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Jimmy Meritt

About Me


Jimmy Meritt spent his entire childhood staying up past his bedtime to watch Late Night with David Letterman.
Since starting his comedy career, he’s been a crowd favorite at Clubs and Colleges all over the East Coast. It has also been his honor to open for esteemed professionals such as Saturday Night Live’s Kevin Nealon, Last Comic Standing runner up Ralphie May, VH1’s Doug Benson, and the cast of ABC’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? Jimmy has also recorded two live appearances for Comcast on Demand.
Jimmy is now a Nationally Touring Feature with the We Can Make You Laugh Comedy Tour, visiting Colleges all over America!
A self-professed geek, Jimmy uses his unique perspective to explore a wide variety of unique and relatable topics. Jimmy Meritt’s high energy comedy stands out at any show.
Club Appearences:
The D.C. Improv, Washington D.C.
The Baltimore Comedy Factory, Baltimore MD
Riot Act Comedy Club, Washington D.C.
Zigs Comedy Zone, Arlington VA
The Comedy Dock, Annapolis MD
The Thoroghood Inn, Virginia Beach, VA
Jrs. Last Laugh, Eerie PA
The 9:55 Club, Richmond VA
The Comedy Spot, Arlington VA
Cozzys, Newport News VA
The Richmond Funnybone, Richmond VA
Comedy Zone, Harrisburg PA
Feature Act for Summit Entertainment
Feature Act for Hysterical Management

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Music:

Member Since: 5/3/2005
Band Website: www.comedygeek.com
Influences: Get Your Own! | View Slideshow
Sounds Like: Jimmy Meritt at the D.C. Improv

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Record Label: Lone Idiot Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Road Blog 36: Staying Frosty

Hey gang-Summer calendar is starting to come together a bit. May 20-24th, Im going to be MCing at the DC Improv with Jeff Caldwell. Hoping to get a new tape out of it- I wasnt completely satisfied w...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:19:00 GMT

Keeping Busy At Home

Hey gang-Home for two weeks or so, just a quick update. I'm back on the road again on March 24th, that's when you can expect more frequent blog updates again.So, here's what my schedule looks like-Ton...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:21:00 GMT

Road Blog 35: Awkward

Hey gang-So, we just finished our most recent run. We started in Denver, then made our way to Houston for three shows in Texas. It was a little rougher then Id like, but theres worse ways to make mo...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:53:00 GMT

Road Blog 33: Action Heroes!

Hey gang-Looking over some pictures for my Denver show, it struck me how weird it is to travel as a comedian. Its such a low key show compared to what people could be spending their time watching. Ju...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Road Blog 33: We're Warm!

Hey gang-So, after the New Jersey strange two in the afternoon show, we drove to Massachusetts for a quick little show. It went fairly well, but overall the run last week wasnt our best- I think it w...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:10:00 GMT

Road Blog 32: Horrible Things We've Learned

Hey hey-So, to start things off on a positive note, our tour day began with a rousing victory. Our hotel expected us to pay for overnight parking, but they didnt quite know who they were dealing with...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:53:00 GMT

Road Blog 31: Sucess Breeds Ambition

Hey gang-I always like stumbling on reviews of myself online I'm not aware of until months after the fact. Found this nice little review about my heckler video- http://www.reddit.com/r/vi....deos/comm...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:25:00 GMT

Road Blog Issue 30: We Got The Band Back Together!

Hey gang-So, Joe spent the first few days of the week in sunny college park. Wednesday, we left for the long haul to Kentucky. Before splitting, we met up with my wife for lunch near her job in Bethes...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:10:00 GMT

Road Blog 29: Home Blog?

Hey gang-Leaving in a few hours with Joe to drive to Kentucky. We'll be hooking up with Ryan Seal there for a little reunioun show.It's been fun having Joe hanging out in DC the past few days. We did ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:19:00 GMT

The First 20 Minutes of Watchmen, from a book fans perspective

Hey gang-So, at New York Comic Con, I was shown the first 20 minutes of "Watchmen". Some background on me and the book, so you know where I'm coming from- I first read it when I was 13, and have re-re...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:31:00 GMT