Corey Adam

Corey Adam
Born
Corey Adam Allegrezza

1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)
Hibbing, Minnesota
OccupationStand-up comedian
Years active2008-present
Websitecoreyadamwastaken.com

Corey Adam is an American stand-up comedian from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has released three comedy albums on Stand Up! Records, including 2018's Jokes.

Personal life

Adam was born Corey Adam Allegrezza in Hibbing, Minnesota.[1] Adam began using his first and middle names as a stage name in 2008 because of his frustration with frequent mispronunciations of "Allegrezza."[2]

Career

Stand-up comedy

Adam's comedy has been described as "self-deprecating and sarcastic."[1] Adam's early comedy was influenced by Sam Kinison; he studied group improv comedy at venues such as Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, but eventually decided solo stand-up was more suited to his style.[3] He moved briefly to Las Vegas at age 22 to further his stand-up career, but has been based in the Twin Cities until 2021, when he moved to Austin, Texas.[2]

Adam has toured internationally, performing to audiences in Ireland and at the Akumal Comedy Festival in Mexico,[1] and has been a frequent tour opener for Nick Swardson.[2][4] He has been a regular host of comedy nights at several clubs in Minneapolis.[5][6]

Adam has released three albums of his stand-up comedy. Two of these, No Joke and No Joke 2, are nontraditional sets capturing not his actual stage performance but his interactions with audiences and hecklers.[6] Originally self-funded through crowdsourcing, No Joke was later picked up by Grammy-winning producer Dan Schlissel of Stand Up! Records, who produced his subsequent works. Richard Lanoie of The Serious Comedy Site praised 2018's Jokes for its "adult sense of humor and a taste for the absurd."[7]

Radio and podcasts

He was a regular co-host on the Steel Toe Morning Show on Youtube.com out of St. Cloud, Minnesota,[8] and has been a frequent guest on the sports talk show SKOR North Live on KSTP-AM,[9][10][11][12][13] Laughing Matters with Robert Baril on KTNF-AM,[14][15] and the WFTC-TV pop-culture show On the Fly with Tony Fly.[1]

In 2019–20, he co-hosted the podcast Unregulated Radio.[16] In 2012–2013, Adam co-hosted Dirty Bomb Shop, a podcast about the craft of stand-up comedy.[17]

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b c d Potter, Tony (2016-12-31). "Hibbing jokester enjoying comedy career". Hibbing Daily Tribune. Hibbing, Minnesota. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. ^ a b c Mark Opdahl. (2020-02-21). "Episode 121: Corey Adam". Manners Optional (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  3. ^ Strait, Patrick (August 25, 2012). "Standup Spotlight: Who the F is Corey Adam?". City Pages. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  4. ^ Bonavita, Julia (February 6, 2019). "Comedians entertain FGCU during homeecoming". Eagle News. Vol. 17, no. 22. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  5. ^ Strait, Patrick (March 15, 2018). "Corey Adam aims to become the GWAR of Twin Cities comedy". City Pages. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  6. ^ a b Strait, Patrick (February 26, 2015). "Corey Adam Releases Comedy Album with No Jokes". City Pages. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  7. ^ Richard Lanoie (2018-04-10). "Corey Adam – Jokes". The Serious Comedy Site. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  8. ^ "About The Steel Toe Morning Show". Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  9. ^ Matthew Coller. "Assessing Kirk Cousins' value among other quarterbacks". SKOR North (KSTP-AM) (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  10. ^ Matthew Coller (January 17, 2020). "Confident, Concerned, Curious/Are the Twins next?/Corey Adam in hour 2". SKOR North Live (Podcast). SKOR North (KSTP-AM). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  11. ^ Matthew Coller (January 3, 2020). "Chad Graff on Zimmer rumors, Corey Adam in for hour 2". SKOR North (KSTP-AM) (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  12. ^ Matthew Coller (November 1, 2019). "Should Mahomes play Sunday?/Comedian Corey Adam stops by for Hr 2". SKOR North Live (Podcast). SKOR North (KSTP-AM). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  13. ^ Matthew Coller (August 27, 2019). "Comedian Corey Adam joins at the Fair". SKOR North Live (Podcast). SKOR North (KSTP-AM). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  14. ^ Robert Baril (2015-10-03). "Corey Adam and Derek Henkels". Laughing Matters with Robert Baril (Podcast). KTNF-AM. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  15. ^ Robert Baril (2015-05-14). "Corey Adam and Raghav Mehta". Laughing Matters with Robert Baril (Podcast). KTNF-AM. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  16. ^ "Unregulated Radio". Libsyn. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  17. ^ "Dirty Bomb Shop". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2020-09-24.