In the back of his mind, Jarrod Harris always knew he’d be a stand-up comic. “I was never a big comedy fan growing up,” he says, “but I remember in middle school seeing two comics and liking t  

 Donnie Baker almost never made it to the Bob & Tom Show, where he is now a staple. The character’s creator, Ron Sexton, had a difficult time getting his foot in the popular duo’s studio   

When people say The Beach Boys are iconic, they are usually referring to the band’s association with sunshine, cars and girls. The group, however, is woven into the very fabric of this country in  

Growing up, Greg Morton was always interested in comedy, but it was animation, and the humor therein, that first captured his imagination. “Since I was a kid, I’ve always been a big fan (of cartoo  

Shane Mauss always wanted to be a stand-up comedian but was hampered by two things. “I had no idea how to become a stand-up comedian,” he says. After moving from La Crosse, Wis., to Boston, Mauss   

“We didn’t dream where we were from,” says Kevin Smith of his childhood in Highlands, N.J. “Nobody had an example to point to and say ‘Hey, someone came from Highland and did something big.’ And no one from my family had done anything like that.”  

Though his dad is a magician, Nate Bargatze never felt destined to be in show business. “I guess [my dad’s career] played into it in the back of my mind,” he says. “But I didn’t think, �  

Everyone could use the advice of a trusted uncle, but sometimes you have to settle for a guy like “Uncle” Larry Reeb. The upside, though, is that he’s hilarious. “My style is kind of one-liner  

The two biggest things in comic Mike Cody’s life are probably wrestling and comedy. Cody, the winner of last year’s Funniest Person in Cincinnati contest, is on the bill for the Cincinnati stop of  

Aries Spears is probably most recognized from his work on Mad TV, where he created a number of characters and performed many spot-on impressions. One of those impressions was of his boyhood idol Eddie