A fortuitous encounter that altered everything marked the beginning of comedian Jamie Lissow’s career’s incredible upswing. Lissow, who is known for his quick wit and easygoing humor, soon found that his relationship with Fox News stars Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf was more intense than he could have ever dreamed. Following his success on Gutfeld!, Lissow has now been chosen to co-host a brand-new Fox program with the same individuals who helped him start his TV career. His tale demonstrates how a single chance might result in a game-changing event.
Do you want to discover how one encounter led to a dream come true for the media? You’ll want to hear every detail of this success tale from real life.
There are benefits to being on “Team Logic,” according to veteran comedian and Fox News regular
Respected but undoubtedly not a household name, Jamie Lissow traveled the country for more than 20 years as a working comedian.
However, he has been riding a wave of popularity in the two years since he started appearing frequently on Fox News’ “Gutfeld!,” drawing over 20 million people to his Dry Bar comedy special, “Something Awesome.”
He’s excited to be back in the Chicago area and will be doing two gigs at the first-ever 312 Comedy Festival this week, on November 3 at Zanies Rosemont and November 4 at Zanies’ Old Town branch.
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He became aware of the influence “Gutfeld!” was having on his career after a previous performance at the Chicago-area Zanies.
According to Lissow, “every seat was occupied, and as soon as I entered, everyone turned to face me and began shouting ‘Jamie’ and applauding my name.” And I thought, ‘What’s going on? I am who I am. Entering a club and having the whole crowd watch me is one of my favorite memories.
Lissow, who was born and reared in Rochester, New York, claims that his only life goal was to become a comic. As a child, he even remembers that on Halloween, when other guys were dressing up as ninjas and pirates, he would act like a comedian.
He began his career at the Funny Bone comedy club in Rochester, where he was known as “the fill-in guy,” called upon to cover for comedians who abruptly had to cancel appearances. Over the years, he developed a lot of apolitical comedy and finally used a lot of observational humor to draw on his experiences as a divorced father of three sons in Alaska.
In fact, he remembers that until he met fellow comedian Greg Gutfeld during his previous tenure at Fox News’ “Red Eye,” he had never deliberately chosen a side in the conservative/progressive political struggle.
Due to their strikingly similar outfits, after-showgoers continued approaching Gutfeld to compliment him on a job well done, even though Lissow had actually been performing.
Lissow was taken aback by how well his doppelgänger suited the politics of “Red Eye,” after Gutfeld offered him a guest panelist position.
I would say that as the world grew more bizarre, my conservatism evolved. Before I met Greg Gutfeld, I didn’t pay any attention to politics,” Lissow adds. As time went on, I came to the realization that I was on Team Logic. Right now, this is the only side I feel comfortable with because I think liberals are so irrational and hypocritical.
It’s over and you’re in a box all of a sudden if you say something like, ‘I don’t want a guy to say he’s a woman and then beat up a woman in mixed martial arts,’ or anything like, ‘I think people should have a bit more choice and not lose their jobs if they don’t want to get vaccinated. It is undoubtedly divisive.
The final portion of Lissow’s set is now saved for political comedy.
If you strive to please everyone, you don’t please anyone, he remarked, adding that occasionally people do become upset in the last fifteen minutes.