Comedian Elliott Threatt
Comedian Elliott Threatt is a 30 plus year veteran stand up corporate comedian. Comedian Elliott Threatt has performed with most of the top legends in the world of comedy and our clients love him.
Corporate Comedian Elliott Threatt was the youngest boy of 4 children. His parents were very active in the early civil rights movement. James Threatt, Elliott’s father, was one of the first black elected officials in the state of New Jersey and the nation.A young Elliott watched the likes of great Jackie Robinson, tennis pioneer Arthur Ashe and noted poet Langston Hughes visit his home for dinner. One week before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King sat at the Threatt dinner table. “Over the years I watched as my father made public speeches, using his humor and wit to defuse tense situations.” states Elliott.
Finishing high school in Kansas City, Corporate Comedian Elliott Threatt accepted a tennis scholarship to play for the University of Missouri. He started stand-up comedy in his first year of college and was soon hooked. Hooked so bad that the next year he quit tennis to concentrate all his free time on comedy.
His early comedy partners included Sinbad, Dennis Miller, Louie Anderson and the late Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison. After college Corporate Comedian Elliott Threatt moved to Los Angeles and began show casing the Improvisation and Comedy Store. He was a regular and house EMCEE at the famed Ice House in Pasadena. At the age of 22 Corporate Comedian Elliott Threatt became a national touring headliner. He was runner up for Ellen DeGeneres in the Showtime’s Funniest in America Contest.
After several years in L.A he moved back to Kansas City to host a local TV variety show on the FOX affiliate. That is when he met his wife Katheryn who he now has 3 children with. Corporate Comedian Elliott Threatt continues to headline around the country, hosted his own radio show, appearing on shows such as A&E Comedy on the road, Comedy Club Network and HBO Comic Relief. Corporate Comedian Elliott Threatt’s routine is perfect for Corporate Event Entertainment where you need a clean corporate comedian.
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