Pete Lee

Pete Lee was the first standup comedian to get a standing ovation on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and it resulted in him appearing on the show three times in the last year This happened after Jimmy personally attended one of Petes live shows in NYC and immediately invited him on the show Petes joyful humor comes from his Midwestern roots Raised in Janesville WI by divorced parents and a 19inch television he was destined to pursue a career in entertainment In 2005 Pete flew to New York to make his television debut on Comedy Centrals Premium Blend and the taping went so well that he decided to move to NYC Soon after moving to NYC he was selected to perform at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal where he was voted a standout performer In 2008 Pete made his network television debut performing on NBCs Last Comic Standing finishing as a semifinalist That same year he made his television acting debut on the CBS Soap Opera As The World Turns At the end of 2008 he shot his own Comedy Central Half Hour Special which earned him a cult following at comedy clubs and the opportunity to perform over the next ten years at 500 colleges across the country In 2010 Pete began producing and editing his own shows for the Internet which led to getting his own web show on MSNcom called New York Minute30 His web shows attracted the attention of television talent scouts and in 2012 he was hired to be a writer and cast member on FUSE TVs Video on Trial and the NFL Networks Top 10s In 2013 Pete was hired as a cast member on VH1s Best Week Ever where he was a writer and cast member for three seasons That same year he made his late night television debut on CBSs Late Show with David Letterman Currently Pete is a cast member of TruTVs Greatest Ever and he hosts his own segment on Nickelodeons Nick Toons in coordination with the NFL called NFL Rush Hes also a regular on TruTVs Comedy Knockout and Comedy Centrals Roast Battle Additionally showing off his writing versatility he was hired by the Duck Dynasty folks to be a writerproducer and he helped develop the hit Duck Dynasty spinoff Going Siral He also starred in a documentary titled I Need You to Kill that is now available on iTunes and Amazon Most recently Pete became a writercast member on the hit show This Week at the Comedy Cellar on Comedy Central where he can be seen every Friday night at 11pm ET Pete just moved to Los Angeles California and he launched a new podcast titled Snugglestorm mostly as a vehicle to sit down with LA comics and make new friends in California But hell be visiting his old New York friends often because Jimmy Fallon officially named him a regular on The Tonight Show