Best known as the Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchor, comedian Colin Jost tells The New York Times Magazine that he garnishes his comedy recipe with a sprinkling of “This guy knows what I’m talkin’ about!” Jost is an award-winning writer, comedian, and actor whose comedy finds its mark in the hearts and minds of audiences, leaving them gasping for air between jokes. He may have an innocent baby face, but Colin Jost can throw comedic zingers as hard (and inappropriate) as the most seasoned comic around! The Harvard Graduate and Peabody Award winner is one of the funniest writers, actors and comedians around today.
After joining Saturday Night Live in 2005, Jost quickly moved up the ranks becoming the NBC sketch show's head writer and then replacing Seth Meyer as co-Anchor of the coveted “Weekend Update’ skit. You can catch Colin Jost at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Friday, July 22nd at 8 p.m. with special guest Mike Recine as part of the Clark Construction Comedy Series. Visit 850 Wood Fired Restaurant for dinner the night of the show and enjoy a FREE draft beer with your entree when you show your tickets! Media sponsor for this show is 99.1fm WPLR.
Colin Jost names Norm Macdonald as a primary influence for his "Update" anchor work and stand up, as McDonald’s tone was the one Jost grew up with in high school. As a standup comedian, Colin has appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as well as on TBS and HBO. He was selected as a "New Face" at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival in 2009, and has since appeared several times at the Chicago Just For Laughs festival (2011, 2012) and the Montreal festival (2010, 2012).