Comedian Wendy Liebman

Wendy Liebman has been performing her uniquely timed style of standup comedy since 1984 and is the only person in her family in show business.  My mother is a ventriloquist but not professionally.  For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father. Waiting a beat, she adds, I got my brother to do it.

Originally from Long Island, Wendy went to college in Boston (a school she refers to as I.O.U.), where she studied psychology and histrionics.  Leafing through a catalog for continuing education that she found with miss-delivered mail, Wendy got her start in standup by enrolling in a class called "How To Be A Standup Comedian" at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. She started doing open mic nights at Boston Clubs including Stitches, The Comedy Connection and Catch A Rising Star and for the next six years performed throughout all of New England.  I kept my secretarial day job, though I would call in sick a lot.  I would say I had female problems, my boss didn't know I meant her.

Wendy's stock in trade is the one-liner with the subliminal afterthought.  The effectiveness of her technique lies largely in the unexpectedness of her timing.  The punch line invariable falls after the joke seems to be over. 

"She's a master of the throwaway line, making a perfectly rational observation then adding almost subliminally the punch line which skews everything she has said before."

Los Angeles Times

In 1990, Wendy won the Johnnie Walker Red Comedy Competition semi-finals in Boston, and competed in the finals at the famous Hollywood Improv.  It was at this performance that she caught the eye of the talent coordinator of the Tonight Show, who invited her to be one of Johnny Carson's guests the following week.  If that wasn't thrilling enough, the whole episode was captured on a segment of CBS's 48 hours.

Since then, Wendy has been a regular on The Late Show with David Letterman, and has appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.  With the introduction,

"When we sat down to decide who the first comedian on the show should be, only one name came to mind. The funniest female comedian on the circuit, Wendy Liebman!" 

Jay Leno The Tonight Show

Rosie O'Donnell introduced Wendy on her new show June 12, 1996.  Wendy has also been seen on Politically Incorrect, Dr. Katz Professional Therapist, Louie Anderson's Comedy Showcase, The Daily Show, HBO's Women of the Night, The RuPaul Show and Comic Relief VII as well as Comic Strip Live, VH-1, Standup Spotlight, Evening at the Improv, Caroline's Comedy Hour and MTVs Half Hour Comedy.

In 1996, Wendy starred in her own HBO Comedy Half Hour Special, one of the highest rated comedy half hours in HBO's history.  On February 9, 1997, Wendy was crowned Best Female Stand-up Comic at the American Comedy Awards.  Wendy received her award from Roseanne and Lily Tomlin and keeps it in her shower so she can see it every morning when shes at home

Wendy Liebman's unique joke-telling style has put her in the forefront of today's up and coming comics. It's the typical set-up and punch line delivery, but followed by an almost subliminal afterthought. Example: "I'm a writer...I write checks..." (and then comes the topper) "...mostly fiction". You can experience the Long Island native for yourself when she makes her local headlining debut at Caroline's this week.

New York Daily News

On April 22, 1998, Wendy starred in her own Pulp Comics special on Comedy Central that showcased her in stand up performances as well as filmed segments.  In July, Wendy returned to headline the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.

Wendy has just signed a deal with Columbia TriStar to develop her own animated series.  She is touring the country, wiring her own one-woman show and planning to record her own comedy album called Artist Formerly Known as Princess.  Wendy is also preparing for her first movie role as Vickie in the independent feature Good Grief. (Prior to that, she has been in one home movie, but she was only 4 years old and it wasn't a wide release).

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