Kent Haines is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on Season 4 of Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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's Live at Gotham

Live At Gotham

Live at Gotham is a standup comedy television show airing on Comedy Central in the United States. The show features up and coming stand up comedians performing live at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. It premiered on July 21, 2006....

 and the public radio program The Sound of Young America

The Sound of Young America

The Sound of Young America is a public radio program and podcast based in Los Angeles, California and distributed by Public Radio International...

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Haines began his stand-up career while attending college at Brown University

Brown University

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 in Providence, Rhode Island

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. After graduating in 2007 he relocated to Philadelphia and began performing at local open mics and stand-up clubs. In the summer of 2008 he starred in a web series titled "That Guy" on the Sony website Crackle

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 and created "Why Am I Not Famous?!?", a live late-night talk show, for Philly Improv Theater. In August of that year he was chosen as the winner in the 2nd Annual Philly's Phunniest contest at Helium Comedy Club

Helium Comedy Club

Helium Comedy Club is a venue for stand-up comedy in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The club offers a three-act show which consists of an opener, feature and a headliner. Like many comedy clubs, the house has a 'two item minimum' for each audience member...

. This recognition lead to an appearance at the South Beach Comedy Festival in January 2009. Haines was tapped to appear on Season 4 of the Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

 series Live at Gotham

Live At Gotham

Live at Gotham is a standup comedy television show airing on Comedy Central in the United States. The show features up and coming stand up comedians performing live at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. It premiered on July 21, 2006....

 in July 2009. In September 2009 Haines appeared in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival as part of a live taping for the public radio show The Sound of Young America

The Sound of Young America

The Sound of Young America is a public radio program and podcast based in Los Angeles, California and distributed by Public Radio International...

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External links

• Kent Haines Official Website
• Kent Haines MySpace
• Kent Haines on Twitter
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• "That Guy" web series on Crackle
  Crackle
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