Alonzo Bodden in Chicago, 10 December 2026

About Alonzo Bodden

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.

Bodden has been making audiences laugh for more than three decades, and his talk and late-night guest spots include The Talk, Sherri, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.

In his Dry Bar Comedy special How Do You Spell Moth? he finds the ridiculous in everyday life, from dumb questions to taking selfies with wild animals. Away from stand-up he brings his improvisational style to music: he is a favorite on jazz cruises and has hosted the Capital Jazz Festival.

Stand-up specials

Who's Paying Attention, Historically Incorrect, Heavy Lightweight, Stupid Don't Get Tired and 1 more

Podcasts and books

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, America's Worst Driver and 14 more