Jesse Joyce started his comedy career in Pittsburgh in 1998. In 2001 he made the move to New York City and has earned a reputation as a rising star on the comedy scene. Jesse is known for his performances loved by crowds around the world, and for his writing style admired and respected by comedians at every level. Spawned from a family of lawyers, professional jugglers, an army ranger and a circus clown; Joyce developed his own unique brand of comic charisma. He brings this charisma to the standup comedy stage by entwining distinctively intelligent material and high energy performance.

In television, Joyce has made appearances on BBC’s How Clean is Your House?, Date Night for AMC, Comedy Central’s inaugural season of Live at Gotham, Entertainment Tonight, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’s Pass The Mic and Stand-Up 360 with Caroline Rhea. In 2010 he was a top 20 Semi-Finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Currently, Joyce can be seen regularly on History Channel’s I Love The 1880’s and RedEye with Greg Gutfield on the Fox News Network; where he brings his acerbic wit to bear on the events of the day.

In October 2009, Jesse starred in Stags, a feature film produced by Ben Barenholz of Raising Arizona, Barton Fink and Requiem for a Dream. The dark comedy is about four permanent New York City bachelors, and is available on DVD and Netflix.

Since 2007, Jesse had been the behind-the-scenes writing half of the long time Comedy Central Roaster: late, great Greg Giraldo. Jesse partnered with Greg to write for Comedy Central and Joel Gallen’s Tenth Planet Productions, including the Comedy Central Roast(s) of David Hasselhoff, Joan Rivers, Larry the Cable Guy, Bob Saget and Flavor Flav. His roast writing talents were also utilized for the TBS Celebrity Roast of Cheech and Chong. Success writing for Comedy Central programs led to his being requested to write on Comedy Central’s Burned! The Roasts’ Most Outrageous Moments and for The Comedy Central Roast(s) of Trump, Charlie Sheen and Roseanne. Joyce’s writing has also been utilized by Joan Rivers on TV Land’s How’d You Get So Rich? He was a staff writer for the well-received first season of The Burn with Jeff Ross on Comedy Central and has been hired to write for the 85th Academy Awards. His work in TV, Radio and Print advertising has won him several American Advertising Awards, which span as far back as 2001. Jesse can be heard on the XM and Sirius Satellite Radio where his acclaimed CD, Joyce To The World, is part of regular rotation. His reoccurring appearances on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Morning Show, have become listener favorites and led a featured performance on their CD: As Big As A Hat.

Jesse has entertained audiences across America as well as in 15 countries and on 4 continents with live shows at clubs, colleges, and festivals. An established performer with the USO, he has performed overseas on numerous occasions. In addition to his busy club and college schedule, Joyce has appeared at the TBS Comedy Festival in Las Vegas and in 2008, was selected to participate in the Great American Comedy Festival, a festival sprung of Johnny Carson’s legacy. When not headlining clubs or performing all around New York City, he can be seen in theaters as part of The Comedy Addiction Tour where comics bring humor and poignancy to the struggles of addiction.

Jesse resides in New York City with a tiny dog named Petey and about 2 dozen fish whom he hasn’t bothered to name because they likely wouldn’t come when called anyway.

Chris James is a comedian born and raised in Vancouver. He does stand up comedy specifically, in that he tells jokes that are generally pre-prepared, and most often he does this in a club that has been designated a ‘comedy club’. Chris has done his stand up comedy the last three years at the Vancouver Comedy Festival, and has opened for many comedians much better and more famous than he is over nearly six years of performing.

I also- sorry, he also has had his comedy (stand up) featured on the CBC radio program ‘LOL’, and on the podcast ‘Put your hands together’ recorded at the super rad UCB theatre in Los Angeles (Hollywood(California)). Chris also hosts a live talk show called Talk Showcase that has in the past been sporadic, but will soon be regular and monthly at the Little Mountain Gallery on Main street.

He usually has a beard.

Chris used to do a podcast/web series/podcast again for a website called ‘The Dependent.’ It was all kinds of fun. You can listen to and watch all of the old episodes. We suggest starting right from episode 1.

A former resident of Vancouver, Canada, Pete made his first forays into Hollywood after a wildly successful Just For Laughs Festival in Montréal, where he signed a deal with Warner Brothers Television after appearing on one of the smaller shows. Soon after Pete made his network debut on NBC’s Friday Night and followed that with the lead in the independent film Mixed Signals with Jason London and Brook Langdon.

On the road Pete performed across the United States for the Improvisation comedy clubs in his spare time. When he returned, Pete started working with HBO independent productions in a new development deal and landed a spot at the USA Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen Co, as one of the new faces. Here he was named one of the comics to watch by The Hollywood Reporter.
Pete also starred in his first half hour special for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an episode of Comics, he followed this up the following year with an hour long special for The Comedy Channel’s Comedy Now series. He has also performed on several Just for Laughs Gala shows on CBC.

“Pete’s relaxed and insightful performance at the Improv brought the crowd what they had been waiting for all night” – National Post (USA)

“By far the breakout performer this year at Just for Laughs, but more importantly made my list of best jokes of the fest twice!” – The Montreal Gazette (CAN)

Pete performed on The Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS), and has appeared on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, two episodes of Comedy Central’s Remix, Open Mike with Mike Bullard (CTV), National Lampoon’s Funny Money (GSN), and in the Showtime film The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie with Gena Rowlands and James Caan. Pete was named a stand out performer by Variety (USA) following a show at the Theatre St Denis.

Pete headlines comedy clubs around the world, from New York’s Caroline’s Comedy Club, The Helium Club In Philadelphia, Austin’s Capital Comedy Club, Minneapolis’s Acme Comedy Theater, The Comedy Store in London and Manchester, as well as shows in Dubai, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Afghanistan, Guam, Cayman Islands, Germany, Malta, Cyprus, Amsterdam, Ireland and Canada, and many, many more too numerous to mention.

Pete moved to the UK in 2008 and quickly became a favourite with audiences around the country. He is a regular at the renowned London Comedy Store venue (where he recorded his live CD), has been invited on Radio 4′s prominent Loose Ends and appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) in 2010. Pete has performed alongside Stephen Merchant, Stewart Lee, Simon Amstell and even had the rare opportunity of closing for Jerry Seinfeld in the Comedy Store in 2011. He bagged a starring role opposite Ed Byrne in BBC4′s Sex Bombs and appeared on Channel 4′s Brighton Best of the Fest.

In his hit solo Edinburgh show, Naked Pictures of My Life (2009), Pete illustrated the embarrassing developments of his life and how he reached his ‘happy-apathy’ attitude toward life. The show garnered rave reviews and earned him a nomination as Best Newcomer, one of the most coveted awards in comedy. He returned to Edinburgh in 2010 with Pete’s on Earth. The show pushed his own boundaries and garnered even more 4 and 5 star reviews. A whirlwind year followed; signing with the prestigious Collective Agency in Los Angeles following another great JFL performance, as well as tours of South Africa, New Zealand, Mumbai, the Middle East and Europe. He returned to the UK to feature on Channel 4′s Best of the Fest and Showtime’s Live from Amsterdam. Pete was part of Canada’s Snowed In Comedy Tour in 2011 and 2012, performing to sold out crowds across the country (and getting a little skiing in there too from time to time).

Pete’s UK return was greatly anticipated by bookers and promoters across the club circuit and he quickly found himself performing across the country, headlining the Glees, Komedia, Comedy Store, Highlights and The Stands. He is an exceptional live talent, in demand with live, festival and corporate bookers all over Europe. Pete appeared at the Altitude Comedy Festival in Mayrhofen, Austria in 2012, as well as returning to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his latest and most challenging show Utopian Crack Pipe (2012). The show was well received, gaining him a greater and more passionate audience than before.

Currently on the 2013 Snowed In Comedy Tour in Canada, Pete is looking forward to another year of delivering comedy across the world as new and exciting opportunities continue to present themselves.