New Jersey native Jim Norton is a nationally-touring comedian and best-selling author who can be heard weekday mornings on the Opie & Anthony radio show. The show, which is listened to by millions of devoted fans each day, airs on both CBS and XM radio networks.
Jim is currently performing his unique stand-up to sold-out crowds across the country. His diverse audience is hoping to experience what Judi Brown of the Aspen Comedy Festival calls “brutal honesty” comedy. Judi also described Jim as “refreshing in a business where a lot of people are phony.”
Jim’s first book, HAPPY ENDINGS: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch was published in July and is currently in stores. The New York Times best-seller, is a collection of Jim’s personal journal entries, raunchy sex stories, embarrassing star sightings, and pathetic childhood memories. Simon & Schuster recently signed Jim to write a second book titled Why I Hate Your Guts. The book will be published in Fall/Winter 2008.
On television, Jim was most recently seen in Monster Rain, his one-hour HBO stand-up show. The hilarious special is now available on HBO On Demand and in stores nationwide. Jim also starred in the HBO’s Lucky Louie, as well as in Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He has performed on The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman, had a half-hour special on HBO’s One Night Stand, and has been featured on both Jimmy Kimmel Live and Last Call with Carson Daly.
In addition to radio, books, TV and touring, Jim has released two CD’s of his stand-up comedy: 2002’s Yellow Discipline and 2003’s Trinkets I Own Made From Gorilla Hands.
Jim’s first inkling of becoming a comedian came at age 12 when he saw Richard Pryor’s special Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. He wound up in rehab at 17, dropped out of high school the next year, then started signing up for open-mic nights at local bars at 21. Often pegged as an ‘angry comic’ because of his raunchy brand of humor, Jim argues the only labels in comedy that truly matter are ‘funny,’ ‘original,’ and ‘hack.’
