Episode 111: Orlando Baxter

Orlando Baxter exploded onto the Boston comedy scene in 2005, and was quickly established as one of the areas hottest young comics. His fresh perspective and unique relatability soon made this former high school teacher a fan favourite and led to a...

An episode of the Behind The Bits with Scott Curtis podcast, hosted by Scott Curtis, titled "Episode 111: Orlando Baxter" was published on May 17, 2022 and runs 55 minutes.

May 17, 2022 ·55m · Behind The Bits with Scott Curtis

Summary

Orlando Baxter exploded onto the Boston comedy scene in 2005, and was quickly established as one of the areas hottest young comics. His fresh perspective and unique relatability soon made this former high school teacher a fan favourite and led to a string of finalist positions in a host of contests and festivals all over the world including NBC’s ‘Stand Up for Diversity’, Boston Comedy Festival, Montreux Comedy Festival, Johannesburg International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Turku Comedy Festival, and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Orlando currently tours across the country performing at clubs, colleges and festivals at home and overseas. In 2016, Orlando made his late night TV debut on the Conan show on TBS. And since then he's appeared on television shows like "Comedy Up Late" in Australia, B.E.T.'s "50 Central", Laff Mobb's Laff Track on Tru TV and TBN's Mike Huckabee show. His DryBar comedy special “Glorified Baby Sitter” has over 2.5 Million views on YouTube and 5.5 Million views on Facebook.Orlando has just released his self-produced special “Live From South High” on YouTube. In this special, Orlando returns to the high school where he both attended and taught. We talked about the special and how he got discovered by Conan O’Brien’s talent coordinator.Orlando’s special can be watched here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVeZoINegmgGet on Orlando’s mailing list here:https://youtu.be/aVeZoINegmgIf you want to earn some great money from your podcast, check out the Spreaker Prime program:https://spreaker-referral-program.pxf.io/c/3301935/1025485/13345If you'd like to support the show and get some cool perks, check out our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/btbpcLook for new stuff for Patrons soon!Head over to the Behind the Bits website for extra content:https://www.thebtbpc.com/Get on our mailing list for news about future guests and more great content:https://www.thebtbpc.com/p/mailing-list/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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