Adam Burke is a stand-up comedian, writer, and comic artist in the United States, best known for multiple appearances as a panelist on the National Public Radio comedy news program ''
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''
Early life
Born in Australia and raised in Northern Ireland, Burke currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Career
Stand-up comedy
Adam Burke began his stand-up comedy career after his research for an article on the Chicago stand-up comedy scene for ''Chicago Social'' magazine led him to do an open mic night himself. Early gigs included co-hosting a Wednesday night open mic with
Cameron Esposito
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at Cole's Bar in Chicago, Illinois. His influences include
Spike Milligan
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,
Bill Hicks
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and
Steve Martin
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.
Burke was voted Best Standup by readers of The Chicago Reader in 2014, and won Second City's Up Next Comedy Competition.
He has performed in comedy festivals such as the
Bridgetown Comedy Festival
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in Portland Oregon, Just for Laughs Chicago, and
Funny Or Die
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's Oddball Comedy Festival. He has opened for comedians including
Marc Maron
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In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty ...
,
Jeff Ross
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,
Hannibal Burress,
John Mulaney
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,
Hari Kondabolu
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,
Maria Bamford
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,
Michael Ian Black
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,
Kumail Nanjiani
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,
John Oliver
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,
Tracy Morgan
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and
Aziz Ansari
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.
Film and television
In addition to performing, Burke was a writer for the local television comedy show ''Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo'' that aired on WGN-TV from 2018 to 2019.
He currently host
the YouTube series ''The 5 O'clock Somewhere News with Comedian Adam Burke''
Radio and podcast
Burke is a regular panelist for NPR's ''
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''
Burke has appeared on several podcasts and radio shows including ''
Doug Loves Movies
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,'' ''
The Benson Interruption
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'', ''
The Bob & Tom Show
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'', and
Put Your Hands Together with Cam & Rhea'.
Comedy albums
Burke released his debut album
Universal Squirrel Theory' on A Special Thing Records in 2012.
Comics
Burke is the creator of the webcomic
The Grimbles' (published from 2001 to 2005), and
' (published from 2000 to 2001).
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
21st-century American comedians
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