects ranging from Roman Numerals to Shakespeare to Rape.
Also, I heard a rumor that he’s great in bed.
As a disclaimer, I heard this rumor from him.
Influences
Johnny Carson, Woody Allen, Mitch Hedberg, Dave Attell, Pat Dixon, Greg Giraldo, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried, Louis CK, Chris Rock, Kevin Brennan, Dave Chappelle, Todd Barry, Tom Simmons, Dwight York, Al Lubel, Emo Phillips, Garry Shandling, Andy Kindler, Costaki Economopoulos, Tom McCaffrey, Rob O’Reilly, Maggie Faris, Anthony Jeselnik, Steve Martin, Andy Kaufman, Conan O’Brien, Sacha Baron Cohen, Seth MacFarlane, Phil Hartman, Albert Einstein, Harold Kushner, Peter McWilliams, Aristotle, Confucius, Voltaire, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Luther King, Jr., H.L. Mencken, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, James Thurber, Mark Twain
Members
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Each Season culminates with a Semi-Final.
The Top Five from each Semi-Final advance to the Finals.
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SEASONS ONE through THREE:
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(01) ***SEAN PATTON***
(02) ***BILL CHAMBERS***
(03) ***MADDOG MATTERN**
(04) ***BARON VAUGHN***
(05) ***TAYLOR WILLIAMSON***
(06) ***LIZ MIELE***
(07) ***JOE DeROSA***
(08) ***ANDREW KIMLER***
(09) ***HARRISON GREENBAUM***
(10) ***MIKE LAWRENCE***
(11) ***STEPHANIE ACEVEDO***
(12) ***PHIL MURPHY***
(13) ***SEASON 4 - FIRST PLACE***
(14) ***SEASON 4 - SECOND PLACE***
(15) ***SEASON 4 - THIRD PLACE***
(16) ***SEASON 5 - FOURTH PLACE***
(17) ***SEASON 5 - FIFTH PLACE***
(18) ***WILDCARD 1 ***
(19) ***WILDCARD 2 ***
(20) ***WILDCARD 3 ***
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Love,
Eric I
Eric I's Interests
General
Laughter (creating the seeds of it, coercing others into it, and enjoying the sensational release myself), Love, Sex, Consentual Sex, Food, Sleep, Haagen Dazs Dulce de Leche, Dancing, Looking At Life From Different Perspectives, Sports, Conversation, Teaching, Learning, Hot Fucking Showers, Taking Long Shits With The Sunday Times Magazine In Hand.
Music
BEST VOCALIST: Christina Aguilera
SONGS THAT GET ME MOST EXCITED:
Billie Jean/Michael Jackson
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)/The Eurythmics
Have A Cigar/Pink Floyd
Here Comes The Sun/The Beatles
Insomnia/Faithless
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/U2
You Can't Always Get What You Want/Rolling Stones
Hurt/Christina Aguilera
Sexual/Amber
Spin, Spin, Sugar/Sneeker Pimps
Clocks/Coldplay
Nothing Compares To You/Sinead O'Connor
No Ordinary Love/Sade
Intergalactic/Beastie Boys
Scenario/A Tribe Called Quest
King Of Rock/Run DMC
Silence/Delerium Featuring Sarah McLachlan
Sadeness/Enigma
Movies
The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Godfather, Godfather, Part II, Schindler's List, 25th Hour, Reservoir Dogs, Closer, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, The Usual Suspects, My Fair Lady, Good Will Hunting, Goodfellas, Carlito's Way, A Bronx Tale, Diner, Big Night, The Spanish Prisoner, Fresh, Borat, 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, My Cousin Vinny, War Of The Roses, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ruthless People, Airplane, Do The Right Thing, The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3, The Graduate, Twelve Angry Men, Swingers, Fight Club, Life Is Beautiful, Four Rooms, Requiem For A Dream, Blow, When Harry Met Sally, Quiz Show, Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood
Television
Family Guy (particularly, Seasons 1-3), Da Ali G Show, All In The Family, Frasier, Cheers, Taxi, The Honeymooners, The Odd Couple, Moonlighting, Lucky Louie, The Sarah Silverman Program, Just Shoot Me, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, Home Movies, Viva Variety, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons (particularly, The Conan Years), It's Your Move (with Jason Bateman and some random hot chick), The Wonder Years.
Books
Are too long.
Heroes
My Dad, My Brother, Harold Kushner, Peter McWilliams, Kobe Bryant (81 points in one game, three championships in a row, and one alleged rape WHILE INJURED - you simply can't beat those numbers), George Santayana, Pele, Jim Valvano, Dr. J, my generous-beyond-belief, considerate, humble late Grandmother, people who know that they're smart enough to make loads of money and yet choose TEACHING as a career anyway.
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hey, i am out of town this friday, but would love to come by on a future one... and i will see you tuesday i believe to start the money-winning journey
Hey, sir. Can't make this one - I've got a show on Friday night. But I promise I'll make one in the future. I was going to put an exclamation point there, but then I realized, boy, that'd be odd!
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