Bio

He was a Top 5 finalist on the most recent season of Last Comic Standing 2010 and ended his tour this summer. He has also appeared on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, at the New Faces show of the 2009 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, was voted 2008′s Best Local Comedian in the Boston Phoenix, and won the NY’s Funniest Standup Competition in 2009.

A Jewy-ish atheistic vegan who spells the name “Mike” weird (sorry or you’re welcome), Myq enjoys words, social justice, Netflix, and comic books. Also non-comic books, ping-pong, and being great with women. And grammar and run-on sentence fragments. And of course, entertaining his demographic, which is anyone who might know the word “demographic.”

Myq is/was/will be in these things:

“Last Comic Standing,” (http://www NULL.nbc NULL.com/last-comic-standing/) 2010 (finalist)
“Comedy Central Presents,” (http://www NULL.comedycentral NULL.com/shows/comedy_central_presents/index NULL.jhtml) 2010
“The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” (http://www NULL.tonightshowwithconanobrien NULL.com/video/myq_kaplan_%2812/16/09%29/1186242/) 2009
NY’s Funniest Standup Competition (http://www NULL.nycomedyfestival NULL.com/blog/post/23/ny-s-funniest-stand-up-competition), 2009 (winner)
Just For Laughs Comedy Festival (http://www NULL.hahaha NULL.com/en/festival/10/), 2009 (New Faces)
New York Comedy Contest (http://www NULL.thecomedycontest NULL.com/), 2009 (winner)
Caroline’s on Broadway (https://www NULL.carolines NULL.com/)‘s March Comedy Madness (http://www NULL.nytimes NULL.com/2009/03/30/nyregion/30comedians NULL.html), 2009 (winner (http://thecomicscomic NULL.typepad NULL.com/thecomicscomic/2009/04/myq-kaplan-wins-march-comedy-madness-2009 NULL.html))
Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham” (http://www NULL.comedycentral NULL.com/shows/live_at_gotham/index NULL.jhtml), 2008 (featured performer (http://comedians NULL.comedycentral NULL.com/myq-kaplan))
Boston Phoenix “Best of Boston,” (http://thephoenix NULL.com/theBest/Boston/Arts/LocalComedian/) 2008 (Best Local Comedian)
Great American Comedy Festival (http://www NULL.greatamericancomedyfestival NULL.com/), 2008 (featured performer)
Comedy Central’s Open Mic Fight (http://www NULL.comedycentral NULL.com/openmicfight), 2007 (finalist)
Boston Comedy Festival (http://www NULL.bostoncomedyfestival NULL.com), 2007 and 2008 (finalist)
Boston University’s Funniest Student Competition (http://www NULL.bu NULL.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=4&id=37202&template=49), 2005 (winner)
(http://laughingliberally NULL.com/)

Some things people have said about Myq:

Punchline Magazine (http://punchlinemagazine NULL.com/site/myq-kaplan-comic-to-watch-in-2010/)
“Myq Kaplan: Comic to Watch in 2010″

The Comic’s Comic (http://thecomicscomic NULL.typepad NULL.com/thecomicscomic/myq_kaplan/)
“Myq Kaplan blew plenty of minds with his awesomeness, earning multiple applause breaks and the attention of everyone downstairs in the lounge/green room [at his 'Live at Gotham' taping for Comedy Central].”

(http://thecomedians NULL.org/Pages/MAR09/MyqKaplan NULL.asp)

The Huffington Post (http://www NULL.huffingtonpost NULL.com/danny-groner/an-interview-with-ilast-c_b_676507 NULL.html)
“Not only was Kaplan’s material especially funny, it made you think.”

The Comedians (http://thecomedians NULL.org/Pages/MAR09/MyqKaplan NULL.asp)
“Myq Kaplan is a comedy machine, in the best possible way. The way that some machines vend soda or prevent other machines from killing future revolutionaries – that’s how Myq Kaplan does comedy: relentlessly, methodically, unblinkingly.”

The Boston Globe (http://www NULL.boston NULL.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/06/29/micah_and_myq_share_comic_vision/)
“Kaplan, 28, writes some of the best one-liner, qu…
“Kaplan, 28, writes some of the best one-liner,
quick-hit comedy in town.”
–Nick Zaino

TimeOut NY (http://www3 NULL.timeoutny NULL.com/newyork/tonyblog/tag/myq-kaplan/)
“This rising local star is a thinking person’s comic. You’ll have to pay close attention to keep up, but don’t worry, you’ll want to.”

CityPaper Philadelphia (http://www NULL.citypaper NULL.net/blogs/criticalmass/LOL-WITH-IT-Myq-Kaplan-playing-Helium-Comedy-Club-this-weekend NULL.html)
“Every year, Last Comic Standing producers manage to smuggle one or
two comedians who are actually hilarious onto a major network reality
show…This past year, it was Myq (pronounced Mike) Kaplan, who
represented hilarious, gimmick-free, non-demographical joke telling.
And he finished fifth — which is about as well as genuinely funny,
original comedians can usually hope to do on the show.”

Friendly Atheist (http://friendlyatheist NULL.com/2010/08/13/interview-with-last-comic-standings-myq-kaplan/)
“He’s clearly a gifted comedy writer who has a very unique way with words.”

Cliqueclack (http://cliqueclack NULL.com/tv/2010/08/12/many-were-robbed-on-last-comic-standing-but-myq-kaplan-was-robbed-the-hardest-2/)
“The best thing about him though is that I never knew where he was going to lead us… Kaplan was like a boxer, constantly ducking and weaving and then hitting us with something that we didn’t see coming. (Beyond that though, he accomplished the impossible: he talked about being a vegan without making me want to punch him in the face.)”

Punchline Magazine again
“…lightning fast mind…”

Dead-Frog (at Just For Laughs in Montreal) (http://www NULL.dead-frog NULL.com/blog/entry/new_faces/)
“Later at New Faces 1, first-up Myq Kaplan stole the show early with fast-paced language-play that tackled religion, technology, the dubious legacy of ‘Final Destination’ and begged for repeat listens.”

The Somerville News (http://somervillenews NULL.typepad NULL.com/the_somerville_news/2006/06/off_the_shelf_b_2 NULL.html)
“Myq Kaplan, a fresh-faced, wisecracking Boston University undergrad, had a subversive, cerebral wit that poked fun at popularly accepted notions.”–Doug Holder

Brown Daily Jolt
“Myq is one of the wittiest and most wry comedians around.”–Toby Muresianu

Daily Free Press
“…one of the most intelligent and high-brow come…
“…one of the most intelligent and high-brow comedians in the Boston scene…”–Dan Klein

www.seattlecomedy.net
“Myq is a small man with a big creative talent for…
“Myq is a small man with a big creative talent for taking a simple idea and spinning into a wonderfully funny and complicated mess. This is a compliment…He’s got the right combination of edge, confidence and vulnerability–and he uses that to get across some excellent material.”
–Peter Greyy

Ipswich Rotary Calendar
“[Myq Kaplan's] stand-up includes humor-based folk…
“…will make your stomach hurt from laughter.”
–Ipswich Rotary Calendar

http://monkz.livejournal.com/
“Kaplan had tears-in-my-eyes comedy.”
…
“Kaplan had tears-in-my-eyes comedy.”

(http://www NULL.dead-frog NULL.com/blog/entry/nyucf_letterman_auditions/#comments)