Kyle Kinane
Kyle Kinane
Kyle Christian Kinaneis an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor from Addison, Illinois...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 December 1976
CountryUnited States of America
call hardly known people
I'm hardly a known name, but I don't want to go, like, 'Oh, people call me a storyteller comedian, let me just go up and just talk about my day.' I don't want that to happen.
aspen success
In 2007, I had on-paper success. I got to go to that Aspen comedy festival, which was pretty exclusive, I guess. Then I did Carson Daly. That was enough validation.
When I lived in Chicago, I didn't like it. It's nice to visit.
calling nerds people stay
I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests.
classes direction easier life pick
I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life. It made it easier to pick out classes at college, like, 'Oh, this is writing classes, that's what I'm doing.'
acts audience confess family fast generally great honest people stage surprising
I don't want to make it a hard, fast rule, but it's surprising how many 'fun for the whole family' acts are real scumbags. The people that confess they're scumbags on stage are generally really great people. They're more honest with the audience with who they are.
The category I come closest to is 'lumberjack hipster.'
anymore bikes
Nobody mountain bikes anymore - or ever did - in comedy, so I have to go by myself.
comment knows politics stuff theory
My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league.
great love
I still love a well-crafted joke. Twitter's been great for that.
trying
I know what I like, and I'm not trying to adapt to new things.
brilliant comedians comic fix funny moral obligation offer upset
I think the problems with comedians that are political, and there are some brilliant ones, are the ones that offer no solutions. Not that there's a moral obligation for a comic to fix things, but I like to see a comic that's upset about something and offer a solution. It can be a funny solution. I like to see the thought process.
life
I now get to have the life I wanted when I was 18 years old. Now, I'm like, 'I can buy any skateboard I want.'
challenge comedy criticize cutting easy jokes negative outside praise trying
I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the outside world. Trying to praise something through comedy or be appreciative and making jokes about it is more challenging than cutting things down.