Jeff Ahern

Los Angeles, CA

$600-3000

Travels up to 200 miles

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Autastic

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Standing Ovation for Autastic!

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Warming Up MTV!

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Warm up for MTV's Copy Cats

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Doing Standup

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Television Warmup Comic

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Warming up Dr. Drew

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Warming up the Late, Late Show with James Corden.

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Warm up for Oh Sit

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Warm up for The Chase

Overview

I have 30 plus years of experience doing standup and audience warm up. However, it wasn't until now that I really feel like my comedy makes a difference. In 2011 my son was diagnosed with Autism. My show, Autastic is about his journey through it. It is both comedic and real and has won numerous awards including best writing at a recent festival in Hollywood. You will laugh, you will cry and I hope you will leave better than you came in. Anything is possible if you believe and through laughter we can heal the pain and lessen the stigma. Q and A after for us all to help each other.


Reviews

6 reviews

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Stephanie A.

February 29, 2024
Verified review

Corporate Retirement Party

Jeff was very communicative leading up to the event and did a great job entertaining the crowd. Nothing but positive feedback was received from the party goers.

Thanks for a great job Jeff!

Hired as: Corporate Comedian


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Andrea E.

June 18, 2023

Funniest Guy Around!

Jeff is hilarious!!! He was the best part of my dad’s birthday extravaganza! Plus, he’s conservative…not easy to find here in CA 😂 He engaged with a lot of the guests and made everyone laugh their heads off. Thanks Jeff!!!

Hired as: Corporate Comedian


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Alyssa F.

September 11, 2017
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Prompt, Professional, and Fun!

We had a great experience with Jeff as our Emcee/Auctioneer. He was really professional and funny! Even though it was a really small event (my husband's brithday party with our close friends), Jeff treated us like we were a major client. We spoke a couple days before the party and planned out timing and a few other things; I could tell when he arrived that he had prepped and taken our whole conversation to heart. It was a small event in our backyard at home, and I didn't have anything prepared as far as sound; so he offered to bring his portable PA system so he could have a mic! Everyone there had such an amazing time; and my husband and I were relieved that we didn't have to worry about auctioneering our own event, and we could sit back and be involved with the fun!

Hired as: Auctioneer, Comedian, Emcee


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Aracely T.

January 4, 2017

Jeff Ahern Actually Is Funny

Jeff won over a tough crowd with his stand up performance! He kept the audience engaged and laughing. He was professional to correspond with and he arrived early the night of the performance. I would use him again for future events.

Hired as: Comedian


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Stephanie L.

July 5, 2016

Wedding Reception 4-16-2016

We used Jeff for our wedding reception and we would recommend him to others! He met with us before the wedding and got acquainted with us. We got to tell him our story and how we want the reception to go. He arrived the day of the wedding and was in formal attire, we were impressed with his appearance and how professional he was. Jeff was great with the crowd, he was funny, and our guests loved him! Definitely will be using him again for any future events!

Hired as: Emcee

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Booking information

Price range: $600-3000

Gig length: 30 - 180 minutes

Unions: SAG-AFTRA

What to expect

As soon as I get the microphone in my hand my goal is to be engaging. Whether that tone is serious of humorous is up to my client. I pride myself on coming up with great ideas and concepts. Then executing them with ease and professionalism. Let me make your next event something special.

About

My name is Jeff Ahern. I am a professional Comedian and Emcee. I have over 20 years in the industry with television, commercial and writing credits. I was a member of the world Famous Second City and voted the funniest comic in Chicago by the New City newspaper. My credits include Showtime at the Apollo, Comic View, Jimmy Kimmel and the Next Big Star. I have writing credits with both the Tonight Show and Us Weekly where I was a member of the Fashion Police for seven years. I have hosted the Taste of Chicago for two years and even emceed for speakers like Dr Kenneth Blanchard and Rudy Ruettiger. The most important thing to me is keeping the audience happy and engaged. I have a great deal of experience in this because I have been a professional warm up comic for the last 5 years. I have done shows for Nickelodeon, Game Show Network, Tru TV, Bravo and the Food Channel. I also do speeches as fake experts. My last one was as an efficiency Expert for SoCalGas.

Additional booking notes

I just need a microphone and an audience.

Past booked events

August 2025

25

Monday

Corporate Event

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Monrovia, CA

February 2024

27

Tuesday

Retirement Party

12:30pm - 1:00pm

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

September 2017

09

Saturday

Birthday (Adult)

5:00pm - 7:00pm

San Marcos, CA

December 2016

16

Friday

Holiday Party (Christmas)

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Orange County, CA

Set list

Varies by Client.

Influences and inspiration

My favorite comedian was George Carlin. But I also enjoy motivational speakers as well. Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, and Anthony Robbins to name a few.

Setup requirements

Microphone

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