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'{{Infobox comedian | name = Aaron Karo | image = Karowiki.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Karo on stage in Charlotte | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|06|18}} | birth_place = [[Plainview, New York]] | death_date = | death_place = | medium = | nationality = | active = | genre = | subject = | influences = | influenced = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | notable_work = | signature = | website = [http://AaronKaro.com AaronKaro.com] | footnotes = | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Aaron Karo''' (born June 18, 1979) is an [[United States|American]] [[stand-up comedian]] and [[author]] best known for his ''Ruminations'' email column and series of books, his young adult novel ''Lexapros and Cons'', and his Comedy Central special ''Aaron Karo: The Rest Is History''. ==Career== In September 1997, as a freshman at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s [[Wharton School]], Karo sent a humorous email about [[college]] to twenty of his friends. That email spawned an “email column” called ''Ruminations on College Life'' that Karo began sending on a regular basis. Through forwarding and word-of-mouth, the column spread and readers began subscribing to receive the column directly. Karo continued to write the column after college, shortening the title to simply ''Ruminations''. On July 10, 2002, Karo made his stand-up comedy debut at Stand-Up New York in [[New York City]]. In August 2002, [[Simon & Schuster]] published a collection of Karo’s columns, also entitled ''Ruminations on College Life''. It is currently in its ninth printing. In May 2005, [[Simon & Schuster]] published Karo’s second book, ''Ruminations on Twentysomething Life'', a collection of Karo’s post-college columns. In July 2005, Karo moved from New York to Los Angeles and began to write for television. He has since developed projects for [[20th Century Fox Television|20th Century Fox]], [[MTV]], [[Warner Bros. Television|Warner Brothers]], [[CBS Television Studios|CBS Paramount]], and a sitcom entitled ''Ruminations'' for [[The CW]]. In August 2008, Karo announced the launch of Ruminations.com, a user-generated humor site that allowed fans to write their own “ruminations” and share them with the community. The site received half a million submissions before being shuttered in 2012. On August 15, 2008, Karo performed on [[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]] on [[CBS]]. On December 9, 2008, [[Comedy Central Records]] released Karo's debut stand-up album ''Just Go Talk to Her''. The album reached number eight on the [[iTunes]] comedy bestseller list. On September 15, 2009, [[HarperCollins]] published Karo’s third book, ''I’m Having More Fun Than You''. Described as a "tribute to modern bachelorhood," the book reached number one on [[Amazon.com]]’s humor bestseller list. On November 19, 2010, [[Comedy Central]] premiered his first one-hour stand-up special ''Aaron Karo: The Rest Is History''. An album by the same name was released the following day; it reached number one on Amazon.com’s comedy bestseller list. On April 10, 2012, Karo's fourth book and first novel, a work of [[young-adult fiction]], was published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]. ''Lexapros and Cons'' is the story of Chuck Taylor, a teenager with [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]] who is obsessed with [[Converse (shoe company)|Converse]] and prescribed the antidepressant [[Lexapro]]. On April 30, 2012, Karo's third stand-up album, ''I Need to Tell You Something'', was released. On September 17, 2012, the fifteenth anniversary of his first email, Karo ended his ''Ruminations'' column after expanding his mailing list from twenty friends to 100,000 worldwide subscribers. ==Education== Graduated from [[Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School]] in [[Plainview, New York]] on [[Long Island]], in June 1997. The original twenty friends that Karo sent the first ''Ruminations'' email to are purported to also be from Plainview. Graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[Economics]] from the [[Wharton School]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in May 2001. Was a member of the [[Zeta Beta Tau]] fraternity. ==Currently== Aaron Karo recently took down his previously known website entitled "RUMINATIONS" aka: www.ruminations.com, a site created solely for the purpose of public participation that focused on the creation of unique quotes, jokes, and anecdotes for undisclosed reasons. An explanation is currently pending. ==External links== * [http://aaronkaro.com/ AaronKaro.com] * [http://ruminations.aaronkaro.com/ ''Ruminations'' column archive] * [http://twitter.com/aaronkaro/ Twitter] * [http://facebook.com/aaronkaro/ Facebook] {{Authority control|VIAF=60908309}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Karo, Aaron | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = June 18, 1979 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Plainview, New York]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karo, Aaron}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:American humorists]] [[Category:American stand-up comedians]] [[Category:American Internet personalities]] [[Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni]] [[Category:Wharton School alumni]]'