presents
 a stand up comedy event
  JIM NORTON

about Jim Norton
New Jersey native Jim Norton is a nationally-touring comedian and best-selling author who can be heard weekday mornings on the Opie & Anthony radio show. The show, which is listened to by millions of devoted fans each day, airs on both CBS and XM radio networks.  

 Jim is currently performing his unique stand-up to sold-out crowds across the country. His diverse audience is hoping to experience what Judi Brown of the Aspen Comedy Festival calls “brutal honesty” comedy. Judi also described Jim as “refreshing in a business where a lot of people are phony.” 

Jim’s first book, HAPPY ENDINGS: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch was published in July, 2007. The New York Times best-seller, is a collection of Jim’s personal journal entries, raunchy sex stories, embarrassing star sightings, and pathetic childhood memories.  Simon & Schuster recently signed Jim to write a second book titled Why I Hate Your Guts. The book will be on-sale this fall.   

On television, Jim will host HBO’s Down and Dirty with Jim Norton. Premiering in late September, Jim hosts the show which showcases new stand-up comedians.
Jim was most recently seen in Monster Rain, his one-hour HBO stand-up show. 

He also starred in HBO’s Lucky Louie as well as in Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.  He has performed on The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman, had a half-hour special on HBO’s One Night Stand, and has been featured on both Jimmy Kimmel Live and Last Call with Carson Daly.   

In addition to radio, books, TV and touring, Jim has released two CD’s of his stand-up comedy: 2002’s Yellow Discipline and 2003’s Trinkets I Own Made From Gorilla Hands.

Jim’s first inkling of becoming a comedian came at age 12 when he saw Richard Pryor’s special Richard Pryor: Live in Concert.  He wound up in rehab at 17, dropped out of high school the next year, then started signing up for open-mic nights at local bars at 21.  Often pegged as an ‘angry comic’ because of his raunchy brand of humor, Jim argues the only labels in comedy that truly matter are ‘funny,’ ‘original,’ and ‘hack.’