Orlando Baxter exploded onto the Boston comedy scene in 2005, and was quickly established as one of the areas hottest young comics. His fresh perspective and unique relatability soon made this former high school teacher a fan favourite and led to a string of finalist positions in a host of contests and festivals all over the world including NBC’s ‘Stand Up for Diversity’, Boston Comedy Festival, Montreux Comedy Festival, Johannesburg International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Turku Comedy Festival, and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Orlando currently tours across the country performing at clubs, colleges and festivals at home and overseas. In 2016, Orlando made his late night TV debut on the Conan show on TBS. And since then he's appeared on television shows like "Comedy Up Late" in Australia, B.E.T.'s "50 Central", Laff Mobb's Laff Track on Tru TV and TBN's Mike Huckabee show. His DryBar comedy special “Glorified Baby Sitter” has over 2.5 Million views on YouTube and 5.5 Million views on Facebook.
Orlando has just released his self-produced special “Live From South High” on YouTube. In this special, Orlando returns to the high school where he both attended and taught. We talked about the special and how he got discovered by Conan O’Brien’s talent coordinator.
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