Jimmy Failla is an American stand-up comedian, TV Pundit, Author, and Host of the syndicated "Fox Acrosss America with Jimmy Failla," which airs 12-3 Monday-Friday on Fox News Radio and streams on Fox Nation, Radio.Com and TuneIn. The show is also available as a podcast on iTunes.
Early life and beginnings of career
Failla was raised in Levittown, New York where he attended Division Avenue High School before taking his talents to the esteemed "Nassau Community College." A former New York City cab driver, Failla was named Outstanding Male Comedian of the year at the 2014 New York City Nightlife Awards. His one hour standup special, "State Of The Union," is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. He has also made multiple standup appearances on AXS TV's "Gotham Comedy Live." He played himself on "The Jim Gaffigan Show" on TV LAND. In addition he appears regularly on Kennedy on the Fox Business Channel as well as "America's Newsroom," and has made multiple appearances on "The Greg Gutfeld Show," "The Ingraham Angle," "Watters World," and "The Story with Marth MacCallum." He has also appeared on Strange Inheritance: Unpacked as well as Redeye on Fox News. He has served as spokesman for the Flipps Mobile App. In addition, he is the head writer for A-List Comedy, a national comedy service that supplies topical humor and audio sketches to over two hundred radio stations.
Professional career
Stand-up
Failla's first professional shows took place at Times Square's Ha! Comedy Club and Caroline's on Broadway. He has appeared three times On Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV and was also the celebrity monologue writer for the show, providing joke monologues for the likes of William Shatner, Pamela Anderson, and Gary Dell'Abate. His one hour standup special, "State Of The Union," is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
Snakes in a Cab
Jimmy Failla, along with award-winning playwright, Dean Imperial, created the viral YouTube video "Snakes in A Cab," which caused a media frenzy, and was featured in the NY Post, the Huffington Post, TMZ, TIME, and People Magazine, among others. The video got Failla a lot of hate mail from special interest groups, namely the animal rights organization, PETA. The reactions of the passengers are completely unscripted, and were asked to sign a release after the prank took place. The video was released to promote Failla's first book, Follow That Car! A Cabbie's Guide To Conquering Fears, Achieving Dreams, And Finding A Public Restroom.
Television
Failla appears regularly on Kennedy on Fox Business and also makes appearances on Redeye on Fox News as well as Strange Inheritance Unpacked. In addition he has appeared on ESPN's Dream Job, The Today Show, BBC America's Richard Hammond's Crash Course, AXS Television's Gotham Comedy Live, and Season 8 of NBC's America's Got Talent. Failla's AGT appearance ended in controversy after he asked to be cut from the program in an open letter to producers, a development that became the lead story on Page Six of the NY Post. The fallout had to do with an un-aired portion of Failla's first round audition in which Judge Mel B deemed one of his jokes "racist" only to have the crowd stage a revolt on his behalf. Despite Mel's protests, judges Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel voted him on to the Las Vegas round, setting off a wild celebration at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Although that set never aired, it was covered by over 100 news outlets, including TMZ, Perez Hilton, and CBS's The Talk. The incident also resurfaced on the Howard Stern Show later that summer when comic Lisa Lampanelli criticized Mel B and voiced her support of Failla.
Writing
Failla is the head writer for A-List Comedy, a national Comedy service that supplies topical jokes and audio sketches to over 200 radio stations a day. In March 2014, Big Top Press published his first book, Follow That Car! A Cabbie's Guide To Conquering Fears, Achieving Dreams, And Finding A Public Restroom. It was the very first book for Big Top Press, the publishing startup founded by broadcaster Charles Osgood, host of CBS Sunday Morning and The Osgood File. The book was also released as a 48-character audiobook under the directorship of Dean Imperial and the sound editing of Grammy Award Winner Lance Neal. Failla has also written for Maxim Magazine and The Huffington Post's original comedy site, 23/6. In addition, he's served as a resident host at Stupid Ass Questions.com
Radio
In March of 2020, Failla was named host of the syndicated "Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla." The guest list features a wide array of comedians and newsmakers such as Jim Gaffigan, Kennedy, Lou Dobbs, Lara Trump, Harris Faulkner, Donald Trump Jr, Emily Compagno, Donna Brazile, Eric Trump, Juan Williams, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Nick DiPalo, Dave Landau, Jessica Tarlov and MORE. In June 2006 he made the first of countless appearances on Sirius XM's Maxim Radio. He's also appeared on The Covino and Rich Show and The Lisa Lampanelli Show on Howard 101. In September 2010 he began co-hosting a critically acclaimed comedy podcast called The Specialists with international comedy giant Lee Camp and three-time Bunkenheimer Award Winner Kenneth Wood. The show racked over a hundred thousand listeners that fall after gaining a reputation for irreverent 30-second sketches and A-List guests, including Paul ProvenzaMo Rocca and John Fugelsang. In January 2011 the show was rebranded as Off The Meter with Jimmy Failla and they incorporated multi-media star Ophira Eisenberg as another full-time co-host. Eisenberg's tenure lasted six months before leaving to host her own show on NPR, Ask Me Another.
