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American stand-up comedian
Tim Harmston is a stand-up comedian from
Minneapolis . He competed on
Last Comic Standing in 2014,
[1] and has performed on
The Late Show With David Letterman and
Comedy Central 's
Live at Gotham .
[2]
Star Tribune critic Jay Boller wrote that Harmston combines "the cadence of
Brian Regan and the observational absurdism of
Jim Gaffigan ."
[3] He has released two albums on
Stand Up! Records , The Most Bees Ever and The Whim of Tim .
Early life
Harmston grew up in
Menomonie, Wisconsin .
[4] He worked in the
Chicago film industry before pursuing a career in comedy.
[5]
Career
Harmston began performing stand-up in 2002,
[6] and won Minneapolis comedy club Acme's Funniest Person in the Twin Cities contest in 2003.
[3]
In 2011 Harmston self-released his debut album The Most Bees Ever , which was re-released by
Stand Up! Records in 2014.
[7] Reviewer Richard Lanoie of The Serious Comedy Site called the album "solid stand-up comedy with quite a few particularly original bits."
[8] Chris Spector of Midwest Record said that Harmston "comes on like a modern Steven Wright."
[9]
A followup album and video, The Whim of Tim , was released in 2020.
[10]
Harmston was a contestant on
CMT 's Next Big Comic in 2011.
[11]
[12] He won a Rusty Nail award at the
Aspen RooftopComedy Festival in 2008.
[13] He originated the idea for award-winning Internet video series
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager .
[14]
[2]
[15]
Personal life
Harmston is married to comedian
Mary Mack ; they frequently tour together.
[2]
Discography
References
^ Carlson Gustafson, Amy (2014-05-19).
"Five Twin Cities comedians on revived 'Last Comic Standing' " .
Pioneer Press .
St. Paul . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^
a
b
c Thomas, Rob (2015-07-14).
"Wisconsin husband-and-wife comedians are married to comedy (and each other)" .
Capital Times .
Madison, Wisconsin . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^
a
b Boller, Jay (2012-08-21).
"Performance: Tim Harmston" .
Star Tribune .
Minneapolis-St. Paul . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^ Anderson, Deb (2009-11-25).
"Comedy rocks Mabel Tainter" . Chippewa Herald .
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^
"Burnett-Milan hires One World via an Internet creative site for steamy Italian commercial" . Reel Chicago . 2005-04-10. Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^ Nyhus, Travis (2019-12-23).
"Menomonie native Tim Harmston takes stage with wife Mary Mack to raise funds for Dunn County Humane Society in Guffaws for Paws comedy show" . Chippewa Herald .
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^
"Tim Harmston, The Most Bees Ever" .
AllMusic . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^ Richard Lanoie (2018-04-09).
"Tim Harmston – The Most Bees Ever" . The Serious Comedy Site . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^ Chris Spector (2014-02-04).
"Volume 38/Number 95" . Midwest Record . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^
"Tim Harmston: The Whim of Tim (2020)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^ Justin, Neal (2011-02-08).
"Two Minnesotans vie for national comedy title" .
Star Tribune .
Minneapolis-St. Paul . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^
"The Search For "CMT's Next Big Comic" Begins Today: Twelve Comics Battle For Laughs in Online Competition at CMT.com" . CMT.com . 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
^
the RooftopComedy Awards at The Aspen RooftopComedy Festival
Archived June 5, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
^ Vincent Terrace (29 January 2016).
Internet Comedy Television Series, 1997-2015 . McFarland. pp. 46–.
ISBN
978-0-7864-9760-7 .
^ Cassie Parkes (2017-03-24).
"Interview: Aaron Yonda Talks Gaming, Filmmaking, and Improv" . Cultured Vultures . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
External links
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