Dave Stone
Patient Southern storytelling built on deeply weird life choices.
2 specials · 2015–2023
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Dave Stone on stage looks like a guy who might try to sell you a used engine, but his mind belongs entirely to alt-comedy. He speaks in a slow, patient Georgia drawl that forces the room to adjust to his rhythm. There is no urgency in his delivery. He will spend three minutes detailing the exact dimensions of an oversized cooler a fifth-grader brought to school, trusting the measurements are funnier than a quick punchline. When a joke involves taking mushrooms and writing gibberish in a notebook, he leans into the microphone and reports on his inadequacy with baffled amusement.
Specials
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Dry Southern storytelling from an unhurried camper van resident.
Comedy Dynamics · Album · 50 min
On stage
He is a lifelong road dog and a favorite among other working comics. He gathered a loyal audience by touring on his own schedule and co-hosting The Boogie Monster podcast with Kyle Kinane, where the two traded theories about cryptids and barbecue. He works the country strictly on his own terms. To afford his early years taking stage time in Los Angeles, he lived in a retrofitted cargo van rather than sign a lease.
His material plays against his appearance. He has the booming voice and thick beard of a Southern stereotype, but he uses them to mock macho posturing, complain about fast food, and talk about his love of fruit. The joke is almost always on his own physical form or his strange past lives. He was an Atlanta police officer, a grocery store security guard, and a singing waiter before trying open mics. He never tells tough-guy stories. Instead, he describes his imposing frame like a clumsy vehicle that he just has to steer through a confusing world.
Turning points
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Late Late Show Debut and New Faces
In 2013, Dave Stone made his national television debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and was selected for the New Faces showcase at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.
At a glance
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Kyle KinaneKyle Kinane and Dave Stone share comedic chemistry as long-time co-hosts of The Boogie Monster, blending wry, gritty storytelling with discussions of oddities and barbecue.
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Craig FergusonCraig Ferguson gave Stone his national television debut and subsequently brought him on the road as a regular touring partner.
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Joe Zimmerman
Joe Zimmerman and Dave Stone were fellow members of the touring comedy troupe Beards of Comedy.
Podcasts
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The Boogie Monster · co-host
Kyle Kinane and Dave Stone discuss paranormal topics, ghosts, and barbecue.
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The Stonebergs Podcast · co-host
Dave Stone co-hosts a comedy podcast with his wife, Katie Strandberg.
Also on screen
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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- Squidbillies
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- Last Comic Standing
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- Flophouse
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- Cheat Day Chow Down
A clip to start with
Dave Stone - Fat Vegetarian (Stand Up Comedy)