In this week’s episode of Whiskey Ginger, Andrew Santino sits down with Adam Ray to chat about beginning comedy careers together 15 years ago, his mom’s BAT’s, Justin Bieber stories, getting belittled at day jobs and dives deep into their childhood trauma.
Recently seen on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Netflix film Game Over Man, from the creators of Workaholics. He recently wrapped production on a season of Arrested Development for Netflix, as well as season 2 of American Vandal, also for Netflix.
He can be seen in the Jennifer Lopez comedy Second Act, and on the HBO show Ballers. He was also a cast member in the reboot of the sketch comedy show Return of the Mac. Ray is known for his work opposite Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in Paul Feig’s buddy cop comedy The Heat. He was also featured in Paul Feig’s Spy and last summer’s reboot of Ghostbusters, in which he voiced the iconic character of Slimer and played a supporting role as well. He co-hosted the comedy game show Separation Anxiety on TBS and has guest-starred on 2 Broke Girls, Workaholics, Silicon Valley, and @Midnight.
He has written for MTV’s Punk’d, Devine’s House Party, and the reboot of Mystery Science Theater. Ray’s stand-up has been featured on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, as well as Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central. He is a regular on The Carolla Podcast but also co-hosts the popular About Last Night podcast. His hilarious sketches, which have garnered over 30 million views on YouTube and Funny Or Die, can be viewed at adamraycomedy.com.
