Jason Love (comedian) explained
Jason Love is a standup comedian from Thousand Oaks, California.
Career
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
Internet
- Podcast, Labor of Love [15]
- Livestream series Jason Love & Friends [16]
- Pandora Radio [17]
Armed Forces Entertainment
- Performed in Afghanistan for the troops
Discography
Metro Man [18]
Jokes On Me [19]
Publications
Snapshots: The Big Picture [20]
So It Goes: Stories for People Who Laugh [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]
Awards
2006: Second Place in Humor for circulations over 100K from The National Society of Newspaper Columnists.[25]
Love was a finalist at the Cabo Comedy Festival and at the World Series of Comedy in Vegas.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Former Star columnist Jason Love fills us in on his life as a touring comic » Ventura County Star. S3.amazonaws.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Jason Love is creating Love & Laughter, Live Comedy for Cancer Support Community . Patreon.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Laughing Stock: Comedy for Charity Brings the Love. Linda. Ray. Tucsonweekly.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Jokes On Me. Jason . Love. 19 July 2017. 8 May 2018. YouTube.
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/zoomcomedy
- Web site: Laughing Stock: Good, Clean Fun. Linda . Ray. Tucsonweekly.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Jason Love - Comedian Thousand Oaks, CA. 8 May 2018. Gigmasters.com.
- Web site: Trailer for Live Comedy at Studio Movie Grill. Love. Jason . 10 March 2018. 8 May 2018. YouTube.
- Web site: Jason Love. Eventbrite.com . 8 May 2018.
- Web site: CREATIVE TYPES - Jason Love: A lean, clean, jokin' machine. 4 January 2018. Vcreporter.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Jason Love on TBS. Jason Love. 10 September 2017. 8 May 2018. YouTube.
- Web site: 28 January 2014. NUVOtv's Stand Up and Deliver goes to Cabo San Lucas. 8 May 2018. Thecomicscomic.com.
- Web site: After a dusty S.B. trail trip, Studio 805 heads in new directions. Archive.vcstar.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Syndicates: Getting the Picture with Video Columns. Dave Astor . Dave Astor. August 1, 2007. August 27, 2017. August 27, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170827214530/https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-167269404/syndicates-getting-the-picture-with-video-columns. dead.
- Web site: Jason Love: Labor of Love . iheart.com.
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/jasonlovefriends
- Web site: From the Working Comedian – Interview with Don Friesen and Jason Love. 8 May 2018. Blog.pandora.com.
- Web site: Jason Love: Metro Man. 25 October 2011. Amazon.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Jokes On Me. Jason Love. 19 July 2017. 8 May 2018. YouTube.
- Book: Love, Jason. Snapshots: The Big Picture. 10 January 2008. BookSurge Publishing. 978-1419685163.
- Book: So it Goes: Stories for People Who Laugh. Jason. Love. Ernie. Cavazos. Charlie. Myers. 8 January 2010. BookSurge Publishing. 978-1439260999.
- Web site: Reader's Digest cover. JPG. Bizedex.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Comedy Thesaurus cover. JPG. Bizedex.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Squeaky Clean cover. JPG. Bizedex.com. 8 May 2018.
- Web site: Column Contest Winners, Going Way Back. 16 July 2015. Columnists.com. 8 May 2018.