Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.

Early life

Mande was born in

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to Louis Mande, a lawyer, and Deborah Mande, a judge. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota at the age of ten and graduated from Central High School in 2001. He attended

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in Boston where he received a BFA in writing.

Career

In his early career, Joe Mande created the website "Look at this Fucking Hipster" (LATFH.com) in April 2009 as a way to help his dad answer the question, "Is that a hipster?" Within months, with millions of followers and dozens of parodies, it became a cultural phenomenon, referenced in media, newspapers, blogs, and more, and he turned it into a book entitled, ''Look at This F*cking Hipster''. Mande has appeared on such TV shows as Comedy Central's ''

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'', VH1's ''

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'' and ''Conan''. Mande was a writer for the final three seasons of the

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sitcom ''

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,'' also appearing in seven episodes as Pawnee resident Morris Lerpiss. He has also written for the

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sketch series ''

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'', and the

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series ''

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.'' He was a producer for the first season of

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series ''

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'' and played Todd in

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's film ''

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''. He also wrote for the

sitcom ''

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'', created by ''Parks and Recreation'' co-creator

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. In 2017, Mande released a

comedy special called ''Joe Mande's Award Winning Comedy Special''.

''Bitchface''

Mande released his first comedy album, ''Bitchface'', on March 14, 2014. The album is in the style of a mixtape with voicemail messages from

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and

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Personal life

Mande married Kylie Augustine in 2015. Prior to posting a note on his

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account stating that he would no longer use it, Mande was most known for using Twitter to

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famous people and businesses. He claimed to have purchased many of his followers. Mande frequently made tweets about wanting to be La Croix Sparkling Water's spokesperson which led to a

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. In 2011, he initiated an argument with former

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player

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after the latter deleted years worth of allegedly sexist tweets. In 2017, he faced accusations of abusing his platform to promote

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after tweeting "Barron Trump will be mutilating cats on the white house lawn in like two weeks".

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
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