Jeff Klinger
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Jeff Klinger is an American
United States
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 comedian
Comedian
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 who lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he attended school in Salt Lake City. In 1999 Jeff entered a comedy competition. It was on that stage, that Jeff decided he would pursue comedy as his career. Klinger won the competition and left school. Four years later, Jeff would call his Chicago
Chicago
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 home base because of its location and proximity to all the cities he worked in.

In 2001, between gigs, Jeff made his first short film titled Thanks Tony! The 7 minute long satire about the quest for self-esteem went straight to the film festival circuit. Thanks Tony! premiered at the Chicago Comedy Shorts Film Festival.

The following year proved to keep Klinger very busy. In June 2002, Jeff appeared at the Chicago Comedy Festival for his first time. Later that summer, Jeff taught a stand up comedy class to children at the Village Players Theater. Jeff’s class was so successful that he scheduled his next tour such that he could teach the class again in the spring. Later that year Jeff set a personal record with a 16-week, non-stop tour.

Jeff now lives in Redondo Beach, CA. He regularly performs stand-up in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 area. He frequents The Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach. Television

PBS - “The Cheap Show
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WTTW
WTTW
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 ( Chicago) - “Ben Around Town"

featured w/ Larry Reeb
Larry Reeb
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