Ralphie May

The heavyweight of standup comedy, Ralphie May is back with his ever so famous and well appreciated standup comedy act this season. Rising to fame back when he ended up being the first runner in a bout between the entire talented stand up comedians, in a reality show named 'Last Comic Standing', broadcasted on NBC; Ralphie May has earned substantial amount of fan following ever since then. Hitting venues after venues and packing house every time he performs, May has and is doing pretty well for himself as a standup comedian, and is cited one of the funniest guys of our time. Although May was not able to win the competition, but he did, however, earned sound amount of exposure through it, and was able to get enough audience to perform in front of, as he covered various comedy clubs nationwide. Combining the hip-hop beefy style with his quit wit and well placed comments, Ralphie May's comedy style has put him amongst some of the finest comedians in the entire country, despite the fact that he did not win the contest.

Born on February 17, 1972, most of Ralphie May's upbringing was done in his birth place of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Back when he was just 16 years of age, he had a tragic car accident, which left him with 105 severed bones. After this catastrophe, May started gaining weight, and at one point of his life, his weight went as up as 800 pounds. Later however, May started losing his immense amount of weight that was followed by a gastric bypass surgery. He further, reportedly lost 27 pounds as he featured himself on a show televised in 2005 named Celebrity Fit Club. Another 100 pounds were put off from his body as he kept on losing weight, even after the conclusion of the show, and still continues to do so. For him his journey as a comedian started back when he was 17 years of age and he took part in a comedy competition, the winner of which would get a chance to open for Sam Kinison. After winning the competition he opened for Sam Kinison with a performances that Kinison himself cited to be the 'funniest thing I have ever seen in my life.'

May married his fellow comedian, Lahna Turner back in 2005 on July 3, and has two children from her; a girl, named April June May and a boy, named August James May. May compiled best of all his acts on one DVD and released his first DVD titled 'Just Correct', which came out on February 10, 2004 from Melee Entertainment. Following the substantial amount of sales and success of the DVD, it has new officially received Platinum status. The content on the DVD received positive reviews overall and is cited to give some of the best laughs that you can get out of a standup comedy act. The DVD also covers his comedy acts, which he did, while on his USO tour to Iraq.

Due to his witty humor, well placed and well timed clever comments, his fame has now crossed borders and has earned fame and success all over the globe. His talent also earned him a role in the hit comedy movies like Gas and For Da Love of Money. Apart from that, he was also positioned as the staff writer of the ESPN program "Mohr Sports" as well as the actor and the producer. May also appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn four times along with 11 appearances that he made on the Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also headlined and guest starred the shows like MTV's Bash, Tough Crowd, Rover's Morning Glory, Opie and Anthony Show, Comic Unleashed, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld, Whoopie and The Man Show. May was also invited as guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he was honored with a standing ovation.

Ralphie May released his second DVD, titled 'Girth of a Nation', back in the fall of 2006. The DVD featured the comedy act that he did back in the April of 2006 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

As of the present moment, Ralphie May is on his nationwide tour hitting various clubs and venues, night after night. Ready yourself for the gags of your life, as May cracks you up with his witty humor on his Live performance in your city. And when it comes to affordable Ralphie May tickets to his live performance, benefit from our hassle free and secure services today!