Sam Tripoli LIVE w/ support by Zane Helberg
BIO:
Tripoli has said that performing and the desire to make people laugh has been in his blood since childhood, teasing the other kids at his school, He began doing stand-up comedy on a dare. He was soon performing in Las Vegas casinos with Mutiny, an improv troupe he co-founded, as well as hosting weekly shows on the strip.[1]
In 2000, Tripoli moved to Los Angeles. His break came while working the door at The Comedy Store. Owner Mitzi Shore put together a Middle Eastern themed show called "Arabian Knights",[2] and Tripoli's Armenian heritage got him on the bill. He was one of two comedians at The Comedy Store to do their first set as a paid regular in The Main Room – the other was Roseanne Barr.[3]
In 2006, friend and comedian Steve Byrne brought him along to an audition for Spike TV, which resulted in Tripoli getting cast as a co-host on the network's Wild World of Spike.[4]
Tripoli was chosen as a finalist in 2008's "Who Wants to be Howard Stern" contest, and his demo was played on-air.[5]