Eddie Ifft (born 1974 in

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and writer.

Biography

Ifft graduated with honors from

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in 1990. After graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a brother of the

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fraternity and competed in track and field, he moved to

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, New York, US, and commenced performing stand-up comedy on the club circuit.

Stand-up comedy

Ifft has performed on the comedy specials

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, ''NBC's ''Late Friday Night'', BET's ''Comic View'', ABC's ''Comics Unleashed'', NBC's ''

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'', and in July 2001 he performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival in ''New Faces''. In August 2008 he filmed his own 1/2 hour special for Comedy Central (''

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''). Ifft has performed in over 20 countries in theatres, clubs and television shows. In Australia he has been featured on ''

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'', '' The Glass House'', '' The Footy Show'', ''

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'', '' Wil & Lehmo'', '' The Sideshow'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Circle'', and '' Spicks and Specks''. In June 2007 he taped his first live DVD at the

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. He has recorded three live stand-up comedy specials: ''I Learned the Hard Way'' (2004), ''Jokes That Make My Friends Laugh'' (2006), and ''Live from Australia'' (2009), produced by Roof Top Comedy. The DVD, ''Eddie Ifft Live'' was recorded at the Sydney Opera House and was released in February 2011 by Punchline DVD. In 2012, Punchline DVD released, Ifft's follow-up DVD, "I Love Pussy".

Television

In 2013, Ifft guest-starred on the

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sitcom ''

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'', where he played a personal trainer that loses his way and falls into drugs, alcohol, and overeating. In order to play the part, Ifft had to undergo 3 hours of make-up to appear 40 pounds heavier. In 2006, Ifft moved from New York to Los Angeles where he still resides, developing sitcoms with networks. He starred in a pilot for Comedy Central, entitled ''Strap-On'', and created a show for the

while performing stand-up comedy on a nightly basis.

Radio/ Podcasting

Ifft co-hosted the now-defunct New York City

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morning show ''

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''. He still appears regularly on nationwide radio shows, including

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's ''

Kevin and Bean ''Kevin and Bean'' was the morning show on KROQ-FM, an alternative rock-format radio station in Los Angeles, California. It was hosted by Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter. The show was on the air from 1990 to 2019 and interspersed music and n ...

Show'', the ''

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'', and San Francisco's '' Alice 97.3 Morning Show'' with Sarah and Vinnie, and the WODCast Podcast, a Crossfit podcast.

Achievements and awards

Ifft was one of five finalists in the 2006 MySpace/TBS "Stand-Up or Sit-Down" Competition. GQ Magazine featured 2 of Ifft's jokes in the Top 75 jokes of all time. He was awarded #10 and #39.

References

External links

Eddie Ifft official site
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Talking Shit With Eddie Ifft Podcast official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ifft, Eddie 1974 births Living people American male comedians Writers from California 21st-century American male actors American male television actors Male actors from Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh alumni People from Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania 21st-century American comedians