Corey Adam

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, which reached No.1 on the iTunes comedy chart.[1]

Corey Adam
Born
Corey Adam Allegrezza

1981-82 (age 39–40)
Hibbing, Minnesota
OccupationStand-up comedian
Years active2008-present
Websitecoreyadamwastaken.com

Personal life

Adam was born Corey Adam Allegrezza in Hibbing, Minnesota.[2] Adam began using his first and middle names as a stage name in 2008 because of his frustration with frequent mispronunciations of "Allegrezza."[3]

Career

Stand-up comedy

Adam's comedy has been described as "self-deprecating and sarcastic."[2] 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.[4] He moved briefly to Las Vegas at age 22 to further his stand-up career, but has been based in the Twin Cities since then.[3]

Adam has toured internationally, performing to audiences in Ireland and at the Akumal Comedy Festival in Mexico,[2] and has been a frequent tour opener for Nick Swardson.[3][5] He has been a regular host of comedy nights at several clubs in Minneapolis.[6][7]

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.[7] 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."[8]

Radio and podcasts

He is a regular co-host on the Steel Toe Morning Show on radio station WHMH-FM in St. Cloud, Minnesota,[9] and has been a frequent guest on the sports talk show SKOR North Live on KSTP-AM,[10][11][12][13][14] Laughing Matters with Robert Baril on KTNF-AM,[15][16] and the WFTC-TV pop-culture show On the Fly with Tony Fly.[2]

In 2019–20, he co-hosted the podcast Unregulated Radio.[17] In 2012–2013, Adam co-hosted Dirty Bomb Shop, a podcast about the craft of stand-up comedy.[18]

Discography

Selected podcast appearances
  • Manners Optional, Episode 121: Corey Adam (Feb. 21, 2020)[3]
  • The Darkest Hour, Episode #10 - The Grind is Overrated w/ Corey Adam (May 17, 2018)[1]
  • The Darkest Hour, Episode #37 - H8ers Gonna H8 w/ Corey Adam (June 11, 2019)[19]

    References

    1. Josh Denny (2018-05-17). "#10 - The Grind is Overrated w/ Corey Adam". The Darkest Hour (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    2. Potter, Tony (2016-12-31). "Hibbing jokester enjoying comedy career". Hibbing Daily Tribune. Hibbing, Minnesota. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    3. Mark Opdahl. (2020-02-21). "Episode 121: Corey Adam". Manners Optional (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    4. Strait, Patrick (August 25, 2012). "Standup Spotlight: Who the F is Corey Adam?". City Pages. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    5. Bonavita, Julia (February 6, 2019). "Comedians entertain FGCU during homeecoming". Eagle News. Vol. 17 no. 22. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    6. 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.
    7. Strait, Patrick (February 26, 2015). "Corey Adam Releases Comedy Album with No Jokes". City Pages. Minneapolis-St. Paul. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    8. Richard Lanoie (2018-04-10). "Corey Adam – Jokes". The Serious Comedy Site. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    9. "About The Steel Toe Morning Show". Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    10. Matthew Coller. "Assessing Kirk Cousins' value among other quarterbacks". SKOR North (KSTP-AM) (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    11. 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.
    12. 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.
    13. 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.
    14. Matthew Coller (August 27, 2019). "Comedian Corey Adam joins at the Fair". SKOR North Live (Podcast). SKOR North (KSTP-AM). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    15. Robert Baril (2015-10-03). "Corey Adam and Derek Henkels". Laughing Matters with Robert Baril (Podcast). KTNF-AM. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    16. Robert Baril (2015-05-14). "Corey Adam and Raghav Mehta". Laughing Matters with Robert Baril (Podcast). KTNF-AM. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    17. "Unregulated Radio". Libsyn. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    18. "Dirty Bomb Shop". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    19. Josh Denny (2019-06-11). "#37 - H8ers Gonna H8 w/ Corey Adam". The Darkest Hour (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
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