Ray Harrington
A six-foot-seven storyteller dissecting daily absurdities with loose, conversational patience.
1 special · 2017
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Ray Harrington operates with the loose pacing of a guy telling a story in a driveway. Standing six-foot-seven and often wearing flannel, he builds a set that feels less like a monologue and more like a structured chat. He takes his time. If a joke lands strangely, or if he stumbles on a syllable, he drops the premise to point it out. He lives in digressions, stepping out of a bit to comment on the room’s reaction before wading back in.
Specials
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A tired father takes on camping, parenting, and modern manhood.
Stand Up! Records · Album · 55 min
On stage
He is a New England club fixture who trusts comfortable pacing over frantic energy. While a lot of standup relies on making the audience anxious, he works in the opposite direction. He actively relaxes the room so he can get loudly exasperated by mundane annoyances without coming across as angry.
The material often starts small and spirals outward. A quiet complaint about grammar will mutate into an imagined street fight between historical figures. He talks about early fatherhood and his own anxieties without sounding weary. Instead, he treats his own shortcomings with a delighted bafflement. The laughs come from watching a massive man get genuinely worked up over seasonal depression or the logistics of camping.
A Maine native now based in Rhode Island, his regional background shapes his polite irritation. That same curiosity drove his documentary Be A Man, where he used his impending fatherhood as an excuse to interview people about modern masculinity, applying the same inquisitive rhythm to filmmaking that he brings to a comedy club.
Turning points
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2015–2016
Release of Breakthrough Documentary Be a Man
Harrington wrote, directed, and starred in an $11,000 independent documentary exploring masculinity, which won awards at the LA Comedy Festival before streaming exclusively on Hulu.
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Network Late-Night Stand-Up Debut on Conan
Harrington performed stand-up on TBS's Conan in early 2020, marking his landmark late-night television performance.
At a glance
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Kyle KinaneKinane, who appeared in Harrington's documentary Be a Man, shares an everyman persona centered on charming, burly, and self-effacing observational humor.
Podcasts
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Funbearable · co-host
A comedic conversational podcast where the hosts riff on silly, bad, and absurd creative ideas.
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Ray Harrington Must Content · host
A weekly comedy podcast presented as Harrington's legally mandated show as a digital content creator.
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With Ray And Derek · co-host
A comedy podcast co-hosted with longtime creative collaborator Derek Furtado.
Also on screen
- Relax
- Be a Man
- Undependent
- Conan
A clip to start with
Never Skimp on a Hot Air Balloon | Ray Harrington | Stand Up Comedy