BIO
Comedian Neil Rubenstein is a burly, tattooed guy who plays against type; kind, cerebral, but still casually mentions past illegal activities (running a poker room, owning a brothel, etc.) the way one might reference a Renaissance Lit course you took in college.
Accolades & Awards
2nd Place - 2017 Long Island Laugh Off at Governor's
Finalist - 2017 San Diego Comedy Festival - Clean Competition (Comedy Palace)
Semi Finalist - 2017 World Series of Comedy Las Vegas Satellite
Quarter Finalist - 2017 World Series of Comedy Main Event
Semi Finalist - 2018 World Series of Comedy Sacramento Satellite (Laughs Unlimited)
Semi Finalist - 2018 World Series of Comedy Sarasota Satellite (McCurdy’s)
1st Place - 2018 World Series of Comedy Pittsburgh Satellite (Slapsticks)
1st Place - 2018 World Series of Comedy Boston Satellite (Laugh Boston)
Semi Finalist - 2018 Last Comix Standing at Mohegan Sun
Quarter Finalist - 2018 World Series of Comedy Main Event
3rd Place - 2019 World Series of Comedy Myrtle Beach Satellite (Comedy Cabana)
1st Place - 2019 World Series of Comedy Wichita Satellite (Loony Bin)
2nd Place - 2020 World Series of Comedy Bloomington Minneapolis (House of Comedy)
2020 Caroline’s March Madness
2020 Last Comix Standing at Mohegan Sun
3rd Place - 2021 World Series of Comedy Atlanta Satellite (The Punchline)
2nd Place - 2022 OKC Battle Royale - Bricktown Comedy Club
2023 - Live Nation’s Adjacent Fest - Atlantic City, NJ
2023 - Accepted Sno Jam Festival - Sioux Falls, SD
2023 - Accepted West End Comedy Festival - Atlanta, GA
1st Place - 2023 World Series of Comedy Louisville Satellite
2023 Martin House Finalist
2023 - Headlined Laugh Out Loveland Comedy Fest
2024 - Fest 22 - Gainesville, FL
Opened For Leah Bonnema, Adrienne Iappalucci, Hari Kondabolu, Sean Donnely, Carmen Lynch
Toured with Chelcie Lynn / Trailer Trash Tammy - Nov 2021
Toured with Motion City Soundtrack - June/July & September 2022
Toured with Ben Bailey - Oct through Dec 2023
Frequently Opens for Liz Miele & Ashley Gavin
Frequently Opens for Taking Back Sunday & Bayside
Radio & Podcast Appearances
SiriusXM #127 Tell Me Everything w/ John Fugelsang
SiriusXM #99 Celebrate w/ Sean Donnelly
Compound Media’s Mornin’ Show w/ Bill Schulz & Joanna Nosuchinsky
Adult Babies w/ Brendan Ryan
Gov’s Radio Put Up, Shut Up & Stand Up
Gov’s Radio Knock ‘Em Dead Comedy
Featured on No Echo Dot Net, Alternative Press, & Medium.
Featured in Where Are Your Boys Tonight by Chris Payne
Ashley Gavin’s We’re Having Gay Sex
Troublemakers Podcast
Two Week Notice Podcast Ep. #160
100 Words Or Less Podcast - April 24, 2024
SIRIUSXM #103 The Jim And Sam Show
“Not enough tattoos.” - Liz Miele, Comics Watching Comics, Season 8
TV & Film Appearances
Casino Cinema (Spike TV)
Taking Back Sunday #TAYF10 Live From Starland Ballroom (AXS TV)
Threat by Matt Pizzolo (Black Mask Studios)
Flight of The Conchords (HBO)
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin (Comedy Central)
Sopranos (HBO)
Girls (HBO)
30 Rock (NBC)
The Mentalist (CBS)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Poker Face by Dennis Widmyer (Pet Sematary, Scream TV Series)
Comics Watching Comics (Amazon)
"Neil, your reviews are simultaneously the most boring and funniest things. I don't know how you did that, but there it is." - Jesse Sneddon, Actor & Comedian
“Pretty sure there was a yawn into a casual “So, what are you doing?” to the audience in the middle of the review.” - Facebook Commenter
“Your Really Boring.” - YouTube Commenter
