Skip to content

Wyatt Feegrado

He flips the immigrant-kid narrative with deliberate, unblinking arrogance.

1 special · 2022

Log in to follow

Get an email when there's a new special. You'll need a Google account.

Wyatt Feegrado takes the stage with deliberate, combative arrogance. He does not ask the room for sympathy. He paces with the casual posture of a guy holding court at a bar, using that aggressive energy to talk about race. When a joke makes the crowd tense, he does not soften his tone. He explicitly warns the audience that his massive ego is just part of the deal.

Specials

  • De-Assimilate

    A cynical debut hour about growing up brown in white suburbs.

    YouTube · 45 min

On stage

He belongs to the generation of comics who treat the internet as their main room. Rather than grinding through traditional industry pipelines to secure a television set, he packages his own specials for YouTube and headlines rooms strictly off the strength of his online audience.

His material aggressively rejects the standard minority-upbringing premise. Instead of mining his California childhood for stories about feeling out of place, Feegrado flips the camera. He positions his Indian heritage as the default and treats whiteness as a strange local custom. He is particularly good at stripping reverence from religious figures. He will map modern social dynamics onto antiquity, describing the Apostle Paul as a desperate hanger-on trying to exaggerate his friendship with Jesus. His antagonistic persona gives his sharper premises room to land, even if he occasionally leans on the hostility just to see if he can get a reaction.

Raised in the East Bay suburb of Walnut Creek, he started sneaking out to do open mics in San Francisco at sixteen. He takes occasional acting roles, but his primary focus remains his standup act.

Turning points

  1. Breakout Acting Role on Bettor Days

    Shortly after graduating from NYU Tisch, Feegrado booked the starring television role of Vinnie Corrales on ESPN+ and Hulu's series Bettor Days.

  2. Release of Debut Special De-Assimilate

    Feegrado filmed his debut standup special at Stage Werx Theatre in San Francisco, securing streaming distribution on Amazon Prime and YouTube through Four by Three.

At a glance

Style
one liner, dark comedy, satire
Breakout
De-Assimilate
Influences
Steven Wright, Dave Chappelle, Louie CK, Paul Mooney, Dave Attell, Jessica Kirson, Emo Phillips, Anthony Jeselnik, Patrice O'Neal, Bill Burr
Topics
Elsewhere
Website, Wikipedia, Instagram, YouTube

Podcasts

  • Gen Zenophobic · co-host

    Comedy podcast hosted by Wyatt Feegrado and his brother Luke Abranches.

    Spotify · Apple Podcasts

  • First World Problematic · co-host

    Couch podcast tackling social issues like racism, sexism, and homophobia through discourse between three Indian-Americans.

    Spotify · Apple Podcasts

Also on screen

Bettor Days Vinnie Corrales
–
Chicano Squad Jones Valencia
–
Holy Marvels Jesus Christ

A clip to start with

DARKEST RELIGION JOKES | Wyatt Feegrado | Standup Comedy

3 min · 3K views