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Adam Ruben is a Jew from Delaware. You can imagine all the comic material he gleans from this rich upbringing.
Instead, he is renowned for his observational humor, his cheerful yet cynical take on the hypocrisies of daily life. Whether he's ranting about Inspector Gadget's libido or the grammatical nuances of the future indicative, Adam combines intellect with wit and just the right degree of whininess. Jerry Seinfeld himself once described Adam's comedy as "leave me alone" and "how did you get my phone number?".
Adam has also written numerous plays, short stories, comic articles, musicals, and a screenplay and is a writer for National Lampoon. Many of his plays have been performed on college campuses, and a few have toured nationally. His stand-up accolades include second place in the Pittsburgh Funny Bone's World Series of Comedy, second place in the Jewish Week's Funniest Jewish Comic Contest, and first place at the D.C. Improv's 4th Open Mic Competition. In his other life, Adam recently finished his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins University, where he was also a Lecturer in the English Department; he is currently working on a malaria vaccine with a biotech company called Sanaria. Please don't hold this against him.
Adam also appears as a recurring guest expert on "Food Detectives" on the Food Network, which recently completed its second season, where he and host Ted Allen ("Queer Eye," "Top Chef," "Chopped") debunk food myths. Apparently the Ph.D. qualifies him as an expert on the five-second rule of dropped food.
Adam has appeared with John Pinette, Greg Giraldo, Kathleen Madigan, Sue Murphy, Brett Leake, Jake Johannsen, George Wallace, Jim Gaffigan, ANT, Ty Barnett, Tony Woods, Bob Sommerby, Mickey Cucchiella, Freddie Roman, Dan Ahdoot, Jeff Caldwell, "Coach" Tom Whitely, Raymond the Amish Comic, Bob Levy, the comics of Dane Cook's "Tourgasm," and many others.
His first book, "Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School," will be published by Broadway Books in April 2010.
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