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Jay Larson

The Comedy Store regular whose “Wrong Number” story went from Reddit’s front page to This American Life.

Grew up
Stoneham, Massachusetts
Started
Los Angeles, 2001
Podcast
The CrabFeast (2012–18)
Latest special
Here We Go Again (2024)
Jay Larson
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Who is Jay Larson?

Jason “Jay” Larson is an American comedian, actor and writer from Stoneham, Massachusetts. He studied English at Saint Anselm College, graduating in 1999, and moved to Los Angeles to write and act.

He started doing stand-up in Los Angeles in 2001, became a paid regular at The Comedy Store in 2004, and was one of the “New Faces” at the Montreal comedy festival the next year. TV sets followed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (from 2005), a Comedy Central half-hour (2011) and This Is Not Happening (2015). His story “Wrong Number” made the front page of Reddit and was featured on This American Life in 2016.

From 2012 to 2018 he co-hosted the storytelling podcast The CrabFeast with Ryan Sickler. He co-hosted two seasons of Esquire Network’s Best Bars in America, acted in the thriller The Invitation (2015) and played a limo driver in Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). His albums are Self Diagnosed (2011), Human Math (2016) and Me Being Me (2018).

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Timeline

  1. 2001First stand-up sets in Los Angeles
  2. 2004Paid regular at The Comedy Store
  3. 2005Montreal “New Faces”; first Craig Ferguson set
  4. 2011Comedy Central half-hour; album Self Diagnosed
  5. 2012–18Co-hosts The CrabFeast with Ryan Sickler
  6. 2016“Wrong Number” on This American Life; album Human Math
  7. 2017Twin Peaks: The Return
  8. 2024Special Here We Go Again
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Specials, TV & more

Special · 2024Here We Go AgainFull special on YouTube
Special · 2023Sounds Like BruceYouTube
Album 2018 · special 2019Me Being Me
Album · 2016Human Math
Podcast · 2012–18The CrabFeastWith Ryan Sickler
TV · 2017Twin Peaks: The ReturnLimo driver
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Jay Larson FAQ

What podcast did Jay Larson host?

The CrabFeast, with Ryan Sickler, from 2012 to 2018.

What is Jay Larson’s “Wrong Number” story?

A story about a wrong-number text exchange that made Reddit’s front page and was featured on This American Life in 2016.

What are Jay Larson’s specials?

Me Being Me (2019), Sounds Like Bruce (2023) and Here We Go Again (2024), all on YouTube.

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