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Myq Kaplan (/maɪk/; born October 7, 1978) is an American stand-up comedian. Born Michael Kaplan in Livingston, New Jersey, he works out of Boston and New York City.
Kaplan received his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts in 2000, and a master's degree in linguistics from Boston University in Boston. While a student at Boston University in 2005, he won the "funniest student" contest.
Kaplan tours North America and has performed over 1,000 shows at comedy clubs. He was a semifinalist in the 2006 Boston Comedy Festival and in the 2006 Seattle Comedy Competition. He was one of nine finalists in Comedy Central's 2007 Open Mic Fight competition. In 2008, a reader poll by The Phoenix, a Boston newspaper, named him Local Comedian of the Year. He took part in Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2009.
Myq Kaplan has appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, in promos for CC, and on Netflix. He has been featured on ABC News Now. On December 16, 2009, he performed for the first time on The Tonight Show. Kaplan also was a contestant on the competition TV series Last Comic Standing during the summer of 2010 and placed fifth.
He is also a frequent guest on long running comedy podcast Keith and the Girl. He has been a guest on the"Comedy Bang! Bang!" podcast four times, #110 (June 27, 2011), #658 (May 31, 2020), #818 (June 26, 2023) and #943 (November 24, 2025). He has been a guest on the podcast "You Made It Weird With Pete Holmes" 2 times, one released on April 4, 2012, and as a returning guest released December 20, 2017. Kaplan hosts his own podcast Hang Out with Me.
On April 30, 2010, his Comedy Central Presents special aired on Comedy Central. His comedy album Vegan Mind Meld came out on April 27, 2010, and his second album, Please Be Seated was released in 2012. In August 2014, his one-hour standup special entitled Small, Dork, and Handsome appeared on Netflix for streaming. On January 31, he was the first guest on Bombing with Mike Dorval, where he talked about his joke writing and a joke that bombed for The New York Times. He was also a contestant on the tenth season of America's Got Talent making it to the Quarterfinals.
Kaplan is a musician, primarily a guitarist and vocalist. He is a vegan, polyamorous, and has said he is "atheistic". However in a 2016 podcast, he elaborated, saying that he became more spiritual through using psychedelics.
Myq Kaplan
Myq Kaplan (/maɪk/; born October 7, 1978) is an American stand-up comedian. Born Michael Kaplan in Livingston, New Jersey, he works out of Boston and New York City.
Kaplan received his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts in 2000, and a master's degree in linguistics from Boston University in Boston. While a student at Boston University in 2005, he won the "funniest student" contest.
Kaplan tours North America and has performed over 1,000 shows at comedy clubs. He was a semifinalist in the 2006 Boston Comedy Festival and in the 2006 Seattle Comedy Competition. He was one of nine finalists in Comedy Central's 2007 Open Mic Fight competition. In 2008, a reader poll by The Phoenix, a Boston newspaper, named him Local Comedian of the Year. He took part in Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2009.
Myq Kaplan has appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, in promos for CC, and on Netflix. He has been featured on ABC News Now. On December 16, 2009, he performed for the first time on The Tonight Show. Kaplan also was a contestant on the competition TV series Last Comic Standing during the summer of 2010 and placed fifth.
He is also a frequent guest on long running comedy podcast Keith and the Girl. He has been a guest on the"Comedy Bang! Bang!" podcast four times, #110 (June 27, 2011), #658 (May 31, 2020), #818 (June 26, 2023) and #943 (November 24, 2025). He has been a guest on the podcast "You Made It Weird With Pete Holmes" 2 times, one released on April 4, 2012, and as a returning guest released December 20, 2017. Kaplan hosts his own podcast Hang Out with Me.
On April 30, 2010, his Comedy Central Presents special aired on Comedy Central. His comedy album Vegan Mind Meld came out on April 27, 2010, and his second album, Please Be Seated was released in 2012. In August 2014, his one-hour standup special entitled Small, Dork, and Handsome appeared on Netflix for streaming. On January 31, he was the first guest on Bombing with Mike Dorval, where he talked about his joke writing and a joke that bombed for The New York Times. He was also a contestant on the tenth season of America's Got Talent making it to the Quarterfinals.
Kaplan is a musician, primarily a guitarist and vocalist. He is a vegan, polyamorous, and has said he is "atheistic". However in a 2016 podcast, he elaborated, saying that he became more spiritual through using psychedelics.
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