| Jackie Kashian | |
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| Born | South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Alternative comedy |
| Subject(s) | Pop culture, Personal life, video games |
| Spouse | Andy Ashcraft |
| Website | http://www.jackiekashian.com |
Jackie Kashian is an American stand-up comedian and is of Armenian descent.
Kashian was born in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised by her father, Elliot, and her stepmother, Nancy, along with her four older brothers and one older sister. She graduated from South Milwaukee High School in 1983.[1]
She discovered her love of stand-up comedy while attending The University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was soon given stage time at a club operated by Bill Kinison (brother of stand-up legend Sam Kinison) five nights a week. Her grades suffered but her comedy flourished.
Kashian has had a half-hour special on Comedy Central and has appeared on CBS, NBC, and the nationally syndicated Radio/TV show Bob And Tom. She tours internationally, spending approximately 25 weeks a year on the road, and has entertained US troops stationed in Africa and the Middle East several times. Her most recent album, It's Never Going to be Bread, was named as one of the top comedy albums of 2010 by Amazon.com.{{[2]
After living in Minneapolis, Kashian moved to Los Angeles and currently resides in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband, Andy Ashcraft. She is good friends with Maria Bamford and they often perform together, both in Los Angeles and on the road.
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In 2005 Kashian began hosting a podcast, The Dork Forest, with new episodes being released once or twice a week. Recorded in her living room in Van Nuys, the show features 'dork on dork dialog' between Kashian and her guests about their favorite obsessions—commonly referred to by Kashian as 'dorkdoms'. Guests have included Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, James Urbaniak, Jimmy Pardo, Aisha Tyler, and Mary-Lynn Rajskub. Fans of the show refer to themselves as 'Rangers Of The Dork Forest'. In 2010, the podcast changed from a live format to pre-recorded with superior audio quality and a new theme song, "Welcome to The Dork Forest", written by Mike Ruekberg. In 2011 Kashian performed her first live Dork Forest, and has scheduled future live episodes.