Gordon Baker-Bone

Up and coming comedian Baker-Bone always knew he was funny. Telling jokes and things was just something he was good at. But he never took it seriously until one day he was put to the test.

“I was a freshman in college and I was taking a public speaking class and my professor told me he would give me an A if I went and did standup comedy. My professor is the main reason I became a comedian.” Sounds like a difficult task but while talking with Baker-Bone, his vibrant personality and wit told me one thing: he definitely got an A on that assignment. The 28 year-old comic has been doing comedy for 5 years now. Like other comedians, Bone grew up watching comedy. “I used to stay up all night and watch the Kings of Comedy until I went to sleep,” said Bone. “I just couldn’t get enough of it.” His influences are Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle. Baker says his style is that of Dave Chappelle. “I love his young and witty uniqueness and that’s how I am.”

The Newark, New Jersey native does shows all along the east coast including his home state, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. He has even done shows in Las Vegas. His busy schedule includes doing college shows doing sketches with his group Defective Clones. Not only is Baker-Bone a standup comedian, he also works as youth counselor so when asked would he like to do something for the kids, Baker-Bone says that it could possibly be in his future.

For most comedians, their dream would be to be in movies and on television. That is something that Baker-Bone wants to do but he also confessed that he has a love for writing and within the next five years, Baker says he would love to do some writing for television comedies or even for the long running show Saturday Night Live. “I love to write. I write my own material so I would love to bring my skills to television or to the big screen.”

It’s apparent that comedians like Baker Bone want to conquer more in the world of comedy than just stand-up which actually shows how talented he really is. And sometimes showing your talents off may be hard but hopefully you will have a professor that gives you that one extra push. This time it won’t be for a grade. It will be a push towards your dreams. - Latham Entertainment

Up and coming comedian Baker-Bone always knew he was funny. Telling jokes and things was just something he was good at. But he never took it seriously until one day he was put to the test.

“I was a freshman in college and I was taking a public speaking class and my professor told me he would give me an A if I went and did standup comedy. My professor is the main reason I became a comedian.” Sounds like a difficult task but while talking with Baker-Bone, his vibrant personality and wit told me one thing: he definitely got an A on that assignment. The 28 year-old comic has been doing comedy for 5 years now. Like other comedians, Bone grew up watching comedy. “I used to stay up all night and watch the Kings of Comedy until I went to sleep,” said Bone. “I just couldn’t get enough of it.” His influences are Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle. Baker says his style is that of Dave Chappelle. “I love his young and witty uniqueness and that’s how I am.”

The Newark, New Jersey native does shows all along the east coast including his home state, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. He has even done shows in Las Vegas. His busy schedule includes doing college shows doing sketches with his group Defective Clones. Not only is Baker-Bone a standup comedian, he also works as youth counselor so when asked would he like to do something for the kids, Baker-Bone says that it could possibly be in his future.

For most comedians, their dream would be to be in movies and on television. That is something that Baker-Bone wants to do but he also confessed that he has a love for writing and within the next five years, Baker says he would love to do some writing for television comedies or even for the long running show Saturday Night Live. “I love to write. I write my own material so I would love to bring my skills to television or to the big screen.”

It’s apparent that comedians like Baker Bone want to conquer more in the world of comedy than just stand-up which actually shows how talented he really is. And sometimes showing your talents off may be hard but hopefully you will have a professor that gives you that one extra push. This time it won’t be for a grade. It will be a push towards your dreams. - Latham Entertainment

The Champ is here - NJ Monthly Magazine

The Champ is here - NJ Monthly Magazine

Kel Mithchell & Baker Bone - The Signal: The College of New Jersey

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, FDU became the laugh factory of Madison, N.J., as it hosted the New Jersey Comedy Festival. On this night, six fellow students became comedians for five minutes in a contest to figure out who would go on to the finals to become the king or queen of comedy.
To kick off the show, the audience was introduced to comedian TJ Del Reno who joked about our new president, NJ Transit and his own voice, among other topics.
After Del Reno was Mike Caruso who decided to take on the role of a nerd and win over the ladies with his smooth talk. Caruso was hilarious. Next was Gordon Baker-Bone, who talked about our newly elected president, Barack Obama, and how he can’t hide being black. Baker-Bone was also very entertaining.
Then there was Shamia Casiano, whose routine focused on the fact that she’s not ghetto, that she can dance and she can’t do dances from hit songs like “Crank That” by Soulja Boy and the two step. Her jokes were carefully planned and also very witty.
Then the performers took a little break so Del Reno could chat up the audience some more. After Del Reno, Christine Tirrell talked about when she came out, how her family reacted and first dates. She was very comical.
Then Sabrina Noel came up and spoke of her freshman year at FDU, among other topics.
Finally, we saw Aaron Gage talk about being Jewish and being in relationships. He was very amusing.
As the judges convened over the contestants, the audience got to hear some more hilarious stories from Del Reno, including his picture day in school and his hilarious experience in Times Square for New Year’s.
After some time, Dennis Hedlund, creator and executive producer of the New Jersey Comedy Festival, went up on stage and announced that Caruso, Baker-Bone and Gage were the winners.
Caitlin Regan, FPC’s campus relations chairwoman and senior at FDU, enjoyed the event and was happy with the turnout since they had over 100 people come out for the contest. She said that the performers were awesome and she was really happy that the audience responded well to them. She can’t wait to work with Hedlund again and is hopeful of hosting the event next year.
According to Hedlund, he brought about the festival for two reasons: to help college students become comedians and to also help out his son, Derek. He stated that he wanted students to get the feeling of being up on stage as a comedian.
He said that they’ll have new-found respect for comedians because it’s very tough to do, even though they’re only on stage for five minutes.
He also wanted his son to “see the inside of various colleges throughout the state. And most importantly, to meet and talk with the students from the various schools to see what New Jersey college he liked best to attend.” Both reasons are very noble ones to begin this festival.
LISA ARPINO
Staff Writer - The Metro: The Voice of the College of Florham