May 1, 2019
Robert Dean was named a "New Face" at Just For Laughs Montreal, 2018 and was the subject of “Inside Jokes” a Documentary Series available now on Amazon Prime. In the past, he has been named one of Comedy Central “Comics to Watch” at the 2014 New York Comedy Festival. He returned to the NYCF in 2017 to record his first stand-up album (It's Not Easy) Being Dean, which was released earlier this year on Sure Thing Records. Robert has been featured on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, WNYC's 2 Dope Queens podcast, and on Nick Vatterott’s Comedy Central Half Hour as Sexy Abraham Lincoln Lobster Man (a costume that was prominently displayed at The Robert Dean Museum, a comedy event he produced in 2017). Robert has performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, the Woodstock Comedy Festival and the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, and on the most renowned shows, venues, and clubs around the country. His work has been seen and written about in numerous media outlets, including Paste Magazine, Uproxx, News Channel 12, Time Out NY, and the Huffington Post.
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