Gary Lewis Gulman is a stand-up comedian. He was a finalist on the NBC

NBC

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 reality-talent show Last Comic Standing

Last Comic Standing

Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that has aired from 2003 through 2010.The goal of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC network, and a television special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy...

(seasons 2 and 3). In season 2, he finished in third place behind John Heffron

John Heffron

John Heffron is an American stand-up comic. Born in Detroit, he was raised in South Lyon, Michigan. He graduated from South Lyon High School and Eastern Michigan University....

 and Alonzo Bodden

Alonzo Bodden

Alonzo Bodden is an American comedian and actor known for winning the grand prize in the third season of the reality-television series Last Comic Standing. He had been the runner-up in the previous season....

. In 2005, he released his first CD, Conversations With Inanimate Objects

Conversations With Inanimate Objects

Conversations With Inanimate Objects is Gary Gulman's debut album.-Track listing:# I Feel Terrific!# The Milkman# My Old Old Man# Elementary School# Waking Up For Work# Driving With Mom# Inventions # Be Aggressive!# Prison Joke...

.

Personal life

Gulman was born on July 17, 1970 in Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population is about 53,000. Peabody is located in Boston's North Shore suburban area.- History :...

, is a 1993 graduate of Boston College

Boston College

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 where he played football as a tight end, and is a former elementary school gym teacher

Teacher

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 and substitute teacher. He is Jewish. He was well known for trying out his stand-up routines on his high-school aged students before bringing them to the stage at night. He is 6'6" tall.

Comedy career

Gulman's comedy centers on absurd observations about daily occurrences. He has performed on The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show

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with Jay Leno

Jay Leno

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...

, Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

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, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live

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and Conan.

Gulman appeared with Dane Cook

Dane Cook

Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...

, Jay Davis

Jay Davis

Jay Davis is an American actor, stand-up comedian and comedy promoter/producer who garnered nationwide attention after appearing in Dane Cook's Tourgasm, a 30-day cross-country-tour-turned-reality-show which also included Cook, Gary Gulman and Robert Kelly, and was given a 8-episode run on...

, and Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly (comedian)

Robert Kelly is an Irish-American stand-up comedian from Boston, Massachusetts. He frequently performs at the Comedy Cellar...

 on Dane Cook's

Dane Cook

Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...

 Tourgasm

Tourgasm

Tourgasm was a 30-day 20-show stand-up comedy tour in 2005 featuring Dane Cook and three of his best friends in the industry: Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman and Jay Davis. The tour was filmed in its entirety and aired on HBO as a documentary in June 2006. The documentary was created and directed by Dane...

.

On November 25, 2006, Gary Gulman starred in his own one-hour Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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 special entitled "Gary Gulman: Boyish Man".

Gary is now the host of NESN's Comedy All-Stars.

External links

• Interview from July 2005 at comedycouch.com