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Kemah Bob
Born
Waco, Texas, United States
Occupation(s)Comedian and writer
Years active2018–present
Known forIt's a Sin: After Hours
The Island
Websitehttps://www.kemahbob.com

Kemah Bob is an American comedian from Waco, Texas. She[a] is best known for hosting It's a Sin: After Hours, and co-hosting The Island with Tom Allen and Jason Forbes.

Early and personal life

Bob grew up in Houston, Texas, and went to school in Waco, Texas. She has lived in California and London.[3] Bob's grandfather is Camille Bob.[4]

Bob uses she/they pronouns.[1][2] In an interview with Metro, Bob said "I do identify as a woman, I use she/they pronouns, but there are so many unanswered questions that I don’t feel the need to answer around my own gender identity".[1] Bob is pansexual and queer.[5][6] She has been vocal about her experiences of racism, telling Dave's Just Jokes in 2022 that "there are a lot of places where I don't want to go, won't go, am fortunate to not have to go, okay, and I feel like back to Texas is one of them".[7]

Bob has bipolar disorder, which she was diagnosed with the week of her twentieth birthday after a friend called her mother to complain that the speed of her speech had increased to the point of incomprehensibility. Her mother responded to this by driving four hours from Houston to Waco to perform a wellness check, only for Bob to swear and shout at her, which prompted her to take Bob to the emergency room.[3]

Career

Bob started her comedy career in Los Angeles.[8] She told Dave's Just Jokes in 2022 that she got into comedy after a theatre professor pulled her aside after a class and pointed out how talkative she was in class, but that he enjoyed some of her comments, and suggested that she audition for an improv team.[7] She has cited The Inbetweeners and Skins as her inspiration to move to the UK.[8]

Bob hosts a comedy night and podcast[9] called FOC It Up, featuring comedians of colour who aren't cisgender men.[10] In 2019 she was a finalist in the Funny Women awards.[11] She maintains a drag king persona, Lil' Test Ease, intended as a conservative men's rights activist.[5]

In 2021, she presented It's a Sin: After Hours.[12] Later that year, she worked on the Comedy Central panel show Yesterday, Today and The Day Before, but quit after the first episode 'in solidarity' with fellow comedian Sophie Duker over cuts to Duker's monologue about the conflict between Israel and Palestine.[13][14][15] She co-hosted The Island with Tom Allen and Jason Forbes the following year.[16] She also appeared on two weeks of Richard Osman's House of Games, both times attracting attention for her voice;[17][18] she has also appeared on Don't Hate the Playaz,[19][20] Elephant in the Room,[21] Guessable,[22][23] CelebAbility,[24] Apocalypse Wow,[25] Sorry, I Didn't Know,[26] and Question Team, the latter with a cameo from Lil' Test Ease,[27] as whom she appeared as on Celebrity Karaoke Club: Drag Edition.[5]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2019 Funny Women Funny Women 2019 Finalist [11]
2019 BBC New Comedy Award BBC New Comedy Award 2019 Semi-Finalist [28]

Notes

  1. ^ Bob uses she/they pronouns.[1][2] This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.

References

  1. ^ a b c Griffin, Louise (13 July 2022). "Kemah Bob on why it's essential to create safe spaces for trans people in comedy". Metro. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Kemah Bob". Backyward Comedy Club. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "W.W.K.D. (What Would Kanye Do) - Kemah Bob @ TEDxUAL". YouTube. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Kemah Bob and her brilliantly diverse FOC IT UP! podcast are blowing the doors of comedy wide open". Evening Standard. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Celebrity Karaoke Club - Series other-episodes - Episode 4 - ITVX". ITV. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. ^ Bob, Kemah (11 March 2021). "@kemahbob - Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2023. [...] Very much a Black queer mild girl
  7. ^ a b Just Jokes. Dave. 2 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b Pape, Liam (10 October 2022). "Kemah Bob: 'I get so much bad advice from men who've never done comedy before'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  9. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Femmes of Color launches a comedy podcast : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Kemah Bob: Toxic masculinity and talk therapy have never been sillier". The Guardian. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. ^ a b Bennett, Steve. "Laura Smyth wins Funny Women Award : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  12. ^ "It's A Sin: After Hours". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Comedians Sophie Duker and Kemah Bob quit all-female panel show Yesterday, Today And The Day Before over 'unacceptable interference'". Future Tech Trends. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  14. ^ Guide, British Comedy (27 May 2021). "Comedians quit Yesterday, Today & The Day Before in Palestine protest". British Comedy Guide.
  15. ^ Farber, Alex (27 May 2021). "Comedy Central hosts step down amid censorship row". Broadcast.
  16. ^ "The Island is deserted". Chortle. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Social Media Goes Mad About Comedian's Voice". Beyondthejoke.co.uk. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  18. ^ "BBC House of Games star defended by fans as some threaten to 'switch off'". Birmingham Mail. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  19. ^ https://www.itv.com/watch/dont-hate-the-playaz/2a5935/2a5935a0020
  20. ^ https://www.itv.com/watch/dont-hate-the-playaz/2a5935/2a5935a0023
  21. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Elephant in the Room, Series 2, Episode 5". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  22. ^ British Comedy Guide. "Guessable? Series 2, Episode 2 - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  23. ^ British Comedy Guide. "Guessable? Christmas Special - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  24. ^ https://www.itv.com/watch/iain-stirlings-celebability/2a5129/2a5129a0030
  25. ^ https://www.itv.com/watch/apocalypse-wow/10a0769/10a0769a0006
  26. ^ https://www.itv.com/watch/sorry-i-didnt-know/2a4797/2a4797a0009
  27. ^ "Watch Question Team Series 1 Episode 4 Online". Uktvplay.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  28. ^ "BBC Three - BBC New Comedy Awards, 2019, Semi-Final 2". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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