Host

Karen Hunter

New Jersey native Karen Hunter is a change agent, influencer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, professor, New York Times best-selling author, and host of the popular “Karen Hunter Show” on Sirius XM Urban View Ch. 126.  The KHS airs live M-F 3-6p ET to a nationwide audience that reaches 3M+ subscribers.

The KHS show regularly features A-listers in politics, entertainment, sports, music, business, and academia–but on Fridays, the comedians take over! Some of the funniest people on the planet have been a part of Foolishness Friday on the Karen Hunter Show and now you can see it live. Laugh along with the panel of special and surprise guests and comics as they break down hot topics, play audience games, and hold a raucous Q&A.

Foolishness Friday Live! is the broadcast experience of the Karen Hunter Show, wrapped inside of a hilarious stand-up comedy show.

Featuring

Dante Nero

Dante Nero is a comedian, born and bred in Brooklyn, New York. A trained martial artist, Nero dabbled in various fields before turning to comedy. He earned a fencing scholarship to SUNY New Paltz, before working for a phone company and serving as a bouncer and an exotic dancer. He co-hosted The Black Phillip Show with Patrice O’Neal, a relationship advice show on Sirius XM Radio. Dante has appeared on The Opie & Anthony Channel, Hot 97, and Chappelle’s Show. An accomplished actor, Dante has appeared on Z Rock on IFC, Damages on FX, and the popular series Fringe on FOX. Dante has performed at all of the New York comedy spots: The Stand, Comedy Cellar, Stand Up NY, Comic Strip Live, Gotham Comedy Club, and Caroline’s on Broadway.

Lamont King

Lamont King’s clever yet conversational style on stage as a stand-up comedian wins his audiences over. His skill at improvising, celebrity impressions, and original characters make for a hilarious mix of thought-provoking observational comedy and side-splitting act outs. Lamont’s style is very unique. He can switch in and out of deadpan one-liners to hilarious storytelling.

He has made numerous TV appearances on SpikeTV, Comedy Central, BET, Starz, and the CW.

As a writer, he was a joke writer for the Rickey Smiley TV show, and wrote and performed sketch comedy as a member of the National Lampoon’s Lemmings sketch comedy troupe. He was a writer for the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show and has written for comedians George Wallace, Bruce Bruce, and J. Anthony Brown.

He now is a weekly contributor on the SiriusXM Karen Hunter Show on Urban View Ch. 126.