Adam Newman is a Brooklyn-based comedian who has appeared on
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central, was named one of Comedy Central's
Comics to Watch, won Carolines' Comedy Madness competition, and released his critically acclaimed debut stand-up CD,
Not for Horses, on Rooftop Comedy Productions. He hosts the popular
BIG LONG SETS at NYC's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and
Butt Talk, the world's #1 Number 2 podcast. His new web series,
My Dad is in a Boy Band, was recently released on The Warner Sound.
Adam has performed at the New York Comedy Festival, New York City Sketch Festival, Just For Laughs Chicago, San Francisco's Sketchfest, Portland's Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Atlanta's Laughing Skull Festival, South Carolina's Charleston Comedy Festival, Austin's Out of Bounds Festival, North Carolina's Laugh Your Asheville Off Festival, New Orleans' Comedy Arts Festival, NYC's CMJ Marathon, The Lucille Ball Festival, and has been a finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award and Boston Comedy Festival.
Adam's TV appearances include MTV's The CollegeHumor Show and F'nMTV, various talking head shows on TV Guide Network, the Tyra Banks Show (weird), and dozens of CollegeHumor Originals on CollegeHumor.com, including their popular series Very Mary Kate, Hardly Working, and High Times Editorial Office.
Adam has been featured in Time Out New York and The New York Daily News, wrote for Run it Back on Cartoon Network, and starred in an Animal Planet pilot called Cute Hunters.