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 (875)
Videos 817 to 840 of 875.
59:41How to Raise a Son: Fatherhood, Addiction, and the Marines | Jesse Burkhart
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1:43Do Not Call Mao Zedong a Dictator
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2:13Corey DeAngelis on why unions are bad for teachers
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31:43What Is Próspera? Inside Honduras's Libertarian Free City | Lonis
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1:45What was the Red Dog?
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1:12:15How to Be a Good Dad: Fatherhood and Raising Kids Today | Adam Coleman
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1:07Jazz Legends Were Terrible People. The Music Was Great
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52:53What Matthew Yglesias is wrong about now
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54:49Should Bud Light Bring Back Dylan Mulvaney? Inside Anheuser-Busch | Anson Frericks
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58:59How Many Shootouts Have You Been In? An LAPD Cop Turned Uber Driver | Raymond E. Foster
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10:4740 Burpees Until I Turn 40: Day 4 (Friday Night, No Beer)
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56:21How to Start Your Art Collection (and How to Look at a Rothko) | Kendric Tonn
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1:22She Broke Up With Him When Roe v. Wade Was Overturned
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1:04:11Can We Find Common Ground? | Ben Kawaller of The Free Press
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1:03:13Are There Good Influencers Out There? A Teacher on Instagram | Will Reusch
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1:07:54How to Hack TikTok: Going Viral and Changing Your Name for SEO | Tran Hoang Calvin
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1:09:17Florida Man: David Lynch, Rick Beato, and Richard Wolff's Communism | Sean Malone
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54:34Jailed in Liberia. Deported from Nicaragua. He Visited 195 countries for the Guinness World Record.
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1:10The Anti-Feminist Psychiatrist on What Feminism Did to Therapy
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0:13Gavin Newsom Smiles Like He Just Poisoned You
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1:01:23Everything You Need to Know About Menopause: Going Menopostal | Amy Alkon
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49:41Will New York's Congestion Pricing Work? Plus the California Fires | Hatem Gabr
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7:4540 Burpees Until Lou Turns 40 - Day 26
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6:4940 Burpees Until Lou Turns 40 - Day 23
30 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
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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
774 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.
