Uber Famous

Jen Kober has spent enough time popping up in small TV roles (The Mandalorian, Hacks, The Righteous Gemstones, Bookie) that strangers almost know where they have seen her, which is the exact tier of minor celebrity Uber Famous builds around. On stage, the Louisiana-born comic works with Southern storytelling energy and very little vanity. Early in a stretch on dating apps, she sets up the idea that she is someone who falls in love with a partner’s mind, then immediately undercuts it: “it turns out I’m a shallow vapid whore”. After that, she walks through a coffee date ruined by a snaggletooth and another match with gums “like a five head, but it’s on their mouth,” before settling into life with a girlfriend who bakes.

The 61-minute hour was released by Comedy Dynamics in June 2026, though Kober actually taped it back in November 2023 in her hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana, at The Southlake Theater, a venue converted from a former Skate City roller rink. Getting the space carried its own local backstory: Kober’s father, a doctor, had operated on the theater owner’s father and saved his life. Longtime friend and tour opener Jeff DeRouen directed. By the time the special came out, Kober had followed her 2017 and 2018 NPR Snap Judgment storytelling wins with years as a rotating comic in Cirque du Soleil’s Mad Apple in Las Vegas and a 2024 half-hour special, No Flies on Me.

Most of the set stays close to home and middle age. Kober moves through tracks like “The Gender Guessing Game,” “Blepharitis,” “Ear Hair,” “Grandma’s Sex Party,” “Metoo’d On A Gay Cruise,” and “Short Haired Heroes,” trading big-picture commentary for blunt stories about aging, queer travel, and bad haircuts. Formal press coverage was scarce after release, though the special holds a 4.4 out of 5 rating on Prime Video and its YouTube clips drew steady five-figure views.