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Eddie Ifft
Eddie is one of the youngest working comics on the New York stand-up scene. Always looking for the easy way out, he has been described as an almost grown-up Dennis the Menace. A product of Generation X, Eddie downplays the negative stereotyping of his generation shying away from the self-deprecating humor of his slacker peers. He claims to be a scammer not a slacker. His humor concentrates mostly on the pranks and chicanery of his pursuit through life.
Graduating college with a degree in Political Science left Eddie with a dilemma. It was either to be Politician or Comedian, which, in Eddie’s words, are basically the same thing. From his experiences interning in the United States Senate, he quickly realized that politics was not the route for him. Eddie attempted many jobs from ocean lifeguarding to ski instructing before settling on stand-up comedy. So he moved to New York City right after graduation.
He wasn’t in New York long before Eddie was quickly noticed winning an Off-Broadway stand-up contest and received a chance to perform at Caroline’s Comedy Club on Broadway. It was there that Eddie was discovered by Louis Feranda, Director of Talent for Caroline’s. Soon enough he was working at clubs all over the city. His success carried over to television commercials when he booked his first audition ever. He went on to host Shark Week on the Discovery Channel and appeared on MTV and Seagrams commercials. He also was in a feature film entitled Colin Fitz, which starred William H. Macy of Fargo and Martha Plimpton of Beautiful Girls. The film showcased at the Sundance Film Festival. He has performed sketches for Judy Gold, the producer of the Rosie O’Donnell Show, and with Andy Dick of News Radio in the 1998 Toyota Comedy Festival.
Eddie now calls New York his home but is busy splitting his time between working the clubs there and traveling to clubs and colleges all over the country.
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