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Comedian  Writer  Producer  Actor  Podcaster

PEREZ

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Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and the author of THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY. You may have seen him on Gutfeld! , FOX News Primetime, One Nation with Brian Kilmeade, and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black).

 

Lou was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV. During his tenure at WTI, Lou made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.’”

 

As a stand-up comedian, Lou has opened for Rob Schneider, Rich Vos, Jimmy Dore, Dave Smith, and toured the US and Canada with Scott Thompson. Lou has also produced live shows with Colin Quinn, the Icarus Festival, and the Rutherford Comedy Festival.

 

For years, Lou performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and his comedy duo, Greg and Lou. Greg and Lou is best known for its sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views on YouTube alone.

 

In addition to producing sketch comedy like Comedy Is Murder, performing stand-up across the country, and writing for The Blaze's Align, Lou is on the advisory board of Heresy Press, a FAIR-in-the-arts fellow, and host of the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast (which is part of the Lions of Liberty Podcast Network).

 

How’d Lou start out?

 

He began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where he was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz.

 

Lou was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with Lorne Michaels’s Broadway Video; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers.

 

Lou hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Punching Up Comedy at Freedom Fest, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space.

 

Lou taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.

 

Lou worked with The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression as Communications Manager and later as a producer and consultant. Their video "Taking a Knee in Sports? For what?" was broadcast during a USC vs. Notre Dame football game and was a SILVER ADDY® WINNER at the American Advertising Awards.

 

Lou is also a brand ambassador for XX-XY Athletics.

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Productions
We the Internet TV

PRODUCTIONS

WE THE INTERNET TV

I was the Head Writer and Producer of Webby Award-winning We the Internet TV. 

PRODUCTIONS

THE LOU PEREZ

I'm creating independent content. To watch more videos head to my channel on YouTube. 

We the Internet TV
We the Internet TV

FIRE

I produced videos for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which defends free speech on and off college campuses. Subscribe on YouTube

PRODUCTIONS

PRODUCTIONS

Comedy is Murder with FREE THE PEOPLE

I've joined forces with Free the People to bring you Comedy Is Murder, a sketch-comedy series. Subcribe on YouTube. 

FEE's Common Sense Soapbox

I co-wrote episodes of the Foundation for Economic Education's animated series Common Sense Soapbox. Subscribe on YouTube

GREG AND LOU

PRODUCTIONS

Greg and Lou present Lou and Greg is Greg Burke’s and my sketch and improv comedy duo. Subscribe on YouTube.

PODCASTS
THE LOU PEREZ PODCAST

PODCAST

I found a way to trick interesting people into talking to me.

HAPPY HOUR ECON

A comedian and an economist walk into a bar… My weekly podcast with economist Phil Magness, from the Free To Choose Network.

BOOK LOU

STAND-UP

Clubs, theaters, colleges, festivals, corporate and private events. Opened for Rob Schneider and toured the US and Canada with Scott Thompson.

SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS

Talks on comedy, free speech, and culture, drawn from his book That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore and other writings, plus comedy-writing workshops for professionals and students.

HOST & EMCEE

Galas, conferences, awards nights, and live debates. Creator and host of the live debate show The Wrong Take with Lou Perez.

WRITING & PRODUCTION

Sketch, video, documentary, and campaign work for organizations. Head Writer and Producer of Webby-winning We the Internet TV, plus productions with the Free to Choose Network, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Pacific Legal Foundation, Free the People, and Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).

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