Hampton Yount
Hampton Yount | |
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 Hampton Yount, Comedian, writer, actor | |
| Born | June 14, 1984 Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Comedian, writer, actor |
| Spouse(s) | Georgea Brooks |
| Website | www |
Hampton Yount (/jʌnt/, rhyming with "blunt"; born June 14, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.
Yount was born in Virginia. From 2004 to 2012, he and his brother Clay produced a webcomic, Rob and Elliot, for the Boxcar Comics collective.[1] He first performed stand-up comedy in Blacksburg, Virginia and Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles.[2] [3]
His first experience in television was as a consulting producer and performer on MTV's Ridiculousness. Yount has been featured on Conan, Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central's The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.
Yount has been featured on a number of comedy podcasts including Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes[4] and Doug Benson's Getting Doug with High. Yount received his own half-hour Comedy Central special in 2015.[5]
Hampton co-hosts the podcast Suicide Buddies[6] with comedian Dave Ross, where they talk about a historical suicide, depression, his cat, 9-11, 420 & Christmas.
In 2015, Yount was selected by Joel Hodgson to provide the voice of Crow T. Robot on the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000 Netflix series.[7] Yount's selection came at the recommendation of new host Jonah Ray.[8] The role was previously played by Trace Beaulieu and Bill Corbett.
References[]
- ^ Rob and Elliot: A webcomic updated Mondays and Fridays
- ^ Isaac Kozell (August 22, 2015). "Hampton Yount Gets It Together". Vulture. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "5 QUESTIONS WITH HAMPTON YOUNT". First Order Historians. August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "You Made It Weird #74: Hampton Yount". Nerdist. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ Isaac Kozell (August 22, 2015). "Hampton Yount Gets It Together". Vulture. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ https://starburns.audio/podcasts/suicide-buddies/
- ^ Mike Cecchini (December 12, 2015). "MST3K Reboot News: 14 Episodes Funded, Full Details Here". Den of Geek. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/felicia-day-baron-vaughn-and-hampton-yount-join-the-mst3k-reboot.html
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