Geoffrey Asmus
An arrogant Midwesterner who mostly brags about his own pathetic flaws.
1 special · 2023
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He walks around the stage like he is winning an argument you didn’t know you were having. He rarely makes eye contact with the audience, preferring to look just above their heads while delivering arrogant claims about his own superiority. Then he immediately undercuts the smugness by casually revealing something humiliating about his body or his sex life. He plays a guy who thinks he has it all figured out, but the only thing he actually defends is his right to be an absolute dirtbag.
Specials
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Arrogant Midwestern self-deprecation from an overeducated comic.
YouTube · 51 min
On stage
He built a large online audience by posting clips of himself questioning crowds about their politics and sexual orientation. He is part of a wave of comics who figured out how to make spontaneous audience interactions feel like tight material. Now a reliable club headliner, he leans into an abrasive persona with titles like The Only Funny White Man.
His act relies heavily on his background and his college degree in religion, which he frequently brings up just to mock the idea of higher education. He zeroes in on specific audience members, asking a guy why he is sipping red wine or polling the room to see who was raised Catholic. He talks fast, tossing out obscure geography and history trivia between crude jokes. He uses the whiplash from a bit about the Civil War to a punchline about an electric pencil sharpener to keep the room off balance.
He cut his teeth in the Minneapolis comedy scene and co-hosts the You’re An Idiot podcast with Alex Dragicevich.
Turning points
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Passed at the Comedy Cellar
Asmus was officially passed as a regular performer at the prestigious Comedy Cellar in New York City after years on the club circuit.
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Release of The Only Funny White Man Special
Asmus independently released his first full taped special on YouTube, filmed at Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis, which quickly garnered over 300,000 views.
At a glance
Podcasts
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You’re An Idiot · co-host
A comedy podcast co-hosted by Geoffrey Asmus and Alex Dragicevich that is released on Asmus's YouTube channel.
A clip to start with
Boomers are Embarrassing | Geoffrey Asmus | Stand Up Comedy