Kemah Bob Explained

Kemah Bob
Known For:It's a Sin: After Hours
Guessable
Years Active:2018–present
Website:https://www.kemahbob.com
Occupation:Stand-up comedian
Relatives:Camille Bob (grandfather)

Kemah Bob is an American comedian. She achieved fame in the United Kingdom, and is best known for hosting It's a Sin: After Hours.

Early and personal life

Bob grew up in Houston, Texas,[1] and went to school in Waco, Texas. She has lived in California and London. Bob's grandfather was musician Camille Bob.[2]

Bob uses she/they pronouns.[3] In an interview with Metro, Bob said "I do identify as a woman, I use she/they pronouns, but there are so many unanswered questions that I don't feel the need to answer around my own gender identity".[4] Bob is pansexual and queer,[5] [6] and mentioned in a 2022 interview that she was simultaneously dating two people.[7] She has been outspoken about her experiences of racism, telling Dave's Just Jokes in 2022 that "there are a lot of places where I don't want to go, won't go, am fortunate to not have to go, [...] and I feel like back to Texas is one of them".[8]

Bob has bipolar disorder, which she was diagnosed with the week of her twentieth birthday after a friend called her mother to complain that the speed of her speech had increased to the point of incomprehensibility. Her mother responded to this by driving four hours from Houston to Waco to perform a wellness check, only for Bob to swear and shout at her, which prompted her to take Bob to the emergency room.[9]

Career

Bob started her comedy career in Los Angeles. She told Dave's Just Jokes in 2022 that she got into comedy after a theatre professor pulled her aside after a class and pointed out how talkative she was in class, but that he enjoyed some of her comments, and suggested that she audition for an improv team.[8] She has cited The Inbetweeners and Skins as her inspiration to move to the UK.[10]

Bob hosts a comedy night and podcast[11] called FOC It Up, featuring comedians of colour who are not cisgender men.[12] In 2019 she was a finalist in the Funny Women awards.[13] She maintains a drag king persona, Lil' Test Ease, who is a conservative men's rights activist.[5]

In 2021, she presented It's a Sin: After Hours.[14] Later that year, she worked on the Comedy Central panel show Yesterday, Today and The Day Before, but quit after the first episode "in solidarity" with fellow comedian Sophie Duker over cuts to Duker's monologue about the conflict between Israel and Palestine.[15] [16] [17] She co-hosted The Island with Tom Allen and Jason Forbes the following year.[18] She also appeared on two weeks of Richard Osman's House of Games, both times attracting attention for her voice;[19] [20] she has also appeared on Don't Hate the Playaz,[21] [22] BBC Radio 4's Elephant in the Room,[23] Guessable,[24] [25] CelebAbility,[26] Apocalypse Wow,[27] Sorry, I Didn't Know,[28] and Question Team, the latter with a cameo from Lil' Test Ease,[29] as whom she appeared on Celebrity Karaoke Club: Drag Edition.[5]

Awards and nominations

scope=colYear scope=colAward scope=colCategoryscope=colResult scope=col class=unsortableRef.
2019Funny WomenFunny Women 2019
2019BBC New Comedy AwardBBC New Comedy Award 2019[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bob . Kemah . Kemah Bob . 2023-04-04 . 2023-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404150831/https://www.kemahbob.com/kemah#:~:text=writer%20and%20producer-,from%20Houston%2C%20TX,-now%20based%20in . live .
  2. Web site: Kemah Bob and her brilliantly diverse FOC IT UP! podcast are blowing the doors of comedy wide open . 14 September 2022 . 10 November 2022 . . 10 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221110215852/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/comedy/kemah-bob-foc-it-up-podcast-comedy-diversity-femmes-of-colour-lgbtq-b1025308.html . live .
  3. Web site: Kemah Bob. 7 October 2022. Backyard Comedy Club. 10 November 2022. 10 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221110225411/https://backyardcomedyclub.co.uk/comedians/kemah-bob/. live.
  4. Web site: Griffin . Louise . Kemah Bob on why it's essential to create safe spaces for trans people in comedy . Metro . 4 January 2023 . 13 July 2022 . 4 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230104134128/https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/13/kemah-bob-on-why-safe-spaces-for-trans-people-in-comedy-are-essential-16994023/ . live .
  5. Web site: Celebrity Karaoke Club - Series other-episodes - Episode 4 - ITVX. ITV. 7 March 2023. 7 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307104032/https://www.itv.com/watch/celebrity-karaoke-club/10a0492/10a0492a0016. live.
  6. Web site: Bob . Kemah . @kemahbob - Twitter . Twitter . 4 January 2023 . 11 March 2021 . [...] Very much a Black queer mild girl . 4 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230104133200/https://twitter.com/kemahbob/status/1370032119557283847 . live .
  7. Web site: Crosara . Nic . "It's an unapologetic celebration of comedians of colour": DIVA meets Kemah Bob . . 16 April 2023 . 21 July 2022.
  8. Just Jokes. Dave. 2 October 2022.
  9. Web site: W.W.K.D. (What Would Kanye Do) - Kemah Bob @ TEDxUAL. YouTube. 7 March 2023. 7 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307103948/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur6FzJfUW-4. live.
  10. News: Pape . Liam . Kemah Bob: 'I get so much bad advice from men who've never done comedy before' . 20 December 2022 . The Guardian . 10 October 2022 . 20 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221220135252/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/oct/10/kemah-bob-comedian . live .
  11. Web site: Bennett . Steve . Femmes of Color launches a comedy podcast : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 26 August 2022 . www.chortle.co.uk . 26 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220826102621/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/06/14/50955/femmes_of_color_launches_a_comedy_podcast . live .
  12. Web site: 3 May 2019. Kemah Bob: Toxic masculinity and talk therapy have never been sillier. 15 October 2021. The Guardian. 19 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211019211631/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/may/03/kemah-bob-toxic-masculinity-and-talk-therapy-have-never-been-sillier. live.
  13. Web site: Laura Smyth wins Funny Women Award : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Bennett. Steve. www.chortle.co.uk. 27 September 2019. 27 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190927145041/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/09/19/44357/laura_smyth_wins_funny_women_award. live.
  14. Web site: It's A Sin: After Hours. Radio Times. 7 March 2023. 7 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307103950/https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-tecgfi/its-a-sin-after-hours/. live.
  15. Web site: 27 May 2021. Comedians Sophie Duker and Kemah Bob quit all-female panel show Yesterday, Today And The Day Before over 'unacceptable interference'. 3 November 2021. Future Tech Trends. en-GB. 16 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016055721/https://futuretechtrends.co.uk/2021/05/27/comedians-sophie-duker-and-kemah-bob-quit-all-female-panel-show-yesterday-today-and-the-day-before-over-unacceptable-interference/. live.
  16. Web site: Comedians quit Yesterday, Today & The Day Before in Palestine protest. British Comedy. Guide. 27 May 2021. British Comedy Guide. 4 January 2023. 4 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104131002/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/6386/comics-quit-comedy-central-show/. live.
  17. Web site: Comedy Central hosts step down amid censorship row. Alex. Farber. 27 May 2021. Broadcast. 4 January 2023. 23 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211023121406/https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasters/comedy-central-hosts-step-down-amid-censorship-row/5160055.article. live.
  18. Web site: The Island is deserted. Chortle. 7 March 2023. 7 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307103950/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2023/01/24/52414/the_island_is_deserted. live.
  19. Web site: Social Media Goes Mad About Comedian's Voice. 7 September 2021. Beyondthejoke.co.uk. 7 March 2023. 7 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114856/https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/10992/comedians-voice. live.
  20. Web site: BBC House of Games star defended by fans as some threaten to 'switch off'. 24 February 2022. Birmingham Mail. 7 March 2023. 7 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114856/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/bbc-house-games-star-defended-23204309. live.
  21. Web site: Don't Hate the Playaz - Series 3 - Episode 7 - ITVX . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114853/https://www.itv.com/watch/dont-hate-the-playaz/2a5935/2a5935a0020 . live .
  22. Web site: Don't Hate the Playaz - Series 4 - Episode 2 - ITVX . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114856/https://www.itv.com/watch/dont-hate-the-playaz/2a5935/2a5935a0023 . live .
  23. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Elephant in the Room, Series 2, Episode 5 . Bbc.co.uk . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114851/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rvpr . live .
  24. Web site: British Comedy Guide . Guessable? Series 2, Episode 2 - British Comedy Guide . Comedy.co.uk . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114857/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/guessable/episodes/2/2/ . live .
  25. Web site: British Comedy Guide . Guessable? Christmas Special - British Comedy Guide . Comedy.co.uk . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307123407/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/guessable/episodes/2022/1/ . live .
  26. Web site: Iain Stirling's CelebAbility - Series 5 - Episode 2 - ITVX . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114858/https://www.itv.com/watch/iain-stirlings-celebability/2a5129/2a5129a0030 . live .
  27. Web site: Apocalypse Wow - Series 1 - Episode 6 - ITVX . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114906/https://www.itv.com/watch/apocalypse-wow/10a0769/10a0769a0006 . live .
  28. Web site: Sorry, I Didn't Know - Series 2 - Episode 4 - ITVX . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114852/https://www.itv.com/watch/sorry-i-didnt-know/2a4797/2a4797a0009 . live .
  29. Web site: Watch Question Team Series 1 Episode 4 Online . Uktvplay.co.uk . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307114857/https://uktvplay.co.uk/shows/question-team/series-1/episode-4/6277772532001 . live .
  30. Web site: BBC Three - BBC New Comedy Awards, 2019, Semi-Final 2 . BBC . 20 December 2022 . 20 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221220135252/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007d5v . live .

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