Elayne Boosler

Comedian, writer and animal activist Elayne Boosler is best known for her thoughtful and feisty political humor, and her love of baseball and animals, all sharing a big part of her act. For 40 years, she seemingly has appeared on every talk show ever on TV, has produced and written five one-hour Showtime comedy specials, written and directed two movies for Cinemax, appeared on Comic Relief for years, on Politically Incorrect over 30 times, and has hosted specials, series and events. She has done lots of baseball color commentary, and she has sung the National Anthem and/or thrown out a first pitch, many times for many teams.

In 1985 she financed her own comedy special “Party of One” (and no, she had no credit cards) when the cable networks would not let a female standup have a special. The success of that show blew open the gates of TV for female comedians. She recently spent years sitting in for Stephanie on Stephanie Miller’s syndicated radio show, and hosted the game show Balderdash for NBC in 2005-2006. She has traveled the world doing standup from Las Vegas to colleges to the London Palladium to the White House Press Correspondent’s Dinner for President Clinton, to clubs and theaters everywhere. She has performed for the Queen of England as well as the President and Congress at Ford’s Theater. She moderated the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate on C-Span for NOW, and is very active in animal protection issues. In 2012 she performed for the US troops all throughout the Middle East and Africa. In 2013, she wrote and narrated a piece for piano, cello, clarinet and comedian, called "Rescue – A True Story.” It made its world premiere with the Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra on October 6th. She has written for TV, print and film.

Elayne has been involved in hands-on animal rescue and advocacy since 1996, and in 2001 founded, and runs, her own nationwide and beyond, all-species animal rescue and advocacy non-profit organization, (Elayne Boosler’s) Tails of Joy. Tails of Joy has saved thousands of animals, made life better for thousands more, and advocates for better treatment of all animals throughout the world.

Elayne appears on any show where comedy, politics and/or animal issues come together, and she was a regular on Current TV’s Viewpoint with John Fugelsang throughout 2013. She does scores of animal rescue benefits each year and is back on the road with a new standup show.

Her fashion philosophy: “If you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty”.