Gabriel Rutledge
About Gabriel Rutledge
Gabriel Rutledge is an American stand-up comedian based in the Pacific Northwest, born in 1973 in Bay Center, Washington. Active in stand-up since the early 2000s, he won the Seattle International Comedy Competition in 2004 and built a national career on clean, observational humor about marriage, parenting and life in small-town Washington.
Rutledge won the Seattle International Comedy Competition in 2004 and took the top prize at the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta in 2017. He has appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Nickelodeon's NickMom Night Out, Laughs on FOX and the Amazon Prime series Inside Joke, and is a frequent guest on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom radio show. His Dry Bar Comedy hour One Third of the Room (2022) racked up millions of views, followed in 2024 by his self-produced YouTube special Nectarine, filmed at the Spokane Comedy Club. His stand-up is clean, observational and built around relatable family stories.
Gabriel Rutledge tours headlining comedy clubs across the United States and Canada, with regular stops at the Spokane Comedy Club, Tacoma Comedy Club and Comedy Works in Denver. Between dates he hosts the podcast and newsletter The Drive Home with Gabriel Rutledge and uploads stand-up clips to his YouTube channel and Instagram. He has also written two books, Happiness Isn't Funny and the satirical children's book There's No F@!*ing Way You're Getting a Pony.
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0:37Don’t you know everybody?
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1:53is still mad about seatbelt laws?
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0:45Extra thanks if you’ve seen me on a weekday comedy
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1:11I’m here to learn
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1:26When your audience starts to look like you
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1:10It went weirder than you’d think
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0:33Shhhh
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0:50There's a whole chart?!
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2:48Daughters
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2:21Well, that got complicated
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1:51He was a smooth talker
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0:56This. This is marriage.
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1:06You weren’t supposed to hear that
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1:20Some adult learning with my new Mormon friends
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0:46Gender is fluid and so is alcohol
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1:12In Lawrence Kansas if you get caught with w**d it’s a one dollar fine
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1:38It was my last joke
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0:22Utah refugees welcome
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0:53It was my 1st one, I panicked
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1:17From my special “Jolene”
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0:50From my special “Jolene” up on
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2:03Listen to your Nose
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0:31From my special “What Do I Do For A Living?” Available on
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2:18Scientists are now saying the best thing to come out of the pandemic is this comedy clip
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Gabriel Rutledge?
Gabriel Rutledge is an American stand-up comedian from Washington State, born in 1973. He is a past winner of the Seattle International Comedy Competition and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, and is known for clean observational comedy about family life.
What is Gabriel Rutledge's most famous special?
His best-known hours are One Third of the Room (2022) on Dry Bar Comedy and Nectarine (2024) on YouTube, both of which have drawn millions of views. He also appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham.
What style of comedy does Gabriel Rutledge do?
Rutledge performs clean, observational stand-up rooted in storytelling about marriage, parenting and growing up in rural Washington. His sets are family friendly and built on relatable everyday material.
Where is Gabriel Rutledge from?
He was born in Bay Center, a small coastal community in Washington State, and is now based in the Pacific Northwest. He came up through the Seattle club scene before headlining nationally.
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