Greg Fitzsimmons
An aggressive club comic who points his anger at himself.
3 specials · 1998–2024
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Greg Fitzsimmons hits the stage like a guy walking into a bar he was just thrown out of. He pitches his shoulders forward and scans the front row for weakness. He builds tension with blunt aggression, picking apart the crowd with a wide grin. The turn happens when he redirects that same hostility inward. He will spend five minutes mocking a guy’s shirt in the second row, only to spend the next ten dissecting his own aging body with even less mercy.
Specials
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A disgruntled father vents about morning sex, Los Angeles, and religion.
Comedy Central
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Twenty-two minutes of irritated observations on marriage, religion, and cloning.
Comedy Central · 30 min
On stage
He is a lifer in the comedy clubs. For decades, he has been the guy other working comedians watch, bridging the gap from terrestrial shock radio into the modern podcast era. He treats standup as a contact sport, entirely comfortable when a room gets tense.
Fitzsimmons plays the part of a blunt loudmouth, but the actual joke writing is strictly disciplined. His jokes carry no extra weight. He does not meander or rely on raw attitude to coast through a set. Every grievance anchors to a tight setup and a hard punchline. He talks about decades of sobriety and his marriage with a weary, combative affection, never asking the crowd for sympathy.
He grew up in New York and started doing comedy in Boston, which explains the aggressive cadence. He holds four Daytime Emmys for writing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It sounds like a fake credit for a guy so eager to start a fight, until you realize how mechanically tight his anger actually is. He also hosts the long-running podcast Fitzdog Radio.
Turning points
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Hosting MTV's Idiot Savants
Fitzsimmons launched his television hosting career on MTV's game show Idiot Savants, which received a CableACE Award for Best Game Show Special or Series.
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2003–2010
Daytime Emmy Wins and Ellen Workplace Revelations
Fitzsimmons earned four Daytime Emmy Awards writing for The Ellen DeGeneres Show before publicly characterizing the working environment as toxic in a 2010 Howard Stern interview.
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2006–2018
Howard Stern Show Regular and Howard 101 Host
After becoming a Stern show finalist and fixture, Fitzsimmons hosted The Greg Fitzsimmons Show on SiriusXM Howard 101 for over a decade.
At a glance
Fans also like
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Joe RoganBoth started stand-up comedy together in late 1980s Boston and have remained frequent creative collaborators and podcast peers across decades.
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Bill BurrBoth emerged from the same competitive late 1980s Boston comedy club class and share a direct, working-class comedic sensibility.
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Jim Norton
Longtime friends and peers through the East Coast club circuit, SiriusXM satellite radio, and regular roundtables on Chelsea Lately.
Podcasts
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Fitzdog Radio · host
Comedy interview podcast featuring conversations with stand-up comics, celebrities, and musical guests, along with listener call-ins.
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Sunday Papers · co-host
Weekly comedic rundown and discussion of current news stories and absurd events with producer Mike Gibbons.
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Childish · co-host
Parenting and comedy podcast co-hosted with comedian Alison Rosen.
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The Greg Fitzsimmons Show · host
Long-running satellite radio talk show broadcast on SiriusXM's Howard 101 channel.
Also on screen
- The Andy Dick Show
- Division III: Football's Finest
- Louie
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Comedy Bang! Bang!
A clip to start with
Greg Fitzsimmons - Irish Double Standard (Stand Up Comedy)