“My conversation tends to be more spiritual, or more existential, or maybe more metaphysical,” Holmes said, while also acknowledging the strangeness of performing at Fountain Street Church, as part of this year’s LaughFest, March 9. From growing up Evangelical and attending Christian college, to completely questioning his faith following the end of his first marriage, to taking magic mushrooms at Bonnaroo, Holmes finds humor in asking the big questions about reality and the meaning of life. Self-described as a Christ-leaning “hooraytheist,” Holmes has used his comedy as part of his own spiritual journey. And by virtue of the information being so accessible now comedians can get more and more specific, whatever their interests are.” You know, there’s podcasting, there’s clips online, and there’s specials, and you don’t have to catch them on HBO at 8 o’clock on some specific Friday. “But now because it’s possible to find your very specific stamp… it’s easier. “I’m 43, I remember what (standup) was like before the Internet,” he said. Returning to the road with his new standup show, “Where Were We,” he feels like he’s continuing a conversation with his fans who have stuck with him for decades, or those who are discovering him for the first time. “And what I learned from the process is I always thought I wanted to do something that was hip, and I did ‘Crashing’ was hip, but it turns out, I just love being with people, creating something, and it doesn’t have to be super cool to be really fun.”ĬBS cancelled “How We Roll” last year after just one season, but Holmes took it in stride. “It was one of my favorite show business experiences just because when I was a kid, being a success, like dreaming about being a comedian, meant you would have a multi-cam sitcom,” Holmes said of working on the show. When lockdown lifted and things returned to “normal,” Holmes landed the lead in the CBS sitcom, “How We Roll,” based on the real life of Michigan pro-bowler Tom Smallwood, who rose to victory after getting laid off from his job in the automotive industry. Less than a year before lockdown, Holmes had just published his first book, “Comedy Sex God,” in 2019 – a “part autobiography, part philosophical inquiry, part spiritual quest” – that came less than two months after HBO canceled “Crashing,” following its season three finale.Ī mix of highs and lows, like many points in his life, the pandemic allowed Holmes to pause and focus on spending much needed quiet time at home with his family, without feeling like he was losing a step in the comedy game. Up until then, he had remained ridiculously busy, burning through tour after tour, while hosting his weekly podcast, “You Made It Weird,” and riding high on the success of “Crashing.” “And what I took from that joke is I didn’t want to take a break from standup, I wanted all of us to take a break from standup, and that’s what I got.” “There was a Daniel Tosh joke where he was like, ‘I don’t want to die I want all of us to die,’ when he’s talking about the end of the world,” Holmes told Revue. So when the pandemic stopped his last comedy tour, “Silly Silly Fun Boy,” completely in its tracks back in 2020, he welcomed the pause with grace and gratitude.
PETE HOLMES LICENSE
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License additional terms may apply.Superstar standup, podcast host, and creator of the critically-acclaimed hit HBO series “Crashing,” Pete Holmes has made his career out of getting knocked down, and getting back up again. He has also provided the voices for several of the characters on Comedy Central’s cartoon ‘Ugly Americans ‘, and is the voice of the “E*TRADE Baby” on their television commercials 1] he is also credited as a writer for the adverts. Holmes also wrote for the NBC primetime sitcom ‘Outsourced ‘ and currently writes for the upcoming Fox sitcom ‘I Hate My Teenage Daughter ‘. Holmes hosts his own podcast titled ‘You Made It Weird ‘, featuring guests including fellow comedians such as Demetri Martin, T. Holmes released his first stand-up comedy album, ‘Impregnated With Wonder ‘, on iTunes on November 15th, 2011. In 2011, on both March 21st and November 17th, Holmes performed stand-up on the TBS late-night talk show, ‘Conan ‘. On February 26th, he performed his first television special on the series ‘Comedy Central Presents ‘.
In 2010, he performed on ‘John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show ‘ as well as ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ‘. Pete Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and cartoonist based in Los Angeles, California.
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