Mike Yard

Mike Yard is a contributor for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.[1] Yard was previously the winner of Comedy Central's Get Up, Stand Up comedy competition.[2]

Yard was born on St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. [3] In 2008 he married plus-size model and actress Mia Amber Davis, who died of a blood clot after knee surgery in 2011.[4]

Prior to joining The Nightly Show, Yard toured actively as a standup comic[5] and appeared on ComicView, Def Comedy Jam and Comedy at the Apollo.[6] On The Nightly Show, he is known as one of the show's leading contributors, serving as a comic "foil" to host Larry Wilmore,[7] and for his role in political skits such as his portrayal of a talking gun named "Hand Gun".[8]

References

  1. ↑ Rivera, Joshua. "'The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' announces its cast of contributors", Entertainment Weekly, January 9 2015. Retrieved on June 13 2015.
  2. ↑ http://wisecrackers.biz/Comics_Pages/mike_yard.html
  3. ↑ http://www.standupny.com/comedians/mike-yard/
  4. ↑ "'Road Trip' actress and plus size model Mia Amber Davis dies at 36", Fox 411, May 11, 2011.
  5. ↑ Leonard Foster, "Mike Yard one of America’s hottest comedians", Flavourmag, April 24, 2009.
  6. ↑ https://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/MikeYard
  7. ↑ Inkoo Kang, "Gonna Miss Jon Stewart? Don’t Worry, Larry Wilmore’s Hitting His Stride." The Village Voice, June 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ Patrick Kevin Day, "'The Nightly Show' introduces its newest contributor, Hand Gun", Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2015.

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