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'''Myq Kaplan''' (born October 7, 1978<ref name=MySpace>[http://www.myspace.com/myqkaplan Myq Kaplan] at [[MySpace]]</ref>) is an American [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]]. Born '''Michael Kaplan'''<ref name=Hoot>Channon, Alison. [http://thehoot.net/articles/5876 "Brandeis comedians take smarts to the stage"], ''The Brandeis Hoot'', 13 March 2009.</ref> in [[Livingston, New Jersey]],<ref>Wilkowe, Ellen S. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011301290051 "Things to do in Morris County, NJ: Last Comic Standing tour comes to Morristown, NJ, Jan. 15"]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Daily Record (Morristown)]]'', January 13, 2011. Accessed February 24, 2011. "One-time aspiring singer/songwriter Myq Kaplan, 32, formerly of Livingston and now of New York City, changed his tune … and converted to comedy."</ref><ref name=badslava>Yaryshkin, Slava. [http://www.badslava.com/2009/04/myq-kaplan.html ''Stand-up Comedy 101'' Interview with Myq Kaplan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213071040/http://www.badslava.com/2009/04/myq-kaplan.html |date=2010-12-13 }}, 6 April 2009.</ref> he is based in [[Boston]]<ref name="Alterman July 2009">Alterman, Sara Faith. [http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/phlog/archive/2009/07/23/montreal-comedy-festival-the-new-faces-showcase.aspx "Montreal Comedy Festival: The New Faces showcase"], [[The Phoenix (newspaper)|''The Boston Phoenix'']], 23 July 2009.</ref> and [[New York City]].<ref>Gadino, Dylan P. [http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2009/07/just-for-laughs-new-faces-part-2 Just For Laughs: New Faces"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801023222/http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2009/07/just-for-laughs-new-faces-part-2 |date=2009-08-01 }}, ''Punchline'', 27 July 2009.</ref>

==Education==
==Education==
Kaplan received his bachelor's degree from [[Brandeis University]] in 2000<ref name=Hoot /> and a master's degree in [[linguistics]] from [[Boston University]].<ref name="BU Today">Laskowski, Nicole. [http://www.bu.edu/today/video/2008/01/08/last-comic-standing "The Last Comic Standing?"], ''[[BU Today]]'', 8 August 2007.</ref> While a student at Boston University in 2005, he won its "funniest student" contest.<ref name="BU Today" />
Kaplan received his bachelor's degree from [[Brandeis University]] in 2000<ref name=Hoot /> and a master's degree in [[linguistics]] from [[Boston University]].<ref name="BU Today">Laskowski, Nicole. [http://www.bu.edu/today/video/2008/01/08/last-comic-standing "The Last Comic Standing?"], ''[[BU Today]]'', 8 August 2007.</ref> While a student at Boston University in 2005, he won its "funniest student" contest.<ref name="BU Today" />

Revision as of 02:43, 19 May 2020

Myq Kaplan
Kaplan in December 2011
Birth nameMichael Kaplan
Born (1978-10-07) October 7, 1978 (age 46)
Livingston, New Jersey
MediumStand-up comedian
Years active2005–present
Websitemyqkaplan.com

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Education

Kaplan received his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in 2000[1] and a master's degree in linguistics from Boston University.[2] While a student at Boston University in 2005, he won its "funniest student" contest.[2]

Comedy career

Kaplan tours North America regularly and has performed over 1,000 shows at comedy clubs.[2]

He was a semifinalist in the 2006 Boston Comedy Festival and in the 2006 Seattle Comedy Competition.[2] He was one of nine finalists in Comedy Central's 2007 Open Mic Fight competition. In 2008, a reader poll by Boston's The Phoenix named him Local Comedian of the Year.[3] He took part in Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2009.[4][5]

Television, internet and recordings

Myq Kaplan has appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and in promotional work for the network. He has been featured on ABC News Now.

On December 16, 2009, he performed for the first time on The Tonight Show.[6] Kaplan also appeared as a contestant on the competition TV series Last Comic Standing during the summer 2010.[7] He placed fifth in the competition.[8]

He is also a frequent guest on long running comedy podcast Keith and the Girl.

Myq Kaplan has been a guest on the podcast "You Made It Weird With Pete Holmes" 2 times, one released on April 4, 2012 and as a returning guest released December 20, 2017

Kaplan hosts his own podcast Hang Out with Me.[9]

On April 30, 2010, his Comedy Central Presents special aired on Comedy Central.

Myq Kaplan's comedy album Vegan Mind Meld was released April 27, 2010, and his second album, Please Be Seated was released in 2012.

In August 2014, Myq Kaplan's one-hour standup special entitled Small, Dork, and Handsome appeared on Netflix for streaming.

On February 14, 2014 Kaplan was the first guest on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast.

On January 31, he was the first guest on Bombing with Mike Dorval, where he talked about his joke writing and a joke that bombed for the New York Times.[10]

Kaplan was also a contestant on the tenth season of America's Got Talent. He was eliminated in the Quarterfinals.

Personal life

Kaplan is also a musician, primarily as a guitarist and vocalist. He is a vegan,[11] polyamorous [12] and once described himself as "atheistic".[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hoot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Laskowski, Nicole. "The Last Comic Standing?", BU Today, 8 August 2007.
  3. ^ Readers' Pick: Best Local Comedian: Myq Kaplan, The Boston Phoenix, 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Alterman July 2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Borden, Jane. "Just for Laughs in Montreal: Day One" Archived 2009-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, Time Out New York, 23 July 2009.
  6. ^ Tonight Show video clip,[dead link‍] 16 December 2009.
  7. ^ Heisler, Steve (June 21, 2010). "New York Auditions Day 2". A.V. Club. The Onion.
  8. ^ "'Last Comic Standing' crowns Felipe Esparza seventh-season champ", Reality TV World.com, August 10, 2010.
  9. ^ myqkaplan.com
  10. ^ "01 – Myq Kaplan | Rox Labs". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  11. ^ Singer, Jasmin (August 24, 2011). "Art of the Animal: Myq Kaplan" (video). Art of the Animal, Video. Our Hen House.
  12. ^ "Shame On: Polyamory". Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  13. ^ About Myq Kaplan (archived) at his official website Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
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