Ian Karmel

Jul 2, 2024 | newspub.live | Ian Karmel

Comedy writer Ian Karmel spent most of his life making fun of his weight, starting at a very young age. “Being a kid is terrifying — and if you can be the funny fat kid, at least that’s a role,” Karmel says. “To me, that was better than being the fat kid who wasn’t funny, who’s being sad over in the corner, even if that was how I was actually feeling a lot of the time.”For Karmel, the jokes and insults didn’t stop with adolescence.

Jun 12, 2024 | player.fm | Ian Karmel

Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four year ...

Jun 11, 2024 | msn.com | Ian Karmel |Alisa Karmel

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Jun 11, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ian Karmel |Alisa Karmel

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."WHEN YOU'RE A big fat stand-up comedian, you quickly figure out that audiences want to hear you talk about how you’re a big fat stand-up comedian. They’ll laugh about other stuff, but they want the fat jokes. They’re at the circus; they want to see the elephants. I like dignity, but not half as much as I like attention, so I happily obliged. I built a ca­reer on fat jokes.

Jun 10, 2024 | thedailybeast.com | Ian Karmel

In this exclusive excerpt from his new memoir "T-Shirt Swim Club," comedian Ian Karmel writes about the pop culture caricatures that haunted his childhood. The below is an excerpt from T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People by Ian Karmel (and Alysa Karmel, PsyD), available now. I still remember when I first saw Fat Bastard waddle onto the screen in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. It was in the Regal Cinemas off 185th on opening night, June 8, 1999.