I have felt like a fish-out-of-water in every pond. Luckily, I found comedy. Now I can make the litany of life-choices that made me a pathologically-unemployable, single Jewish father of a mildly precocious, borderline anti-semitic daughter, living in The South seem funny!
As a 46th birthday present to myself, I decided to try Stand Up Comedy for the first time. I assumed I would suck, and it would never have to happen again. Unfortunately, I did okay. Someone, somewhere, called me “The Midlife Comic,” and I’ve been addicted to the stage ever since.
I’ve performed at The Comedy Store, Rooster T Feathers and The Comedy Zone and I’ve performed with internationally headlining comics like Sean Patton, Andy Hendrickson, Matthew Broussard, Spanky Brown, Julie Scoggins, Janet Williams and Sid Davis.
Now I host/produce my own shows of my own, including a combination showcase/talk show called, Talk About Funny and an all-Jewish comedy showcase called, Not Quite Kosher Comedy. In my spare time I interview comedians and civilians for my passion podcast, Learning To Fail.
I’m happy to have the opportunity to do what I love. I only wish it hadn’t taken me so long to figure out what that was! I’ve never felt so at home as I do on stage. Come to a show sometime! I’d love to see you!!
Jason Scholder’s fish-out-of-water comedy mines the litany of life choices that made him a pathologically unemployable, single Jewish father, of a precocious young daughter, living in The South. This “Midlife Comic” started Stand Up Comedy as a 46th birthday present to himself, and has since performed at The Comedy Store, Rooster T Feathers, The Blue Ridge Comedy Club and multiple Comedy Zones. Jason was selected into the North Carolina Comedy Festival and Queen City Comedy Experience. Jason has hosted and produced numerous monthly comedy shows, including his original comedy showcase/talkshow, “Talk About Funny” as well as a podcast called “Learning To Fail.” He’s opened for Josh Wolf, Jon Reep, Orlando Baxter & Ritch Shydner.