Graham Elwood is a stand-up comic and host of the YouTube show and podcast, The Political Vigilante, where he talks politics from a progressive point of view. He has more than 20 years of experience working comedy clubs, colleges, TV shows, Holiday Inn Lounges, war zones, dive bars, and even the top of a double decker tour bus in Chicago. He’s hosted game shows including Cram (GSN) and Strip Poker (USA), and appeared on Best Bodies Ever (VH1) and The Late Late Show (CBS). Mr. Elwood also starred in the theatrical plays Speed the Plow,Light Sensitive, and Cash Flow, and he co-wrote the one act play Brothers.
Mr. Elwood directed the award winning feature film Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary distributed by Comedy Dynamics and available on iTunes, Google, Amazon and all platforms. He has directed the award winning short Hello Junkie (coming soon to CFN) and the stand-up comedy concert DVD, Graham Elwood: Live from Afghanistan. His first feature film, Laffghanistan: Comedy Down Range, highlights his first trip telling jokes in a war zone.
He is the co-creator of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival with Dave Anthony, Chris Mancini, and Andy Wood and a frequent guest of the Jimmy Dore Show and Aggressive Progressive on TYT.
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Graham Elwood
Comedian and Host, The Political VigilanteGraham Elwood is a stand-up comic and host of the YouTube show and podcast, The Political Vigilante, where he talks politics from a progressive point of view. He has more than 20 years of experience working comedy clubs, colleges, TV shows, Holiday Inn Lounges, war zones, dive bars, and even the top of a double decker tour bus in Chicago. He’s hosted game shows including Cram (GSN) and Strip Poker (USA), and appeared on Best Bodies Ever (VH1) and The Late Late Show (CBS). Mr. Elwood also starred in the theatrical plays Speed the Plow, Light Sensitive, and Cash Flow, and he co-wrote the one act play Brothers.
Mr. Elwood directed the award winning feature film Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary distributed by Comedy Dynamics and available on iTunes, Google, Amazon and all platforms. He has directed the award winning short Hello Junkie (coming soon to CFN) and the stand-up comedy concert DVD, Graham Elwood: Live from Afghanistan. His first feature film, Laffghanistan: Comedy Down Range, highlights his first trip telling jokes in a war zone.
He is the co-creator of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival with Dave Anthony, Chris Mancini, and Andy Wood and a frequent guest of the Jimmy Dore Show and Aggressive Progressive on TYT.
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