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Jamie tours the globe tirelessly, and has made appearances all over the United States, Canada, China, the Netherlands and the UK. Most recently, he was featured twice on Comedy Central and the BBC’S The World Stands up. He played the most talked about show at the 2007 Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival featuring, Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly, Louis CK, Lewis Black and The Kids in the Hall, and was then featured at the festivals Best Of The Fest show. He has also been seen on The Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK The Comedy Channel in Australia and Showtime Comedy in the Middle East. He was featured on Think MTV and in recently was invited to the most sought after show at The Montreal Comedy Festival, the 2008 New Faces.
After returning from touring Asia with Aristocrats producer Paul Provenza, Jamie decided to sell his car and fly to the largest arts festival in the world in Edinburgh, Scotland. After his first show he received a standing ovation and was signed to do a theater shows by renowned producer Mick Perrin from Just for Laughs, and manager of Eddie Izzard. It was the fastest that anyone has received a deal in the history of the world. Probably.
Quickly after he performed for 55,000 people at the Lowlands Festival in Holland alongside bands and artists such as: Tool, Nine Inch Nails, The Shins, The Arcade Fire, and Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave).
With fans from New York Times best-selling authors to Grammy award-winning producer Brian Eno, and music sensation Regina Spektor Jamie plays an important role during a comedic renaissance.
Jamie has preformed at venues ranging from 2000-plus seat theaters such as The Paramount Theater and The Oakland Metro Opera House, to world-famous comedy clubs and shows such as Invite Them Up, Comic Strip Live, Stand Up New York, The Comedy Store, and The UCB.
He has also performed at ivy league schools such as Brown and Princeton University and also for College Humor. Jamie’s work can be read on 236.com Huffingtonpost.com and Mcsweeneys.
Jamie Kilstein "Please Buy My Jokes"
Like any good salesman, Jamie Kilstein is confident in his product and happy to show off for his audience. “Please Buy My Jokes,” his first stand-up CD, finds the slam poetry champion taking the stage with a solid leap right into drug humor, followed by a downward spiral of more and more offensive jokes, each, paradoxically, presented more innocently than the last. Kilstein is at his best when he revels in his own ability to pose clichéd joke set-up questions to his audience, taking on a sort of wide-eyed enthusiastic persona for the delivery. Then, once his audience is primed, he takes a sharp left turn at the punchline, spouting facts and figures on everything from racial disparities in prison sentencing to domestic violence among same sex couples to the relevance of time as a POW to time as a commander in chief.
Somehow, in the midst of all of these serious topics, Kilstein, who describes himself succinctly as an “atheist liberal stoned comic,” manages to give both a persuasive argument on his pet issues and a ridiculously funny and generally four-steps-over-the-line comedy show. Caveat emptor: it’s hard to believe, but with thoughtful material and a heaping helping of blue humor, Kilstein’s plea to buy his jokes can’t help but be met by a legion of satisfied customers. “Please Buy My Jokes,” the limited edition precursor to Kilstein’s forthcoming full-length “Zombie Jesus,” is available now from Stand Up! Records, home to the newest voices in cutting-edge comedy.
1. Drugs 2. Drugs vs. Booze 3. Taxes 4. Beat the Gay 5. Sanctity of Marriage 6. Zombie Jesus 7. Religion 8. Odd Laws 9. McCain and Texas 10. Islam 11. Banned from Clubs 12. Friendly Comedy
Jamie Kilstein "Zombie Jesus"
Zombie-mania! In the midst of a virtual zombie pop-culture resurgence (not surprising with zombies, now is it?), Jamie Kilstein’s long-awaited “Zombie Jesus” has hit the streets. And Kilstein’s definitely trying to steal your brain.
Stand Up! Records is pleased to present the first full-length record from this self-described “atheist liberal stoned comic.” Launching right in, Kilstein opens with the most offensive joke he can think of and quickly has his audience begging for more. His incredible appeal may come from his material, which, in the time of so much “blue collar comedy” is mighty refreshing for blue-staters. Or it may come from his virtuoso delivery, wherein he applies the rapid-fire wordsmithing he honed as a champion slam-poet to the absurdities all around. Either way, his enthusiasm and charm shine, making Kilstein’s disc feel as much like a live performance as any comic – or, perhaps, reanimated comic corpse – has ever managed.
Despite the title, nothing about “Zombie Jesus” feels like it’s been dragged from a mouldering grave – instead, Kilstein comes off as a fresh new standard-bearer for the cutting-edge comedy cadre that Stand Up! Records has so proudly assembled. Now our biggest problem may just be narrowing down the very best keywords to draw in online shoppers. Right now, we’re leaning toward “hot-ass, coulda-been-a-model Jesus,” “lady membership card,” “universal healthcare,” “bake sale,” “regular to-do’ins,” “Americatown,” “seal blood,” “barracuda,” “nobody goes to Missouri, “ and, of course, “hockey fetus.”1. Trying to be Edgy 2. Angry Old Dude at the Show 3. Gay Rights 4. God Hates Fags 5. Republican Comedians 6. Drugs 7. Confronted by the Army 8. John McCain 9. Political Comedians 10. Gun Lobby 11. White People are Awful 12. Sarah Palin is Awful 13. Mormons 14. Soulmates 15. Zombie Jesus 16. Heaven 17. Islam 18. Hack Comedy
