Tom Cotter
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Tom Cotter is an American comedian. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show
and Last Comic Standing
. In 2003, Cotter filmed his own half-hour special for Comedy Central
. Cotter has won several comedy competitions. In 1994, he won Seattle's International Stand-Up Comedy Competition. He also won the grand prize at the Boston Comedy Festival and was voted Best Stand-Up at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival.
Additionally, Cotter has worked in film, theatre, and television productions and is currently working on an idea for a book.
Cotter is married to Kerri Louise
, who is also a notable stand-up comedian. They have worked together on different projects including Two Funny, a reality show on Women's Entertainment Network.
His form of comedy focuses mostly on one-liners and double entredres, such as:
Extreme sports: Dwarf basketball, triathalon for chronic smokers, chess for cocaine addicts, large-breasted women's hurdles, and fencing for hemophiliacs.
Double entrdres: As the day started, tension mounted. Tension is my dog. OR This guy cuts me off and starts flashing me, so when he pulled over, I pulled him out of the ambulance and started smacking him. OR My doctor said I should love myself, so I said, "Doc, I'm up to three times a day."
Triple entredre: I was happy to see my ex-girlfriend...get hit with a snow-plow. That was kind of weird for me because... i have never driven a snow plow before.
What are we teaching our kids: Musical chairs=not sharing, hide-and-seek=stalking, dodgeball=drive-bys, and sleeping beauty=necrophilia
The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...
and Last Comic Standing
Last Comic Standing
Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that has aired from 2003 through 2010.The goal of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC network, and a television special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy...
. In 2003, Cotter filmed his own half-hour special for Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
. Cotter has won several comedy competitions. In 1994, he won Seattle's International Stand-Up Comedy Competition. He also won the grand prize at the Boston Comedy Festival and was voted Best Stand-Up at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival.
Additionally, Cotter has worked in film, theatre, and television productions and is currently working on an idea for a book.
Cotter is married to Kerri Louise
Kerri Louise
Kerri Louise is an American stand-up comedian. Louise was a finalist on the second season of Last Comic Standing and has appeared on television programs such as Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and The View...
, who is also a notable stand-up comedian. They have worked together on different projects including Two Funny, a reality show on Women's Entertainment Network.
His form of comedy focuses mostly on one-liners and double entredres, such as:
Extreme sports: Dwarf basketball, triathalon for chronic smokers, chess for cocaine addicts, large-breasted women's hurdles, and fencing for hemophiliacs.
Double entrdres: As the day started, tension mounted. Tension is my dog. OR This guy cuts me off and starts flashing me, so when he pulled over, I pulled him out of the ambulance and started smacking him. OR My doctor said I should love myself, so I said, "Doc, I'm up to three times a day."
Triple entredre: I was happy to see my ex-girlfriend...get hit with a snow-plow. That was kind of weird for me because... i have never driven a snow plow before.
What are we teaching our kids: Musical chairs=not sharing, hide-and-seek=stalking, dodgeball=drive-bys, and sleeping beauty=necrophilia
External links
- Tom Cotter's website