About
Amy Schumer is an American stand-up comedian known for appearing in the reality television show Last Comic Standing and for starring in the Comedy Central sketch comedy television show Inside Amy Schumer.
Career
On April 10th, 1992, the American musical drama film Newsies was released, in which Schumer appears as an extra dressed as a boy. On June 1st, 2004, Schumer performed stand-up comedy for the first time at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. On June 29th, 2007, Schumer appeared in an episode of the Comedy Central stand-up comedy television show Live at Gotham. That same month, Schumer was a contestant on the NBC stand-up comedy reality television series Last Comic Standing. On April 25th, 2011, Schumer released her debut stand-up comedy album Cutting. On April 18th, 2012, Schumer’s comedy special Mostly Sex Stuff was aired on Comedy Central (shown below).
On April 30th, 2013, Schumer’s sketch comedy show Inside Amy Schumer premiered on Comedy Central (shown below, left). In May 2014, Schumer began filming a comedy film with costar Bill Hader titled Trainwreck, set for release in July 2015 (shown below, right).
Online History
On September 19th, 2011, Schumer delivered a joke about deceased stunt performer Ryan Dunn during the Comedy Central Roast of actor Charlie Sheen, which received a significant backlash online from Dunn’s fans (shown below).[5]
On July 1st, 2013, Schumer participated in an “ask me anything” (AMA) on the /r/IAmA[4] subreddit, which gained over 2,500 votes (79% upvoted) and 2,000 comments prior to being archived. On the following day, BuzzFeed[3] published a listicle featuring “10 Incredibly True Facts” about Amy Schumer. On May 5th, 2014, Thought Catalog[6] published an article titled “Wait A Second, Did Amy Schumer Rape a Guy?,” which discussed a monologue in which Schumer confessed to having sex with a drunk man at college who repeatedly fell asleep mid-coitus. On November 13th, Schumer appeared on comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” (shown below).[1]
During Time Magazine’s Time 100 gala event on April 21st, 2015, Schumer was photographed falling in front of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian while walking down the red carpet (shown below). On April 24th, BuzzFeed[2] published another listicle titled “19 Times Amy Schumer Perfectly Summed Up Being A Woman,” featuring image macros and animated GIFs of the comedian.
Social Media Presence
As of April 2015, Schumer has more than 1.08 million Twitter[7] followers, 507,000 Facebook[8] likes and 333,000 Instagram[9] followers.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – Amy Schumer
[2]BuzzFeed – 19 Times Amy Schumer Perfectly Summed Up Being A Woman
[3]BuzzFeed – 10 Incredibly True Facts About Amy Schumer
[4]Reddit – I am comedian Amy Schumer
[5]Laughspin – Amy Schumer on her Steve-O, Ryan Dunn roast joke
[6]Thought Catalog – Wait A Second, Did Amy Schumer Rape a Guy?
[7]Twitter – @amyschumer
[8]Facebook – Amy Schumer
[9]Instagram – @amyschumer