Paula Bel
Who Paula Bel is
Paula Bel is a stand-up comedian who started out in San Francisco and was performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno six years into her career. One of the first comics at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, she went on to a development deal with the Warner Bros. network, has headlined clubs across the United States, is a favourite in Europe and has toured with the USO. Her television credits include The View, NBC's Friday Night, Showtime's Full Frontal Comedy and The Nasty Show Vol.
II, Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny, Comics Unleashed and Nickelodeon, and she has acted in Baskets with Zach Galifianakis. Her album America's Sweetheart came out on Uproar Entertainment in 2012, and her track School Teachers, from Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny, was played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in October 2022.
At a glance
- Stand-up specials
- Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny and The Nasty Show Vol. II
- Albums
- America's Sweetheart
- On screen
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The View, Friday Night and 3 more
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
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Specials, shows and podcasts
Stand-up specials
- Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny Hulu
- The Nasty Show Vol. II Showtime
Albums
- America's Sweetheart Uproar Entertainment, 2012
On screen
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC
- The View
- Friday Night NBC
- Full Frontal Comedy Showtime
- Comics Unleashed
- Baskets with Zach Galifianakis
Comedians like Paula Bel
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.
- Kathleen Madigan also in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Michael Palascak also in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Gina Brillon also in The View
- Joy Behar also in The View
- Louie Anderson also in Baskets
- Martha Kelly also in Baskets
- Modi Rosenfeld also in Friday Night
- Rosie O'Donnell also in The View
Questions and answers
Where is Paula Bel performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny and The Nasty Show Vol. II.
What TV shows and films are they in?
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The View, Friday Night, Full Frontal Comedy, Comics Unleashed and Baskets.
Who are some comedians like them?
Kathleen Madigan (also in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), Michael Palascak (also in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), Gina Brillon (also in The View), Joy Behar (also in The View) and Louie Anderson (also in Baskets).
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
- The Laugh Factory (bio) ↗ Headlining in clubs across the country, a favored performer in Europe, toured with the USO; six years into her stand up career she performed on The Tonight…
- Improv · improv.com ↗ Baskets with Zach Galifianakis; Showtime's Nasty Show Vol. II; Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny on Hulu; The Tonight Show, The View, Showtime's Full Frontal…
- Apple Music catalogue ↗ America's Sweetheart (15 May 2012, (P) Uproar Entertainment); her set on Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny (6 December 2019, (P) Comedy Dynamics; track…
- xmplaylist - Raw Dog Comedy recent plays (Internet Archive capture, 1 October 2022) ↗ School Teachers, Paula Bel, played on Raw Dog Comedy on 1 October 2022 (00:39 UTC), linked there to Apple's Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny (as of 8…
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026