About
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Joshua Grosvent is a New York based comedian that has written for Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central, VH1 and been featured in The Onion. At the age of 28, he has been performing live comedy for over 10 years taking him to colleges and clubs all over North America. He can be heard every week on Ted & Amy in the morning on 93Q in Syracuse, NY where he currently resides.
I was born and raised in Syracuse, NY. I discovered my love for comedy at a very young age. Not knowing how to deal with my parent’s divorce, I turned to laughter. Making my little brother Joey and my mother laugh because my favorite pastime became a part of me from that point on. When I was 11, I began putting on “Late Night” type shows in my basement with my brother as my band leader and my cousin Jay as my permanent guest. I’d write the monologue, Top 10 lists and more. We packed the house all summer long with relatives and neighbors.
Around this same time, I discovered my love of radio. My neighbor John and I would sit for hours in front of the tape deck, with a microphone and just record programs. We’d play music, do bits and just talk. I loved it. I even used my brother’s Home Alone “Talk Boy” to record LIVE BROADCASTS from the front yard. We were pro.
As high school came to a close, my love of comedy grew. I began college at Oswego State University where comedy became a full time job. I did improv with The Shaun Cassidy Fan Club, drove weekly to Rochester NY to do open mics ay The Comix Cafe and made frequest trips to New York City, slept on couches and started working rooms there. Oh, I also attended classes and graduated with a degree in Broadcasting in 2004.
I then moved to New York City permanently to peruse comedy. Had a good run for a few years. Wrote some jokes for Comedy Central, VH1, was featured in The Onion and even landed a commercial gig with Verizon that put me on the side of a billboard in Times Square. Had a good time, but after 2 1/2 years, Central New York, a beautiful girl and adult life was calling to me, so I came home. Built a house. Got married. Awaiting my first baby in May.
I currently work for 93Q Radio in Syracuse NY where you can hear me on Ted & Amy in the morning. I also do a weekly podcast called “Walk-Up Radio” and am always writing. Thanks for caring enough about me to read this. Hope to make you laugh soon.
Regards,
Joshua
The Apiary (read the whole review)
“Last Sunday at Saturday Night Rewritten — a weekly sketch comedy performance set up just like SNL – the musical guest, Joshua Grosvent, nearly stole the show…“
Comedic duo connects with crowd via pop culture
By: Emily Laurence of “The Daily Orange”
Issue date: 4/24/06 Section: Pulp
Drunk 5-year-olds, a porn starring Abraham Lincoln and blowing into an old-school Nintendo game are just a few of the things comedians Baron Vaughn and Josh Grosvent joked about Friday in Panasci Lounge to a crowd of about 75 people.
Vaughn, who has appeared on “Best Week Ever” and HBO, was full of animation, spontaneously dancing a jig or busting out some joke-reggae. He also asked the audience meaningful questions, like why Stevie Wonder, a blind man, had a hit called “Isn’t She Lovely,” a song about how beautiful a woman looks.
Vaughn also wondered what made people believe in the “10-second rule.”
“I’m pretty sure bacteria aren’t huddling in the corner going, ‘One Mississippi, two Mississippi …’” Vaughn said.Sometimes after he performs, Vaughn said, people come up to him and debate with him on how many seconds is actually safe. For some people it is only seven seconds, and for others only five. “In Ethiopia it’s eight minutes, did you know that?” Vaughn asked.
Both Vaughn and Grosvent joked about how spooky the Hall of Languages building looked. Vaughn said it looked like someone flew in the haunted mansion from Disney, and Grosvent wondered if the cool kids would like him if he spent one full whole night inside.
“I went to Oswego State and we had a Hall of Classes, so fuck you, SU,” Grosvent said before asking if there were buildings devoted to finger-painting or racecar driving at the university.
Grosvent also performed musical comedy. He opened with a song titled “Senior Citizen Loving” about falling in love with the finest lady in a retirement home; he got the audience to sing along. He also told stories about his life growing up in Syracuse. Grosvent said he once electrocuted himself three times in one week by putting a knife in a toaster.
“The third time, my mom’s like, ‘Fuck you, buddy; walk it off,’” he said as the audience roared with laughter.
Grosvent also told a story about his grandmother buying him an original Nintendo not too long ago, but when he tried to play it with his friends and little brother, it wouldn’t work. They had to resort to methods that worked in the past, like pressing the restart button 65 times or blowing into the game. After some complicated rewiring, the guys had the system in perfect working order, and Grosvent used a tech box he brought along to play the “Super Mario Brothers” theme song.
Being able to relate to the crowd is what made Grosvent’s performance successful. The audience knew exactly what he was talking about, whether it was “Legends of the Hidden Temple” from Nickelodeon or the crazy things he did in college.
Grosvent closed his act with a medley of the theme songs for “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Ducktails” and “Growing Pains.” Even though the tune was different, the audience sang along.
Freshman Viviana Vidal, a marketing and sports management major, appreciated the interaction with the audience. “It was very engaging,” she said. “I loved the part about the Nintendo the best,” she said.
Freshman Zakiya Adams, a finance and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major, also enjoyed the show. “It was cool. I really liked the first song,” she said.
Even though Vaughn and Grosvent didn’t spend the night in the Hall of Languages, it looks like they got to be “the cool kids” after all.
