My style of comedy has been compared to that of Steven Wright. I have a dry wit and deadpan delivery that is unique and draws people in. I am all about joking about what I know in my own personal way.
1 review
Charles H.
February 20, 2026Delightfully awkward and deadpan. A refreshing change from the high powered male dominated comedy I'm used to. I love her style and her wit. I LOVE her cat jokes! Book her today!
Hired as: Stand-Up Comedian
Melina Best Comedy
Thank you, Charlie! I certainly am a unique gem, if I may say so myself.
Price range: Contact for rates
Languages: English
Gig length: 15 - 45 minutes
Melina Best performs sharp, deadpan comedy with a deceptively calm delivery. Her material dissects family, relationships, and modern life with surgical precision, allowing tension to build before releasing it in unexpected, cutting turns. Understated on the surface, her humor rewards attention — the laugh often landing a beat after you realize how deep it went.
Melina Best is a Portland-based comedian whose deadpan delivery and slow-burn punchlines reward patient audiences. Her stage presence is calm — almost suspiciously calm — until the joke settles in and hits a beat later.
A former theatre kid turned observational over-thinker, she writes about family, love, cats and the strange social contracts we all pretend make sense, blending subtlety with a quiet edge. She has performed in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New Jersey, and Alaska, proving that low energy can, in fact, travel.
Stephen Wright, Tig Notaro, Taylor Tomlinson, Marc Maron, Kumail Ali Nanjiani, Trevor Noah.
Stage, mic, PA system
Stand-Up Comedian
