Tim Young (comedian)

Tim Young

Hosting Comedy Death Ray in L.A., 2009
Born August 3, 1980
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Medium Stand-up, television, radio, books, op-ed
Nationality American
Genres Observational comedy, surreal humor, political humor
Subject(s) Pop culture, American culture, current events, politics, everyday life
Influences Patton Oswalt, Andy Kaufman, Bob Hope, Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman[1]
Website TimYoung.com

Timothy Edward Young (born August 3, 1980) is a comedian, pundit and writer.

Personal life

Young grew up in Baltimore Highlands, a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[2] At one point he lived in Dundalk, Maryland[3] and is currently a resident of Austin, Texas.

Young is single and has never been married.[1]

Education

Young attended Lansdowne High School and University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He has a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.[2]

Comedy

Young is a regular contributor to the HuffPo Comedy[4] and his writing has appeared on the main page of the Huffington Post. He appears on Fox News Channel's Red Eye[5] as well as RT's The Alyona Show.[6] He has also appeared as a guest on radio stations, including Voice of Russia radio 1390 AM in Washington, 1410 AM in New York, 94.3FM WQCM The Rock Station in Chambersberg, Pennsylvania, 88.9 FM WEAA in Baltimore and 103.1 FM WRNR-FM in Annapolis.[7][8]

Young has performed at many venues around the USA, including Carolines on Broadway, the New York Comedy Club,[9] Comedy Death-Ray,[10] and various Improvs. He began his writing, radio and comedy career at UMBC writing the column "Kids Love Politics" in The Retriever Weekly.[11]

He wrote 50 Shades of Romney[12] and 50 Shades of Obama.[13] Both climbed to #1 for political humor on Amazon.

In May 2011, The Daily Telegraph covered Young as an up-and-coming political comedian.[14]

Journalism

Young is currently the director of marketing for Liberty Alliance, a conservative media company that encompasses over 60 sites including AllenBWest.com, KirkCameron.com and ClashDaily.com.

Young was the chair of the Young Members Committee at the National Press Club (USA) from November 2010 until December 2011, representing media workers under the age of 35.[15][16]

He was the Supreme Court correspondent for The Talk Radio News Service based in Washington, DC, where he attended and commented on the news of the court online and at several radio stations including WTPL, WBSM, WNWS-FM, WNDB, WMPS and Alan Nathan's Battle Line.[17]

He has had a few viral comedic news hits, his most popular being "Which Foods are Gay?"[18] in response to the Chic-Fil-A controversy in the Summer of 2012.

Writing

Young wrote two best-selling e-books, 50 Shades of Romney: Here's a Hint, They're All White[19] and 50 Shades of Obama: Here's a Hint, They're All Lies.[20]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://ritasquest.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/pillow-talk-with-tim-young/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://arbutus.patch.com/articles/local-stand-up-headed-to-sundance
  3. ↑ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-10-24/news/0710240172_1_dundalk-jmj-village-center
  4. ↑ Young, Tim. "Tim Young on Huffington Post". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Tim Young Fox News Channel 'Red Eye' Clips". Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Happy Hour: Mountain Dew Dissolves Mice?". RT. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  7. ↑ "WRNR appearance #1". WRNR. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  8. ↑ "WRNR appearance #2". WRNR. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Appearance at NY Comedy Club". Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Patton Oswalt's Comedy Death Ray "pep talk"". Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Search of Tim Young's articles". The Retriever Weekly. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  12. ↑ "50 Shades of Romney". Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  13. ↑ "50 Shades of Obama". Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  14. ↑ Ray, Rachel (May 19, 2011). "US Presidential Campaign 2012: Lewis Black and Tim Young talk political humour". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  15. ↑ "National Press Club". Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  16. ↑ McKay, Hollie (August 24, 2011). "Is Late Night TV Going the Way of the Dodo Bird". Fox News. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  17. ↑ http://www.talkradionews.com/?s=%22Tim+Young%22
  18. ↑ "Which Foods Are Gay? - CNN iReport". CNN.
  19. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/50-Shades-Romney-Theyre-ebook/dp/B008PN6J9A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364511976&sr=1-1&keywords=tim+young
  20. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/50-Shades-Obama-Theyre-ebook/dp/B0097KT4XS/ref=pd_sim_b_1