Alex Falcone

Falcone moved to Portland, Oregon where he performed stand-up, hosted a podcast, was a freelance writer for the Portland Mercury, and taught comedy workshops.^[6][1] He played bit parts in the television show Portlandia and performed in local car commercials. He was named Portland's Funniest Person in 2018 and called a "local powerhouse comic" by The Oregonian.^[7][8] A local ice cream shop, Salt & Straw, named a flavor after him: Chocolate and Falcognac.^[9]

Falcone was the creator of the comedy show Late Night Action, a comedy spoof of the late night talk show format.^[10] The show ended in 2016, and in 2019, he moved to Los Angeles.^[10][11] He appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2021.

Falcone's grandfather was a carnival pitchman selling "kitchen gadgets and magic tricks", which piqued Falcone's interest in schemes.^[12] His series of videos called "Is It a Scam? Yep." humorously discusses a wide variety of frauds and scams.^[12] He creates short explainer videos on topics such as how many competing brands on products (potato chips, soft drinks) are all owned by the same company.^[13] He has also written about scams for Time Magazine, discussed scams on the Yahoo Sports podcasts, and discussed how to find good coffee on the road as a guest columnist for the Washington Post.^[14][15][16]

He is the co-author, with Ezra Fox, of Unwrap My Heart, a young adult romance spoofing the paranormal romance genre.^[17]

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