Jordan Pease on Swoop’s World Primetime

Jordan Pease

On Thursday, July 18, 2013, at 11 am/PDT, 2pm/EDT, we welcome comedian and author Jordan Pease to Swoop’s World Primetime. Join us as we take this opportunity to meet Jordan and find out what makes him so funny. Born and raised in New Jersey into an Italian-American family that has embraced his adult identity (“When I came out to my grandparents, their only comment was that they hoped I married an Italian man”), Pease mines the sometimes painful and more difficult avenues of life in order to fashion self-deprecating jokes that render him equal parts endearing and outrageous. We are sure you’ll enjoy getting to know Jordan as much as we will. Feel free to join in on this interactive experience by logging into the chat line. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com.
Jordan Pease
For most would-be comics, mastering the art of stand-up takes years of hard work.

Twenty-two year-old Jordan Pease isn’t afraid of the hard work – but he’s also clearly not afraid of early success. In the time that most young comedians are still struggling to find their own unique identity, Pease has already crafted a career as a stand-up, comic writer, columnist, and personality that might be the envy of someone twice his age. The secret to his early success? Live your life, watch it closely, and make it a joy to share with your audience.

“Comedy is my cure-all,” explains Pease, an Italian-American who grew up in New Jersey. Having confronted an early lifetime of pain and disappointment – his father died of substance abuse when Jordan was a teenager, one of many family tragedies – Pease learned early on how to use his comedic instincts to cope with everything. “I was never the person to cry for weeks,” he says. “I’d turn it into a joke and laugh about it, have my family laugh about it.”

Drawing on his own family life growing up as well as his experiences as a carefree, gay traveler and observer of life, Pease realized early on as a performer that the key to winning an audience over was having a likeable personality and responding to each audience member. “My big secret is that I picture everyone in the audience as my friends,” he says. “Before the show, after the show, I treat them like my friends…I make eye contact, and I figure, my friends are going to laugh at the same things I do,” admitting that one of his trademarks is something many comics consider a no-no – laughing at his own jokes on stage. “I can’t help it,” he confesses, “I crack myself up.”