Josh Blue

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Josh Blue
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Born (1978-11-27) November 27, 1978 (age 42)
Cameroon
MediumStand-up, television, film
NationalityAmerican
Years active2000–present
GenresObservational comedy, blue comedy
Subject(s)Self-deprecation, physical disabilities, everyday life
Spouse
Yuko Blue
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(m. 2007; div. 2014)​
Children2
Notable works and rolesLast Comic Standing season 4 winner
Websitewww.joshblue.com

Josh Blue (born November 27, 1978) is an American comedian. He was voted the Last Comic Standing on NBC's reality show Last Comic Standing during its fourth season, which aired May–August 2006.[1] Blue has cerebral palsy, and much of his self-deprecating humor is centered on this.

Early life[]

Blue was born in Cameroon where his father, Walter Blue, was a professor of Romance languages at Hamline University teaching during a mission. Blue grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and graduated from Como Park Senior High School in 1997. He began his career as a comedian while seeking a creative writing degree at The Evergreen State College.[2]

During college, he went back to Africa to volunteer as an intern at Parc de Hahn, a zoo in Senegal.[3] At one point for a joke on a busy weekend, Josh locked himself in an empty animal exhibit for eight hours. A bewildered crowd threw him bananas and peanuts anyway, to which Josh quips, "that was the best day I ate in Senegal!"[4]

Career[]

Blue got his start in comedy doing open mic sets while attending The Evergreen State College. Audiences reacted enthusiastically to his self-deprecating humor, and Blue started making a name for himself on the comedy circuit. In 2002, he won the prestigious Comedy Works New Talent Search contest. He has appeared several times on Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia.[2] Blue won $10,000 for finishing in first place at 2004 Las Vegas Comedy Festival's 2004 Royal Flush Comedy Competition.[2]

After winning the 2006 season of NBC's reality show Last Comic Standing,[1] he was the first comedian to do stand-up on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[5] His other television credits include Live with Regis and Kelly, Comics Unleashed, plus numerous appearances on Fox, CBS, ABC, and MSNBC.[5]

He appeared in the 2009 low-budget horror film Feast III: The Happy Finish.[6]

Josh was voted the 13th best comedian by viewers in Comedy Central's Stand-up Comedy Showdown 2010.

Blue appeared in Boulder band Rose Hill Drive's music video "The Psychoanalyst".[7]

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Blue was voted the 11th best comedian by viewers in Comedy Central's Stand-up Comedy Showdown 2011.

He appeared in Ron White's Las Vegas Salute to the Troops 2013 as part of the opening act.[8]

Blue also appeared in the sports based comedy 108 Stitches in 2014.[9]

He now appears on America's Got Talent in 2021, where he got four yeses from the judges & now is in the finals.[10]

Personal life[]

Blue currently resides in Denver, Colorado,[2] with his two children: a son, Simon, and a daughter, Seika.

He also creates and sells sculptures and paintings.[citation needed]

Blue has cerebral palsy,[1] specifically classified as spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy, and many of his jokes center on living with his disability, how he deals with it, and how other people view him.[2] Blue appeared on Last Comic Standing to "make people aware of the fact that people with disabilities can make an impact."[2] He coined the term "palsy punch" during his final set of the final round of the show, when he said that the palsy punch is effective in a fight because "first of all, they don't know where the punch is coming from, and second of all, neither do I." One of Blue's competitors said he has "an unreasonable amount of likability" while another of his competitors said "he is just a good guy".[5] Blue also joked that signing an autograph takes 45 minutes and that to write down his phone number he has to find a "big ol' stack of paper."

Blue has competed in Paralympic seven-a-side soccer; he was a part of the United States national team roster during the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece.[11]

Discography[]

  • Good Josh, Bad Arm (2008)[12]
  • Hooligan Stew (2012)[13]
  • Sticky Change (2013)[14]
  • Delete (2016)[15]

See also[]

  • Steady Eddy – (born Christopher Widdows 1968), Australian comedian with cerebral palsy
  • Lee Ridley – (born 1980), British comedian with cerebral palsy
  • Geri Jewell – (born 1956), American stand-up comedian and actress

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Mauro, Terri (August 11, 2006). "Josh Blue wins "Last Comic Standing"". About.com. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Last Comic Standing biography". NBC. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "44 – Josh Blue - Take Me Home Podcast". Take Me Home Podcast. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Season 4 WINNER of NBC's "LAST COMIC STANDING"". Zanies Comedy Night Club. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  6. ^ "Josh Blue". IMDb. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  7. ^ Rose Hill Drive - Psychoanalyst featuring Josh Blue. YouTube. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Ron White's Vegas Salute to the Troops 2013". CMT.com. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  9. ^ Hicks, L. Wayne (Oct 9, 2013). "Meet Denver's Josh Blue, movie star". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  10. ^ Blue, Josh (June 23, 2021). "Josh Blue AGT Audition Last Comic Standing".
  11. ^ "Life of laughter for Paralympian Josh Blue". ESPN.com. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  12. ^ "Good Josh, Bad Arm". iTunes.Apple.com. iTunes. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Hooligan Stew". iTunes.Apple.com. iTunes. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Sticky Change". iTunes.Apple.com. iTunes. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Delete". iTunes.Apple.com. iTunes. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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