Laura Swisher
Laura Swisher | |
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 Swisher on Our Place Out Loud by Louise Palanker in 2013 | |
| Occupation | Stand-up comedian |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | www |
Laura Swisher is a stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles, California, best known for her role as co-host of the former TechTV program Unscrewed with Martin Sargent from 2003 to 2004.[1]
Career
[edit]Swisher acted as the comedic sidekick to Martin Sargent on Unscrewed with Martin Sargent, which aired late-nights on TechTV from May 26, 2003, until its cancellation on November 11, 2004. The show was cancelled less than six months after G4 took over TechTV and eliminated much of that channel's programming.
Before moving to San Francisco and joining TechTV, Swisher worked in Los Angeles as a stand-up comedian. She earned TV appearances on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, as well as the first season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2003, in which she was a semi-finalist.[2] In addition to her stand-up work, she appeared as a contestant on the Game Show Network program Russian Roulette in 2002.
Swisher also appeared in the music video "Strange New Element" by the band Low Water. Near the end of the video, she makes an appearance with fellow TechTV personalities, including Cat Schwartz, Morgan Webb, Sarah Lane, Chi-Lan Lieu and Sumi Das.[3]
For two years, from 2005 to 2007, Swisher co-hosted a podcast with comedian Louise Palanker titled Weezy and the Swish, but that show ended in July 2007 due to Laura's increasing lack of involvement in the show after moving to San Francisco.[4] In 2011, she relocated back to Los Angeles.[1]
Swisher has also co-hosted Dailies on ReelzChannel, and has hosted a number of daily and weekly programs for TV.com.
Since 2016, she has been senior producer at Maximum Fun, the radio and podcast production house.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Blogger Profile: Laura Swisher". Blogger. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "About Laura Swisher". Swisherman's Wharf. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "Low Water - Strange New Element". YouTube. May 2, 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Producer Matt Hartley announces end of Weezy and the Swish". Talk it Over Radio. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Laura Swisher". Maximum Fun. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Laura Swisher on Twitter
- Laura Swisher at IMDb
- Swisher's Untitled Blog Project on Blogger (last update 18 July 2011)
- "Weezy and the Swish" (last update 23 January 2011)
- Laura Swisher at MySpace (last update 20 February 2014)
- Laura Swisher Archived 2006-05-06 at the Wayback Machine at Comedy Central[dead link]