Ryan Matthew Stout (born September 30, 1982) is an American

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and

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.Pullen, Doug (2011)
The life of Ryan: Comedian from El Paso finds his niche by poking fun where few dare
, "El Paso Times, December 18, 2011, retrieved 2013-05-21

Early life

Stout was born in

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, grew up in

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, and graduated from J.M. Hanks High School in 2000. He attended The

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(now

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) as a Theater Arts major (2000–2001), but left the school after his first year. He later enrolled at

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as a Creative Writing major.Murtagh, Heather (2005)
Comic Slow Dances With the Dark Side
, ''Golden Gate XPress'', March 17, 2005, retrieved 2011-07-11 Stout first performed stand-up on his seventeenth birthday at a high school talent show. He continued to perform, although only a handful of times, at various poetry open-mics while attending the College of Santa Fe. In June 2001 he moved to

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where the comedy scene allowed him more frequent stage time. He ingrained himself there for the next few years, performing over three hundred shows each year. He was one of the last residents of the San Francisco Comedy Condo. Ryan Stout was awarded the Eagle Scout rank in 1997 and is a member of the

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. As of March 2006, he lives in

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Career

Ryan Stout is the winner of the 2005 Boston Comedy Festival.The Laugh Factory (2013)
Ryan Stout Biography
, "LaughFactory.com, retrieved 2013-05-21 He is also one of the few comedians to perform at both

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's The Comedy Festival in

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and HBO's

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in Aspen, CO. He made his television debut on

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in 2007. That same year he filmed pilot episodes for two separate television shows for

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, "I.Q." and a remake of the hit show "

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," co-hosted by, Miss USA 2006,

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. By the end of the year MTV had him hosting the talk show A Shot at Love: The Hangover.MTV Press (2008)
Have Another Round on MTV… "A Shot at Love 2
, "MTV Press, April 03, 2008, retrieved 2013-05-21Hood, Micaela (2013)
Ryan Stout: Hecklers beware
, "SouthFlorida.com, May 16, 2013, retrieved 2013-05-21 In early 2008, he hosted a special called MTV's Most Valuable Players, went on to host MTV's Spring Break 2008,Loeffler, William (2008)
Ryan Stout suits up for outrageous stand-up comedy
, ''

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'', October 30, 2008, retrieved 2011-07-11 and hosted a series called MTV's Ranked. Concurrent with his television work he continued doing stand-up throughout the United States and performed at the Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hosting opportunities continued at MTV, including several more game show pilots and conducting reunion episodes of several of the network's reality shows. He also started making appearances on WGN's

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and

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.Hamilton, Jon (2011)
Interview with Comedian Ryan Stout
, "Brown Paper Tickets, September, 2011, retrieved 2013-05-21 Most recently, his

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half-hour stand-up special premiered on April 30, 2010 which earned him the #10 spot in Comedy Central's yearly Stand-up Showdown in 2011. Later that year Stout made his late-night stand-up debut on Conan. His debut album '' Touché'' was released on December 6, 2011, on

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.Raubicheck, Marie (2011)
Comedy Central Records Releases Ryan Stout's Touche Debut Digital Album
, "Comedy Central Press Release, November 21, 2011, retrieved 2013-05-21 Ryan Stout was guest on The CTSM Jan 30th 2012. On August 6, 2012, he appeared on WTF with

Marc Maron Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty ...

.A.V. Club (2012)
WTF With Marc Maron Episode 302 - Ryan Stout
, "A.V. Club, August 6, 2012, retrieved 2013-05-21 He was featured as "The Announcer" in the "Crickets" music video for hip hop group

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. On January 27, 2016, he appeared on

’s program

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with

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@midnight (2016)

, “@midnight, January 27, 2016, retrieved 2016-02-02

Television

Web

References

External links

Ryan Stout
official site
YouTube Page
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Comedy Central profile

Article from San Francisco Chronicle
April 11, 2005
Brief summary from the Hollywood Reporter
March 11, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stout, Ryan American stand-up comedians 1982 births Living people People from El Paso, Texas Television personalities from Cleveland San Francisco State University alumni Comedians from Ohio 21st-century American comedians Stand Up! Records artists