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Will Durst

Biography

As the sacred cows routinely paint targets on their foreheads practically begging for someone to puncture their pomposity, America cries out for a man with the aim, strength, and style to hit them where it hurts the funniest. Will Durst is that man. Sweeping both sides of the aisle with a quiver full of arrows dipped in common sense, Durst transcends party ties, having performed at events honoring former Presidents Bill Clinton and George HW Bush as well as acclaimed appearances at both a Mayors Convention and Governors Conference.

A Midwestern baby boomer with a media- induced identity crisis, Durst, according to the New York Times is “quite possibly the best political satirist working in the country today.” This equal opportunity offender is exceptionally adept at swatting both partisan political piñatas upside their heads.

Although a prolific writer, he professes little need for material, having it regularly delivered at 7:00 a.m. every morning in the five papers he reads daily. Busier than a blind squirrel neck deep in an almond sorting warehouse, Durst is a regular commentator for audible.com, Air America, CNN and NPR, writes a nationally syndicated op- ed column, daily website jokes—yet still finds time to perform hundredss of comedy shows every year—at clubs, corporate events, theaters and benefits…not to mention the occasional acting and voice-over role.

Reigning as C-SPAN’s favorite comic (8 appearances,) Durst is a 5-time Emmy nominee and recipient of 7 consecutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up of the Year. He is the first comic invited to perform at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the first American to be nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the show “Myth America.” He has racked up more than 400 television appearances in 14 different countries while slinging jokes around the globe in his one man crusade to make people laugh out loud on purpose against their will. Hobbies include the never-ending quest for the perfect cheeseburger, while his heroes remain the same as when he was twelve—Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny.

Will Durst’s performances are made possible by the First Amendment.

Politics

DateTitle
01/28/2012 14:40:04High on the Mainstream Embankment
01/21/2012 10:49:23Barack H. Obama 2012 State of the Union Drinking Game
01/14/2012 11:56:21Southern Fried Vultures
12/31/2011 10:56:45Frequently Asked Questions About the Iowa Caucuses
12/24/2011 11:52:54WILL DUR$T’$ 2011 XMA$ GIFT WI$H LI$T
12/17/2011 10:57:05Weasel Boy versus Plastic Man
12/10/2011 14:07:10The Top Ten Comedic News Stories of 2011
12/03/2011 14:51:42Whack- A- Pol
11/19/2011 15:14:47Turkey Holocaust Day 2011
11/13/2011 13:15:27Grope and Change
11/06/2011 08:34:43The Delta of Denial
10/31/2011 08:47:59I Know Nothing
10/30/2011 15:38:54Wearing My Debate Fatigues
02/07/2011 12:12:07Denial on de Nile
01/01/2011 11:56:40Will Durst’s Predictions for the Year 2011
12/28/2010 08:56:44Will Durst’$ 2010 XMA$ WI$H LI$T
12/19/2010 09:36:55The top ten comedic news stories of the first decade of the 21st century
12/13/2010 11:22:36The Top Ten Comedic News Stories of 2010
12/05/2010 08:52:21Top Ten Christmas Gifts for Wall street Fat Cats
11/28/2010 08:35:33Don’t Taze My Junk, Bro
11/21/2010 07:56:45Thanksgivings of Yore
11/14/2010 08:22:57Decisions Decided by the Deciding Decider
11/08/2010 10:34:40Not a Post Apocalyptic Wrap-up
10/31/2010 07:41:46Don’t Vote
10/24/2010 08:31:22Helen Keller's Mushrooms
10/18/2010 12:22:45Don't Got Milk
10/10/2010 11:03:51Best Generic Speech Ever
10/03/2010 07:46:16Pixie Dust Blues
09/27/2010 09:40:22She's in the Attic
09/19/2010 08:09:32Man oh man, I’m mad
09/11/2010 19:21:13To doom or not to doom
09/04/2010 08:58:49Happy Labor Day
08/28/2010 19:26:54Creed Cred
08/21/2010 18:17:13Mosquerade Party
08/15/2010 07:47:44Swamp Drainage Detritus
08/07/2010 14:22:14Flag Raising Robester
08/01/2010 07:00:42Spa Spangled Bog
07/19/2010 12:14:05Screw You Kiss Me
07/09/2010 10:48:52World Cup Frenzyless
07/02/2010 21:45:43Dead Solid Summer
06/26/2010 07:03:06Vampire Nation
06/21/2010 11:25:01Politics as Usual Exponential Factor Four
06/13/2010 06:41:38Cowboy Down
06/07/2010 10:35:07The Bright Side of the BP Oil Spill
05/29/2010 17:34:53The Third Gulf War
05/22/2010 06:15:12The Secret Weapon
05/15/2010 08:39:16Manhattan Flannel
05/07/2010 22:30:34Brainless Pinheads
05/03/2010 13:30:28Earth Attacks
04/24/2010 12:50:50Sloppy Pool of Tizzy in the Gobi Desert
04/19/2010 08:56:41Loose Nukes
04/03/2010 12:57:58Nice Miracle: May We Have Another?
03/27/2010 06:52:28Watching Sausages
03/14/2010 07:43:30Kooky Kabuki Terrain
03/06/2010 12:49:50Oh Canada... eh
03/01/2010 11:34:51What They Say- What They Mean: Health Care Reform
02/15/2010 14:54:42The Original Palm Pilot
02/06/2010 15:35:40My Two Cents
02/01/2010 11:18:31Obama, Year- One: A Report Card

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every time i swear i won't watch anymore. they pull me back in. The GOP Soap Opera. http://t.co/mOLY6x8e

Friday, 03 February 2012 16:50

Mitt Romney was worried his message he’s not concerned about poor people wasn’t sufficiently affirmed, so he today he hugged Donald Trump.

Thursday, 02 February 2012 13:55

Mitt Romney is not concerned about “the very poor.” The problem is, his definition of them consists of anybody without two live- in maids.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 19:44

One of Romney’s problems is he looks more like Gordon Gekko than Michael Douglas. Go on Mitt. Say it. “Greed is good.” Feel better now?

Monday, 30 January 2012 16:00

tired of talk about the mainstream. yeah, me too. http://t.co/kHkCpANQ

Friday, 27 January 2012 14:41

Every politician who vows to make English our official language should first agree to sell his or her services solely to American lobbyists.

Friday, 27 January 2012 13:34

Glad we’re not in Florida. Lot of mud being flung. Hot mud. Some stuff that doesn’t smell like mud. Hot mud with kernels of corn in it.

Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:59

The SOTU is good but not great. Been great. Will be again. But not if we fall back into bad old policies from the past. Wink. WInk.

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 19:31

If Bain Capital took over Mitt Romney’s campaign right now, they’d sell it off for parts. And the 5 boys would end up in clone research.

Monday, 23 January 2012 21:11

the 2012 barack obama state of the union drinking game. a guaranteed good time. http://t.co/k1LtSoFq

Friday, 20 January 2012 13:45

 

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