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Ismael Loutfi is a comedian and TV writer currently working on the animated series Mating Season from the makers of Big Mouth. His previous credits include writing for After Midnight, Ramy Youssef’s #1 Happy Family USA, and Netflix’s Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. As a stand-up, he has a half-hour on …
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ismael Loutfi’s story is not the typical saga of the child of immigrants who becomes an American stand-up comedian and TV writer. Sure, Loutfi has grown into both of those professions. But few can talk about having a father moving to Connecticut from Syria in the late 1970s, having …
Comedy Central’s new leaner production/programming strategy continues to surprise, as is the case with the announcement of three more new half-hours, all to be filmed Sept. 15, 2021, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn alongside a bunch of shorter stand-up showcase sets for the network’s digital platforms. Caleb Synan, Ismael …
Ismael Loutfi made his TV debut Thursday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, but don’t worry, Loutfi jokingly knows he’s ethnic but in a non-threatening “welcome to college” brochure way (as pictured above!). Loutfi was on a road trip from Tennessee to Atlanta on Election Night last November, and recounted the …
Can we talk about last night’s one and only official showcase for the “Unrepped” New Faces of Comedy for the 2016 Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal? I don’t know, can we? Did you even stay for the whole show, dear agent and/or manager? I’m guessing no based on …
Of all of the lists websites post regarding comedians, this is the one list that actually matters most to up-and-coming stand-ups, improvisers and sketch comedians. It’s Montreal’s Just For Laughs New Faces! This year, most of the New Faces will perform in a new venue for JFL — moved out …
