Comedian Craig Conant stars on our latest episode of Checkitow

We have an exciting new episode of our segment Checkitow, featuring a hilarious guest, Craig Conant! Craig is an up-and-coming stand-up comedian from Los Angeles, and he’s joining us to share his journey and experiences in comedy.

Who Is Craig Conant?

Craig Conant is a rising star in the Los Angeles comedy scene, known for his distinctive comedic voice and relatable humor. Born and raised in LA, Craig grew up in a diverse household with a Mexican mother and a white father, around a lot of baseball and illegal fireworks. From a young age, Craig showed a natural talent for making people laugh, which eventually led him to pursue stand-up comedy full-time.

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Craig’s career quickly took off as he began sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in comedy, such as Dave Chappelle, Chris D’Elia, and David Spade, earning him a reputation as a standout performer. Craig is a regular at some of LA’s most famous comedy venues, including The Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, and The Improv, where he continues to perfect his craft and develop new material, and he is currently traveling the whole country with his The Woopsie Daisy Tour, ending in December.

In addition to his live performances, Craig has also worked in voice acting, such as the character Skeet William Cole in the animated series Court Ordered. Craig has appeared on MTV’s Next and Greatest Party Story Ever Told, as well as the prestigious “Just For Laughs” Comedy Festival. He also has a hugely successful podcast called “Community Service,” which focuses on the bad events in life and how they hopefully inspire you to change for the better… or not.

Watch a brand-new episode of Checkitow, featuring comedian Craig Conant

In this episode, Craig talks about his recent rise in stand-up comedy, his viral videos, and what it’s like growing up in a half-Mexican, half-white family.

He shared some insights about his grandparents who immigrated from Mexico in the 1940s, mentioning how they had to adapt to a different culture and place:

“When my grandparents came here from Mexico, it was very racist so they tried to hide. You hide it. You’re white. They were proud to be Mexican, but it was just a different time. They came like in the forties. And yeah, we got whitewashed. My grandparents were from Chihuahua and Mexico City, and my mom was born here, first-generation American, and I’m second-generation. But I look like a pinche gringo.”

Craig also shared some laughs about the differences between his Mexican and white sides of the family:

“I make fun of it and I hate it because it is almost this stereotypical shi*. But my white side, golf scholarships, and my Mexican side, we got like seven gangsters from LA. Not all, there’s everything. They are teardrop gangsters. I was the funny cousin, it’s in my act, it’s true stuff. They think I’m crazy because I do stand up and I’m like ‘fool, you get into shootouts’.”

Go check out the latest episode of Checkitow with Craig Conant on your local TV Channel listing for LATV, download the Digital App, or watch online from your desktop or laptop. You won’t want to miss it!

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