"Funniest Comedian ASH LIEB vs WENDY LIEBMAN"

ASH LIEB

Ash Lieb (born 22 August 1982) is an Australian artist, writer and comedian, known for his surreal humour and art. Born in Ballarat, Ash Lieb began ex...

Ash Lieb (born 22 August 1982) is an Australian artist, writer and comedian, known for his surreal humour and art. Born in Ballarat, Ash Lieb began exhibiting art at eight years of age, and at the age of fifteen, wrote his first novel, The Secret Well. Throughout his career, Lieb has created a diverse range of artworks, books, short films, and comedic performances, which have often possessed philosophical or psychiatric undertones. Inspired by the comedians that he watched when he was younger, Ash Lieb began writing jokes when he was still in high school at the age of 16. In 2009, after refining his style and humour for many years, Lieb performed at open mic spots for the first time while living in Brisbane. In February 2010, at the age of 27, Ash Lieb made his professional stage debut at the Geelong performing arts centre, where comedian Rod Quantock introduced him to a jubilant mass crowd. Quantock would later declare, "It was truly hilarious and brilliantly original comedy." Blending his observations with techniques, such as absurdity, wordplay, non-sequiturs and paraprosdokians, Lieb's wit is always calculated, smart and original. Consisting of concise jokes and one-liners, Lieb's act is distinguished by the manner of speech he adopted early in his career, his abrupt delivery, and his peculiar stage presence. Lieb is a unique and original writer and performer, and is often a wildcard. Adam Greenberg once wrote, "In shows where every performer is the same, Ash Lieb is the needle in the haystack." Much like the humour of Woody Allen, Lieb often makes light of intellectuals, especially those with somewhat absurd or impossible claims: "Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity in the 1680s. Before then, there were people floating all over the place, and cats and dogs and little old ladies went missing all the time!" Lieb's first collection of short humorous essays and one-liners was published in 2013.

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WENDY LIEBMAN

Wendy Liebman (born February 27, 1961 in Manhasset, New York) is an American stand-up comedian. Her standup style involves the use of gently paced, su...

Wendy Liebman (born February 27, 1961 in Manhasset, New York) is an American stand-up comedian. Her standup style involves the use of gently paced, subtle wordplay. Liebman grew up in Roslyn, Long Island, New York. Her earliest performances involved her, her sister, and a neighborhood friend performing the play Rumpelstilskin in their basement. In 1983, Liebman graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Shortly after graduating from college, Liebman performed psychology research at Harvard Medical School. Liebman is Jewish. Although she did not grow up with a strong Jewish identity, she developed a greater connection to her Judaism after reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture. On April 12, 2003, Liebman married TV producer and writer Jeffrey Sherman, whose father and uncle (the Sherman Brothers) wrote film music for Walt Disney in the 1960s. Sherman has two sons from a previous marriage. In December 2015 Liebman moved from her rented home in Studio City into a house in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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