Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins (born May 17, 1977) is a professional stand-up comedian. His first comedy album, Revenge is Near, distributed by Warner Bros. Records, was ranked as one of the top 10 comedy CDs of 2009 by Punchline Magazine. His first hour-long special for Comedy Central, titled Crazy With A Capital F, premiered May 29, 2010. He is a co-host for The Playboy Morning Show.

Dan Cummins was born in Riggins, Idaho, and grew up in the small nearby town of Riggins, Idaho (pop. 410). He graduated from high school in 1995, and in 1999 he earned a B.A. in psychology from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He then worked at a local residential treatment center as a Child and Family Counselor for six months, which he described as a horrible experience. Dan has two children, a son and a daughter with his former wife, whom he divorced in 2009. Dan shares custody of his children, who split time between Spokane and Santa Monica, where Dan currently lives.

In 2000, Dan had his first taste of standup, performing at the open mic of the now-defunct Laugh’s Comedy Cafe inside the Season Ticket bar near the Spokane Arena. In 2001, Dan entered the Seattle Comedy Competition, finishing as runner-up. There he met David Crowe, with whom he formed a two-man stand-up/sketch/music act, COBDOG, (Crowe On Bass, Dan On Guitar), the highlight of which was having a radio-friendly version of one of their sketches, titled "At The Coffee Shop," making the The Bob and Tom Show best-of CD, Bob And Tom Gone Wild. The duo split in 2003.

In 2005, Dan performed at the New Faces showcase at the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, catching the attention of both Comedy Central and The Late Late Show talent booker. In 2006, Dan performed on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, his first performance recorded for television. A month later, he made his network television debut, performing on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Also, in 2006, he performed at his second major festival, the HBO Las Vegas Comedy Festival. The year 2007 started off with Dan performing at the Comedy Central South Beach Comedy Festival, and then booking approximately 100 college dates at the NACA Nationals college booking convention in Nashville. Dan then recorded his first television stand-up special, Comedy Central Presents Dan Cummins, in August at the Hudson Theater in New York. In 2008, Dan performed at nearly 100 schools and also advanced to the semi-finals of Last Comic Standing, Season 6.

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