1. Jimmy Shubert is a stand-up comedian from Philadelphia now living in Los Angeles.
11 Facts About Jimmy Shubert
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Jimmy Shubert is known for being part of Sam Kinison's "Outlaws of Comedy," as a 2014 finalist on Last Comic Standing, and for acting roles on shows such as The King of Queens, Entourage, and ER, and movies including Go and Mr and Mrs Smith.
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Jimmy Shubert has released four stand-up albums produced by Grammy-winner Dan Schlissel, including the 2020 release Zero Tolerance, which reached No 1 on the iTunes comedy chart.
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Jimmy Shubert's father was a city homicide detective and his mother worked in special education.
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Jimmy Shubert attended Archbishop Ryan High School and Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, where he studied drama and became a professional magician at 15.
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Jimmy Shubert decided to be a comedian at 18, and after performing on local stages, moved to California to start his career.
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Jimmy Shubert worked as a doorman at Los Angeles club The Comedy Store, and lived in a house owned by the club's owner Mitzi Shore with roommates Andrew Dice Clay, Sam Kinison, and Marc Maron.
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Jimmy Shubert wrote jokes for Yakov Smirnoff, Jimmy Walker, and Louie Anderson.
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Jimmy Shubert befriended Kinison in 1984 after accepting a dare to drive his motorcycle onstage during Kinison's set.
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Jimmy Shubert was a finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2014, and has performed on Comedy Central Presents and Comedy Underground with Dave Attell.
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Jimmy Shubert's style has been described as "old-school" observational comedy with "the outlook of a modern-day Archie Bunker" about everyday annoyances like Starbucks and airport security.