"Funniest Comedian ANDREW DISMUKES vs CHRIS DISTEFANO"

Andrew Vincent Dismukes (born June 21, 1995) is an American comedian. He has been a writer on Saturday Night Live since 2017 and a featured player since its forty-sixth season. Andrew Vincent Dismukes was born June 21, 1995 to Lori Ann Dismukes and Gregory Dismukes and is from Port Neches, Texas, a small Gulf Coast city located near the Texas-Louisiana border. He has two siblings. Dismukes graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 2013. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, graduating in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in radio, television, and film. He is of Cajun descent. Dismukes began performing stand-up in 2013, while a freshman in college, and was active in the Austin comedy scene. He was the runner-up "Funniest Person in Austin" in 2016, a contest run by the Cap City Comedy Club. Following his graduation in 2017, he performed as part of the New Faces showcase at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and was subsequently offered an audition for Saturday Night Live. Dismukes was offered a writers position and officially joined the writing staff at the beginning of season 43. As part of the writing staff, he received an Emmy nomination for the Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series in 2018 and 2019. After three seasons with Saturday Night Live, Dismukes joined the cast as a featured player for its forty-sixth season.

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Chris Distefano (born August 26, 1984) is an American comedian. Primarily a stand-up comedian, Distefano began his career in entertainment on MTV and MTV2's shows Guy Code and Girl Code. His first hour-long stand-up special Chris Distefano: Size 38 Waist was released in 2019 by Comedy Central. He co-hosted the podcast History Hyenas with Yannis Pappas and currently hosts Hey Babe with Sal Vulcano along with Stand-up with Chris Distefano. Christopher Paul Anthony Distefano grew up in Ridgewood, Queens, and attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens. He then attended St. Joseph's College where he studied psychology and played basketball; he graduated in 2006. Distefano earned a doctorate in physical therapy from New York Institute of Technology in 2010. He went on to practice pediatric physical therapy until 2013 when he began pursuing his career in comedy full-time. Distefano is of Italian and Irish ancestry. Distefano began performing stand up in August 2009. Distefano hosted the 2010 Fencing Masters on the SNY network & Elite 8 of the 2011 and 2012 March Madness Comedy Competition at the comedy club Carolines on Broadway. He was selected to headline Carolines Breakout Artist Series and was selected as a finalist in the 2011 NY Comedy Festival. Besides Carolines, he also performed standup at venues including Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, and the Laugh Lounge. In 2012, Distefano joined the cast MTV's Guy Code, which was in its second season. The following year he also joined the cast of Girl Code. He would also go on to appear in episodes of other MTV shows like Guy Court, Guy Code vs. Girl Code, Off the Bat, and The Challenge. Distefano was a frequent guest on the Opie with Jim Norton show during this time. In 2014, his first half-hour special was released as part of Comedy Central's The Half Hour. Distefano headlined his first national U.S. tour in September 2015 with Monster Energy Outbreak Presents. He also co-starred in the 2015 IFC series Benders with Andrew Schulz. He was one of two American announcers on Season 2 of Netflix's Ultimate Beastmaster, which was released on the streaming service on December 15, 2017. During this period, Distefano took part in seven television pilots which did not get picked up, including a CBS-produced show based on his own life called Distefano.

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