Jason Love (comedian)
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Jason Love is a standup comedian from Thousand Oaks, California.
Love began his career in 2003 by syndicating Snapshots, a daily cartoon published by newspapers such as The Denver Post and Tampa Bay Times. From 2003 to 2007, Love worked as a humor columnist for the Ventura County Star.[1]
Since 2008, Love has worked as a standup comedian, performing more than 200 times per year for comedy clubs, corporations, and cruise ships, and private parties.
Jason runs a non-profit organization, Love & Laughter, that brings free standup comedy shows to cancer support locations across the country.[2][3]
In 2017 he recorded a Dry Bar Comedy special, Jokes On Me.[4]
His second special, Professional Moron, was produced by 800 Pound Gorilla and has been broadcast on Pandora and Sirius XM.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Love has produced a virtual show, Live Comedy in Your Living Room. It features professional comics performing live from around the US.[5]
He is represented by Levity Entertainment Group.
Standup comedy
Known for his “clean style and quirky spirit",[6] Jason Love headlines at comedy clubs[7] and cruise ships while producing his own shows at venues such as the San Diego County Fair and performing arts centers.[8][9] The VC Reporter describes Jason as a "lean, clean, jokin’ machine."[10]
Television
- Luck (HBO); played a horse race expert
- Last Comic Standing (NBC)
- Laughs on Fox
- Today's Riff (TBS)[11]
- Standup and Deliver on Nuvo TV [12]
- One-hour special for Dry Bar Comedy[4]
- Host of the video series “Canned” produced by Studio 805.[13]
- Hosted for the Ventura County Star a number of humorous videos produced by Anthony Plascencia.[14]
Radio
- Appeared on The Bob & Tom Show radio program
- Podcast Labor of Love produced by Sideshow Network
- Sirius XM channel Laughs USA
Cruise lines
- Royal Caribbean
- Celebrity
- Norwegian
- Carnival
- Holland America
- Princess
Casinos and clubs
- Brad Garrett's
- The Improv
- Laugh Factory
- Stardome
- Caroline's on Broadway
- Flappers
- Punchline
- Zanies
- Edgewater
- Comedy Store
- Balboa Theatre
- Hermosa Comedy & Magic
- Standup Live
- Parlor Live
Internet
Armed Forces Entertainment
- Performed in Afghanistan for the troops
Discography
Publications
Snapshots: The Big Picture (ISBN 978-1419685163) [20]
So It Goes: Stories for People Who Laugh (ISBN 978-1439260999) [21]
Quotes from Jason Love's standup act can be found in Reader's Digest [22] as well as the books Comedy Thesaurus[23] and Squeaky Clean Comedy.[24]