Bruce Baum

Bruce Baum Bio-Promo-ography Someone once called Bruce Baum "a 185 pound comedy circus with a mustache," then ran away. Bruce was born, quickly raised, then attended UCLA, where he played football, UC Davis where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and then returned for graduate work at UCLA's prestigious film school. While in film school, Bruce became part of a small cadre of comedians performing at the Comedy Store in the 1970's that included Robin Williams, David Letterman...See more

Bruce Baum Bio-Promo-ography Someone once called Bruce Baum "a 185 pound comedy circus with a mustache," then ran away. Bruce was born, quickly raised, then attended UCLA, where he played football, UC Davis where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and then returned for graduate work at UCLA's prestigious film school. While in film school, Bruce became part of a small cadre of comedians performing at the Comedy Store in the 1970's that included Robin Williams, David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Howie Mandel -- a crew of comedians that ignited the comedy boom that began in the 1980's and continues today. Many of those comedians (Robin and Dave included) appeared in Bruce's student films and his subsequent professional videos and films. But wait!!! There's more! Bruce has, among other things, appeared on "The Simpsons" as himself ("The Last Temptation of Krusty"), Hollywood Squares, Full House, Growing Pains, Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime, and recently launched Laugharoo.com, an original sketch comedy site many refer to as "a great place to take your face." And...Bruce spent two years at Fox-TV as resident short-film-maker and sketch comedian on "Sunday Comics" and "Comic Strip Live." Bruce was also featured on ABC-TV's "America's Funniest People" for two years in live, and taped sketches. Characters Bruce has created include, Dimples the Cow, Chiaman, Babyman, and Ted L. Nancy (co-creator), and Macho Duck. Bruce also served as a creative consultant on ABC-TV's popular "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" for three seasons. AND... It can now be revealed, that regardless of what you've heard, or who you've heard it from, Bruce Baum IS the co-author/co-creator of the three bestselling "Letters From A Nut" books written under the pseudonym of Ted L. Nancy. Bruce recently released his fourth book, ON HOLD, under his own name. ON HOLD was written only while Bruce was telephonically "on hold" and includes laugh-out-loud short stories, musings, ideas, blurps, rants, fairy tales, and fairy-less tales. Through extensive exposure on television, film, radio, and live performances, Bruce has built a solid national audience, headlining regularly in Las Vegas and top venues (and some not so top venues) around the globe. See less