Dan Cummins

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Dan Cummins (born May 17, 1977) is a professional stand-up comedian. His first comedy album, Revenge is Near, distributed by Warner Brothers, was ranked as one of the top 10 comedy CDs of 2009 by Punchline Magazine. His first hour-long special for Comedy Central, titled Crazy With A Capital F, premiered May 29, 2010.

Personal life

Dan Cummins was born in Grangeville, Idaho,[citation needed] and grew up in the small nearby town of Riggins, Idaho (pop. 410).[1] He graduated from high school in 1995, and in 1999 he earned a B.A. in psychology from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He then worked at a local residential treatment center as a Child and Family Counselor for six months, which he described as a horrible experience.[1] Dan has two children, a four-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter with his former wife, whom he divorced in 2009. Dan shares custody of his children, who split time between Spokane and Santa Monica, where Dan currently lives.

Career

In 2000, Dan had his first taste of standup, performing at the open mike of the now-defunct Laugh’s Comedy Cafe inside the Season Ticket bar near the Spokane Arena. In 2001, Dan entered the Seattle Comedy Competition, finishing as runner-up. There he met David Crowe, with whom he formed a two-man stand-up/sketch/music act, COBDOG, (Crowe On Bass, Dan On Guitar), the highlight of which was having a radio-friendly version of one of their sketches, titled "At The Coffee Shop," making the The Bob and Tom Show best-of CD, Bob And Tom Gone Wild. The duo split in 2003.

In 2005, Dan performed at the New Faces showcase at the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, catching the attention of both Comedy Central and The Late Late Show talent booker. In 2006, Dan performed on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, his first performance recorded for television. A month later, he made his cable television debut, performing on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Also, in 2006, he performed at his second major festival, the HBO Las Vegas Comedy Festival. The year 2007 started off with Dan performing at the Comedy Central South Beach Comedy Festival, and then booking approximately 100 college dates at the NACA Nationals college booking convention in Nashville. Dan then recorded his first television stand-up special, Comedy Central Presents Dan Cummins, in August at the Hudson Theater in New York. In 2008, Dan performed at nearly 100 schools and also advanced to the semi-finals of Last Comic Standing, Season 6.

In 2009, Dan’s Comedy Central Presents was voted third favorite by fans in Comedy Central’s annual Standup Showdown. Shortly after, Comedy Central bought the rights to air a one-hour special. On October 17, 2009, in front of a sold-out audience at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, Washington, Dan recorded his first one-hour Comedy Central special, Crazy With A Capital F. Its initial showing on Comedy Central aired May 29, 2010, at 11 p.m. The accompanying CD was released on May 25, 2010; the DVD version was released on June 8, 2010.

Later in June 2009, Dan performed at the second-annual Rooftop Comedy Aspen Comedy Festival. Also, Dan made two additional television appearances in 2009, appearing on an episode of Byron Allen’s Comedy.TV, and on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien the day before Thanksgiving. The year 2009 also included the release of Dan’s first nationally distributed CD, Revenge is Near, on June 23 via Warner Brothers Records. It peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Comedy Charts, and Punchlinemagazine.com put it in their top 10 list for the best comedy CDs of 2009.

In 2010, Dan has appeared in season two of G4’s The International Sexy Ladies Show, and has moved to Santa Monica where he has begun working with Creative Artists Agency. Dan is also currently trying to get his television projects into development, while still maintaining a busy tour schedule of colleges, clubs, and theaters. Dan has numerous videos on the web, with clips from both televised and non-televised routines, along with various web series. Finally, since early 2009, filmmaker Mike Newman has been filming an ongoing documentary on Dan’s journey through stand-up, and a teaser/trailer of this ongoing documentary will be included in the bonus section of the Crazy With A Capital F DVD.

Stand Up Releases

  • Comedy Central Presents Dan Cummins (2008)
  • Dan Cummins' Revenge is Near (2009)
  • Dan Cummins' Crazy With A Capital F (2010)
  • Dan Cummins' Hear This (2012)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Adam Carolla Show - Dan Cummins, 50 minute mark". The Adam Carolla Show (podcast). 14 March 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011. 

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