Adam Yenser
About Adam Yenser
Adam Yenser is an American stand-up comedian and Emmy Award-winning television writer originally from Pennsylvania. He developed his craft at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City and built a career combining clean stand-up with sharp political and observational humor. Yenser became widely known as a longtime writer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he worked for a decade.
Adam Yenser spent roughly ten years on the writing staff of The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2012 to 2022), an Emmy-winning run during which he also appeared on camera in segments such as 'Kevin the Cashier' and 'Adam Investigates.' He has performed on Conan and competed on NBC's Last Comic Standing, and he was named Best New Political Comedian at Politicon in 2015. Yenser has written for The Oscars and has been a freelance contributor to SNL's Weekend Update. His stand-up leans clean, observational and politically literate, with a uniquely centrist to conservative perspective that has earned him bookings at the Hollywood Improv, Gotham Comedy Club and The Laugh Factory.
Adam Yenser tours comedy clubs and theaters across the United States and is a regular at the major Improv and Laugh Factory rooms in Los Angeles and New York. He also produces a weekly satirical video series called 'Cancelled News' on his YouTube channel and is active on Instagram. For booking and current dates check his official site adamyenser.com.
Videos (974)
Videos 193 to 216 of 974.
5:19Cancelled News 10/2: Can You Spot Taylor Swift in this News Broadcast?
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0:24Check out Boston's racist Christmas party
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4:54Cancelled News 5/18: Must-See Celebrity Northern Lights Photos
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4:07Cancelled News 4/15: Watch Kim Kardashian Try to Act + More Classified Leaks
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0:17Justin Bieber gets a massive surprise
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5:14Cancelled News: WATCH: White House LIES for Joe Biden!
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0:15Airplane almost crashing off coast of Hawaii
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0:35This is the only celebrity not boycotting Russia
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0:28Is your hobby more disturbing than this?
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3:43Cancelled News: Obama Secretly Sabotaged Kamala Harris?!
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6:44Cancelled News 9/2: You Laugh, You Save a Life
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6:31Cancelled News 6/12: Does This Reporter Have Monkeypox?
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7:22Cancelled News 11/12: BREAKING Mid-Term Election Update (Red Wave)
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0:13The irony of this police bust
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3:46Cancelled News 8/31: Justin Bieber SHOCKER + Feminist “Fight Club” Reboot
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7:33Cancelled News 3/6: State of the Union, Ukraine, and Women’s Sports
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5:37Cancelled News 4/13: OJ's Dead
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3:29Cancelled News 12/16: Anchor Breaks Record On-Air + Racist Christmas Party
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5:36Cancelled News 3/31: Testing 2024’s Biggest Fast-Food Innovation
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0:14The professor teaching Taylor Swift at Harvard
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3:55Cancelled News: Los Angeles Fires Reveal HUGE Controversy
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5:43Cancelled News: Elon Musk Just Lost $140 BILLION —The Shocking Truth!
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6:16Cancelled News: Minecraft Movie Mayhem!
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6:46Cancelled News: Kendrick's Super Bowl Show - Every Easter Egg You Missed
3.1K viewsGuest appearances (2)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Adam Yenser.
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5:35Adam Yenser Stand-Up 11/06/13 | CONAN on TBS
Conan O'Brien
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1:33:37Adam Yenser LIVE on Chrissie Mayr Podcast! Babylon Bee, Fellow Conan Intern, Writer for Ellen
Chrissie Mayr
2.2K viewsChannels on this page: Conan O'Brien, Chrissie Mayr
Frequently asked questions
Who is Adam Yenser?
Adam Yenser is an American stand-up comedian and Emmy-winning television writer from Pennsylvania. He wrote for The Ellen DeGeneres Show for about ten years and is known for clean, politically tinged observational comedy.
What is Adam Yenser's most famous special?
Yenser has not released a major streaming stand-up special. His best known on-camera work includes recurring segments on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and his ongoing satirical YouTube series 'Cancelled News.'
What style of comedy does Adam Yenser do?
He performs clean stand-up with a focus on politics, current events and everyday observations, delivered from a centrist to conservative perspective. In 2015 he was named Best New Political Comedian at Politicon.
Where is Adam Yenser from?
Adam Yenser was raised in Pennsylvania and started doing stand-up at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City before relocating to Los Angeles for his television writing career.
Where can I watch Adam Yenser?
You can watch Yenser on his YouTube channel (including 'Cancelled News'), on episodes of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Conan, and live on tour.
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