About Lou Perez
Lou Perez is an American comedian, author, and producer. He attended New York University. Perez began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where he was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. During his formative years in stand-up, Perez performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in New York City and Los Angeles) in sketch shows with the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz and as part of his comedy duo, Greg and Lou. Greg and Lou is best known for its sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck."
As a stand-up comedian, Perez has opened for Rob Schneider, Rich Vos, Jimmy Dore, Dave Smith. He has performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and Punching Up Comedy at Freedom Fest. Perez toured the United States and Canada with Scott Thompson of The Kids In The Hall. Perez was the head writer for the comedy channel We the Internet TV, which was nominated in 2017 for a Webby award, and he has also written for The Blaze's Align and for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer. His first book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy, was published by Bombardier Books in 2022.
Perez hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take, and an eponymous podcast, The Lou Perez Podcast. He previously hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. He was the head producer of the comedy channel We the Internet TV, produced The Attendants with Lorne Michaels's Broadway Video, and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. Perez describes himself as a libertarian, and in 2020 he authored an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal titled "How I Became a 'Far-Right Radical'".
Videos (804)
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59:35Bulldoze the Homeless - The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 157 - Jeremy Kauffman
83 views
1:29Politicians Are Not Hypocrites. They Are Heroes
83 views
1:18:13After the California Fires, What Happens Now? - The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 130 - Matt Himes
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49:22The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 72 - Sarah Higdon
81 views
3:34When it comes to education let's listen to the billionaires
81 views
0:48If you’re into well-hung Black men, you might be racist.
80 views
1:05:41The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 70 - Clifton Duncan & Hawk Jensen
79 views
57:43When Timothée Chalamet was Timmy - The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 146 - Jason Noto
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58:05The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 51 - Brodigan
77 views
1:00:32Climate Changes Doesn't Scare Me - The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 139 - Lucy Biggers
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53:46The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 67 - David Marcus
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42:57What Killed Late Night Comedy? - Live at Freedom Fest 2026
76 views
6:10Never Trust a Cat - Lou Perez on Newsmax
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4:26Phil Magness Critiques the 1619 Project
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1:05:51The Warmth of Collectivism - The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 156 - Robert George
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57:38Blackface Panty Raid in Texas - The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 154 - Tony Ortiz
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30:52He Woke Up from Brain Surgery with a Fully Formed Novel in His Head
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2:35Going bald in Hollywood sucks
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0:58Indian accent is better than French accent
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1:11:33The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 79 - Matt Thornton
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1:11:46The Central Park Five Are Not Innocent - The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 125 - Daniel Friedman
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51:06Meghan Murphy Got Banned from Twitter for saying "Men Aren't Women"
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1:00Musicians have it easier than Comedians (with Phil Labonte)
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3:11The Left has institutional power
72 viewsGuest appearances (4)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Lou Perez.
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4:20"I Want to Reclaim the Word "Libtard"": Lou Perez
Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin
8.1K views
1:15:34Never Have I Ever - Alexis Fawx, Luis J. Gomez, Lou Perez, Bill Dawes & more!
Chrissie Mayr
2.3K views
1:05:54CMP 192 - Lou Perez - How Libertarians Got Mixed Up in the Alt Right, Comedy, Becoming a Dad, Improv
Chrissie Mayr
779 views
1:58:11NightMayr Episode 36 - Comedian & Author Lou Perez
Chrissie Mayr
773 viewsChannels on this page: Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin, Chrissie Mayr
Frequently asked questions
Who is Lou Perez?
Lou Perez is an American comedian, author, and producer. He attended New York University.
How did Lou Perez start in comedy?
Perez began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where he was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. He performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in sketch shows and as part of his comedy duo, Greg and Lou.
Who has Lou Perez opened for and toured with?
As a stand-up comedian, Perez has opened for Rob Schneider, Rich Vos, Jimmy Dore, and Dave Smith. He toured the United States and Canada with Scott Thompson of The Kids In The Hall.
What book did Lou Perez write?
His first book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy, was published by Bombardier Books in 2022.
What is We the Internet TV?
We the Internet TV is a comedy channel where Perez was the head writer and head producer. It was nominated in 2017 for a Webby award.
