Talent Profile

Talent Biography

Quick Synopsis:

Rodney Laney’s first book Lighten Up is available now. Laugh Your Past Off! with Rodney Laney’s Prescriptions for Light-Hearted Living!

Rodney Laney has completed pilots for Comedy Central, MTV, and A&E. He has been seen on HBO, FOX News Channel’s Red Eye, The Late Late Show on CBS, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, comedy.tv on the HD channel, and two appearances on Gotham Comedy Live AXSTV. He has appeared at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival Montreal and LOL Lounge TBS Presents A Very Funny Festival: Just for Laughs Chicago. His first CD I Blame The Publik Skool System was released by Comedy Dynamics.

Bio:

RODNEY LANEY was born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey and has always been a comedian. Even as a toddler, he would entertain at family gatherings, most of the time against his will. Years of therapy have helped him recover from these traumatic times. Thanks to Rodney’s school years, school administrators decided corporal punishment was no longer necessary in the school system; they now want capital punishment!

Laney’s comedy career started capriciously while in the Air Force. He was stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio where he accompanied a fellow airman, an amateur comic, to a comedy club. His friend bombed, but Rod took the stage and received thunderous applause. It was instant addiction. For Rodney, it was the stage, for his friend it was… Well, you know. He has executive produced and acted in the feature film Pride & Loyalty, which started as a pay per view release. He played Willie in the comedy “Tinsel Town,” created by Public Defender Pictures, which starred John Palumbo (OZ) and Johnny Williams, (GoodFellas, Honeymoon in Vegas.)

Rodney Laney has completed pilots for Comedy Central, MTV, and A&E. He has been seen on P.Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO, FOX News Channel’s Red Eye, The Late Late Show and Comics Unleashed CBS, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, and the BBC’s The World Stand’s Up, truTV’s The Smoking Gun Presents…, comedy.tv on the HD channel, and two appearances on Gotham Comedy Live AXSTV. He has also appeared at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival Montreal and LOL Lounge TBS Presents A Very Funny Festival: Just for Laughs Chicago.

Determination may be Rodney Laney’s biggest asset; according to his credit report, his only asset. If you want to laugh yourself out of your seat and have a genuinely uplifting experience, Rodney Laney is the ticket. Rodney’s book is humorous and provocative as Laney describes his journey into meditation and spirituality. Lighten Up! A Hilarious Memoir and Guide to Reflective Meditation, published by Post Hill Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster.

Show Description

90 minutes of material; 90 minutes clean, 60 minutes adult