Jonathan Solomon

Jonathan Solomon - that would be me - welcomes you to my BrandYourself page. I teach stand up comedy. I teach humor writing for TV, film and story. I teach Stand Up Comedy for the Actor. I consult with businesses and corporations on humor content for presentations and communications. Most important, I try to keep it a secret how much fun I have sharing the funny because I don’t want everyone to start doing it.

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Jonathan Solomon - AKA, Jonathan Leigh Solomon - has appeared on over two dozen talk and variety programs including regular visits to Late Show With David Letterman and on Comedy Central. Writing for television Jonathan Solomon was on staff with the Emmy Award winning sit-com, Mad About You, Michael Moore’s TV Nation, and a long list of other sitcoms and variety shows – Payne, Conspiracy Zone, Saturday Night Special, Bachelor Guy et cetera - all of which have long been forgotten (– and not without reason.) Jonathan Solomon is the guy behind "School for Stand Up," teaching stand-up comedy classes both privately and through Santa Monica College. He teaches comedy writing classes through the Writers Store, both live and via webinars. He has guest lectured at UCLA Extension and NYU. His articles on comedy appear in Script Magazine. Jonathan's innovative comedic acting classes, "Stand Up for the Actor," have been offered through SAG. He is also a comedy consultant/coach, assisting comedians, actors, script writers, and businesses, with comedy content. Jonathan Solomon writes humor pieces on politics and culture, as well as the occasional joke-free editorial column, all of which can be found at the Huffington Post and Politico.Com. And, you can hear him offering fact-filled punditry on NPR, among other stops on your radio dial. 

Co-Producer, Story editor, staff writer. at "Mad About You," Michael Moore's "TV Nation," "Saturday Night Special," et cetera!

March 1996 - October 2002

Teaching stand up comedy, comedy writing and acting classes (Stand-Up for the Actor) at UCLA Extension, the Writer's Store, SAG, SMC

January 2009

Comedian at "Late Show with David Letterman," Comedy Central, HBO, MTV, et cetera!

1992

The NY Improv, the Comedy Cellar, the Hollywood Improv, the Comedy Store, et cetera!

1977 – 1984

A good turkey club, Texas and country music, especially Merle Haggard - I know, I know, what’s a left-wing Jewish boy from New Jersey doing…., conversations with comedians – or anyone who get’s %5ers, cooking – not that I’m good at it, incredibly lousy action flicks and, I confess, incredibly sentimental chick flicks (- most guys leave a video store with porno wrapped in a paper bag. I leave the video store with “Notting Hill” wrapped in a plastic bag,) my 17-year-old niece’s short stories – this is not just a proud uncle talking, she’s winning awards! And, of course, world peace.