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Jamie Kilstein

General Info

  • Genre:

    Stand-Up / Stand-Up / Stand-Up

  • TV Shows

    He co-hosts Citizen Radio with Allison Kilkenny (The Nation and Huffington Post) which is dedicated to covering the stories that the mainstream, corporate media ignores. He has had the privilege of interviewing such distinct intellectuals as Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Tariq Ali, Eugene Jarecki (director of "Why We Fight",) Johann Hari, Melissa Harris-Lacewell and more. He has also been the recipient of bat shit crazy threatening letters by the hate group God Hates Fags. Good stuff.

  • Films

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  • Bio

    I have been here:





    “Watching Jamie reminds me of why I got into comedy. It is like watching a combination of George Carlin and Bill Hicks” Janeane Garofalo

    "Jamie’s unique style of stand up is artfully thoughtfully and powerfully funny. His balls are so big that must be where he keeps all the funny!" Paul Provenza Creator and Director of The Aristocrats

    "There is very little that is genuinely, engagingly, impressively new in comedy in Edinburgh. And, for sure, new is not the be all and end all. But when you find genuinely, engagingly, impressively new, it is a thrill. Jamie Kilstein is all of that. Kilstein is smart, informed and impassioned. It’s a killer combination. This guy does kick a whole lot of ass. Political and social. I don’t think there is higher praise for me to give." **** Kate Copstick The Scotsman

    "Jamie Kilstein is amazing. Incredibly impressive. He takes on big important issues with humor, heart and balls."
    -James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces, ..1 New York Times Best Seller

    "FANTASTIC! Profound and very funny. I absolutly loved it!"
    Brian Eno, Grammy Award Winner and Producer of U2’s the Joshua Tree

    "We talked about it...and you were really really funny"
    Dave Foley and Kevin Mcdonald from Kids In The Hall

    "Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny have created an important political radio show that balances humor and unreported news. At a time when media conglomerates dominate the airwaves, independent medialike Citizen Radio is vital to national discourse."
    -NOAM CHOMSKY!

    "Jamie Kilstein kills. His show is the kind you walk away from feeling a sense of euphoria.Kilstein dissects the racism, sexism and homophobia prevalent in today’s society with unrelenting ease, somehow still providing a laugh a minute. My festival favourite so far. Impeccably crafted, his show ends on an impassioned note earning him mad applause that didn’t stop once he’d left the room. Engaging, insightful and nothing short of brilliant."
    -The Pun - Melbourne

  • Members

    TIME OUT LONDON

    "There are few truly insightful, passionate and hysterically funny political comedians around, and even fewer coming out of the States. New Yorker Jamie Kilstein is a shining light probing into the murkier corners of the religious right and corrupt politics of his homeland. Funny and penetrating, he’s taken Bill Hicks’ baton and run with it."

    5 STARS - BROADWAY BABY

    “Kilstein, is to me eerily reminiscent of Bill Hicks and not in the sense of an astute impersonation but as if we are witness to some sort of Second Coming. Eloquent intelligence, razor-sharp wit and unconventionally convincing arguments. Kilstein is a special talent and one that I feel privileged for having seen at this early stage of his career.

    4 STARS THE SCOTSMAN - KATE COPSTICK

    “This is beautifully, intelligently crafted stuff. Kilstein is possibly the most impressive writer/performer, I have seen – his set is so well written it could have a life apart from him and still be brilliant. Performed by him gives it an added oomph, but I have not been so aware of the writing quality of a comedy set this year.”

    4 STARS CHORTLE -

    “In this brisk, fluid hour he’s sharp, sarcastic and engaging, fearless in niggling his targets and knows how to write a joke to back up his incredulous indignation…as funny as it is audacious.”

    5 STARS TIME OUT SYDNEY

    "Kilstein’s savage intelligence and razor-sharp wit will make you think as much as laugh." Andrew P Street, Time Out Sydney

    And Critics Pick Time Out Chicago

  • Influences

    Jamie tours the globe tirelessly, and has made appearances all over the United States, Canada, China, the Netherlands and the UK. Most recently, he was featured twice on Comedy Central and the BBC’S The World Stands up He played the most talked about show at the 2007 Montreal Comedy Festival featuring, Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly, Louis CK, Lewis Black and The Kids in the Hall, and was then featured at the festivals Best Of The Fest show.

    He has also been seen on The Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK The Comedy Channel in Australia and Showtime Comedy in the Middle East. He was featured on Think MTV, Comedy Centrals Weekly Evil and is a regular on SIRIUS Satellite Radio.

    Jamie was invited to the most sought after show at The Montreal Comedy Festival, the 2008 New Faces. This year he was Punchline Magazines "One Comic to Watch in 2009", a Timeout Chicago’s Critics Pick, was chosen to debut at The Melbourne Comedy Festivals prestigious Town Hall, and will be bringing his new solo show to the world famous Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh.

    After returning from touring Asia with Aristocrats producer Paul Provenza, Jamie decided to sell his car and fly to the largest arts festival in the world in Edinburgh, Scotland. After his first show he received a standing ovation and was signed to do a theater shows by renowned producer Mick Perrin from Just for Laughs, and manager of Eddie Izzard. It was the fastest that anyone has received a deal in the history of the world. Probably.

    Quickly after he performed for 55,000 people at the Lowlands Festival in Holland alongside bands and artists such as: Tool, Nine Inch Nails, The Shins, The Arcade Fire, and Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave).

    Jamie has also performed at ivy league schools such as Brown and Princeton University.and also for     College Humor.

    Jamie’s work can also be read on 236.com Huffingtonpost.com and Mcsweeneys.

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"Not many have the power to mingle didactism and socio-political awareness with killer jokes and the word 'fuck', but comedic preacher-man Jamie Kilstein is one of the chosen few. He's like a Bill Hicks that you wouldn't mind taking home to meet your mum... and he could probably teach your conservative stick-in-the-mud dad a thing or two about the world, as well." Drum Media Sydney

"Searingly funny, highly intelligent and courageously irreverent" The Daily Telegraph

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Hometown: New York
  • Religion: Atheist
  • Zodiac Sign: Taurus
  • Children: I don't want kids
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No

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