Megan Gailey
Who Megan Gailey is
Megan Gailey is a stand-up comedian and writer who was one of the New Faces at Montreal's Just For Laughs in 2015 and has performed on Conan and @midnight and in her own Comedy Central half-hour special. She made her stand-up debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 5 November 2019, soon after her first album, My Dad Paid for This, came out on aspecialthing records.
She has been a featured performer at SXSW and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and wrote for the ESPYS in 2017 and 2018, and in 2026 she released the album Live from My Driveway on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Her tracks were played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy and Raw Comedy channels from 2021 to 2024, among them Uncles vs Aunts, from Just For Laughs 2019, one of the channel's most-played tracks in November 2024.
At a glance
- Stand-up specials
- Comedy Central half-hour special
- Albums
- My Dad Paid for This and Live from My Driveway
- On screen
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, @midnight and 1 more
On stage
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Specials, shows and podcasts
Stand-up specials
- Comedy Central half-hour special
Albums
- My Dad Paid for This aspecialthing records, 2019
- Live from My Driveway 800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2026
On screen
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2019
- Conan
- @midnight Comedy Central
- The ESPYS writer, 2017 and 2018
Comedians like Megan Gailey
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Dan St. Germain also in @midnight
- Sean Patton also in @midnight
- Avery Pearson also in The ESPYs
- Adam Cayton-Holland also in @midnight
- Brendon Walsh also in @midnight
- Sean Donnelly also in @midnight
Career timeline
- 2017The ESPYS (writer, 2017 and 2018) On screen
- 2019The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2019) On screen
- 2019My Dad Paid for This (aspecialthing records, 2019) Album
- 2026Live from My Driveway (800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2026) Album
Questions and answers
Where is Megan Gailey performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Comedy Central half-hour special.
What TV shows and films are they in?
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, @midnight and The ESPYS.
Who are some comedians like them?
Dan St. Germain (also in @midnight), Sean Patton (also in @midnight), Avery Pearson (also in The ESPYs), Adam Cayton-Holland (also in @midnight) and Brendon Walsh (also in @midnight).
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.
Sources
- Aspecialthing records · astrecords.com ↗ Performed on The Conan O'Brien Show and @Midnight; a Comedy Central Half Hour Special; the 2015 New Faces show at the Just For Laughs Festival; a featured…
- CelebrityAccess - Comedian Megan Gailey debuts on The Tonight Show ↗ 6 November 2019: on Tuesday she made her stand-up debut on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; her first comedy album My Dad Paid for This; she sold a…
- Vulture - Just For Laughs Chooses Its 2015 New Faces ↗ July 2015: New Faces of Comedy: Unrepped - Megan Gailey among them (as of 8 October 2026)
- Apple Music catalogue ↗ My Dad Paid for This (1 November 2019, (P) aspecialthing records; tracks include Super and Sacks in the City); Live from My Driveway (3 April 2026, (P) 800…
- Wikimedia Commons - Megan Gailey at Art You Can Laugh At ↗ Megan Gailey at the Art You Can Laugh At event in 2013 (Kurman Communications, CC BY-SA 2.0); the photo (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist - Raw Dog Comedy recent plays (Internet Archive capture, 12 June 2021) ↗ Super, Megan Gailey, played on Raw Dog Comedy on 12 June 2021 (20:37 UTC), linked there to Apple's album My Dad Paid for This (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist - Raw Comedy most played (Internet Archive capture, 5 November 2024) ↗ Uncles vs Aunts, Megan Gailey, among Raw Comedy's most-played tracks, 6 plays; the capture of 22 November 2024 shows Sacks in the City played that day (as of…
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026