Alonzo Bodden
Stand-up comedian

Alonzo Bodden

Who Alonzo Bodden is

Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, the winner of the third season of NBC's Last Comic Standing and a regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! His break came at the New Faces of Comedy showcase at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, and his specials include Who's Paying Attention (Showtime, 2011), Historically Incorrect (Showtime, 2016), Heavy Lightweight, Stupid Don't Get Tired and the Dry Bar Comedy special How Do You Spell Moth? A car and motorcycle enthusiast, he hosted Speed Channel's 101 Cars You Must Drive, often joins Jay Leno on Leno's Garage, and has appeared on CBS's Ghosts, ABC's Dr. Ken and Fresh Off the Boat, and in Bringing Down the House and Scary Movie 4. He headlines Punch Line Houston from 5 to 7 November 2026, the Comedy Mothership in Austin from 13 to 15 November, and Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal Oak, Michigan, from 7 January 2027.

At a glance

Stand-up specials
Who's Paying Attention, Historically Incorrect, Heavy Lightweight and 2 more
Podcasts
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and Who's Paying Attention
On screen
Last Comic Standing, Mind of a Man, 101 Cars You Must Drive and 10 more
Next on stage
13 November 2026 — Comedy Mothership, Austin, TX
Official site
alonzobodden.com ↗

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

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Questions about Alonzo Bodden

Where is Alonzo Bodden performing next?

Friday 13 November 2026, 7:00 PM at Comedy Mothership, Austin, TX, then 4 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Who's Paying Attention, Historically Incorrect, Heavy Lightweight, Stupid Don't Get Tired and How Do You Spell Moth?.

What podcast do they host?

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and Who's Paying Attention.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Last Comic Standing, Mind of a Man, 101 Cars You Must Drive, America's Worst Driver, Jay Leno's Garage and Ghosts, among 13 credits.

Who are some comedians like them?

Sheng Wang (also in Fresh Off the Boat), Gianmarco Soresi (also on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!), James Austin Johnson (also in Ghosts), Jay Leno (also in Jay Leno's Garage) and Josh Gondelman (also on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 6 October 2026 · the record checked 6 October 2026