Damien Lemon
A stoop-side storyteller who lets a long, exhausted blink do the work of a punchline.
1 special · 2014
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Damien Lemon approaches a standup set like he is holding court on a stoop. He does not rush the microphone or pace the stage. He talks at the deliberate, relaxed speed of a guy who knows you are going to wait for the end of his sentence. When a bit involves an unruly character, he rarely shouts to mimic them. Instead, he shrinks his own reaction. He will blink slowly at the audience to show exactly how exhausting the interaction was, letting the silence do the work.
Specials
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Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents
A tight twenty minutes of casual complaints and relationship paranoia.
Comedy Central · 30 min
On stage
He is a fixture of the New York club circuit, the kind of comic who anchors a late-night lineup. A decade ago, he was a central face of MTV2’s Guy Code, where his deadpan delivery made him a standout talking head. Today, he is an established local presence who other comics make a point to watch.
His material tracks the friction of daily life: attempting to eat well, watching a neighborhood change, or realizing he is aging out of old habits. He operates best when he is annoyed but too tired to be truly angry. He avoids broad political statements, preferring to talk about how cultural shifts look when they interrupt his afternoon commute. If there is a drawback, it is that his laid-back approach occasionally lulls a loud room instead of overtaking it. But in a packed basement club, that ease pulls people in.
Outside of standup, he co-hosts the podcast In the Conversation and frequently takes small acting roles that call for a guy who refuses to panic.
Turning points
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Stand-Up Debut at Sal's Comedy Hole
After years of hesitating, Damien Lemon began doing standup comedy in 2005 at age 27 at Sal's Comedy Hole in Greenwich Village.
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Televised Debut on The Half Hour
Lemon filmed his first Comedy Central half-hour special after submitting an audio recording of a set performed in Washington, D.C.
At a glance
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Chris DistefanoDistefano and Lemon came up together in the New York comedy club circuit, co-starred on MTV2's Guy Code, and co-headlined tours and Comedy Central specials.
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Hannibal BuressBuress is a fellow New York club contemporary, Broad City castmate, and explicit comedic inspiration whose grounded and absurd observational style strongly aligns with Lemon's.
Podcasts
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In The Conversation · co-host
A weekly comedy talk podcast where Damien Lemon and Ali Muhammad chop it up and discuss pop culture, current events, and everyday life.
Also on screen
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- 2015–2017
- Broad City
- Comedy Knockout
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- Guy Code
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- Crashing
A clip to start with
Damien Lemon: “White People Have Taken Over the Pit Bull”