The Lou Perez Podcast: Power Move with Thomas Quiter

On this episode of the podcast I try to persuade disabled award-winning filmmaker and President of⁠The Mobility Independence Foundation⁠, Thomas Quiter, to go to war with Shaquille O’Neal. (That would be a realpower move.) In the meantime, enjoy our conversation and more importantly, check out Thomas’s doc,⁠The Power to Move⁠.
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Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and the author of⁠THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY⁠.You may have seen himon⁠Gutfeld!⁠,⁠FOX News Primetime⁠,⁠One Nation with Brian Kilmeade⁠, and⁠Open to Debate⁠(with Michael Ian Black).
Lou was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel⁠We the Internet TV⁠. During his tenure at WTI, Lou made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in theWall Street Journal: “⁠How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical⁠.’”
As a stand-up comedian, Lou has opened for Rob Schneider, Rich Vos, Jimmy Dore, Dave Smith, and toured the US and Canada with Scott Thompson. Lou has also produced live shows with Colin Quinn, the Icarus Festival, and the Rutherford Comedy Festival.
For years, Lou performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and his comedy duo, Greg and Lou. Greg and Lou is best known for its sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views on YouTube alone.
In addition to producing sketch comedy like⁠Comedy Is Murder⁠, performing stand-up across the country, and writing for⁠The Blaze's Align⁠, Lou is on the advisory board of⁠Heresy Press⁠, a⁠FAIR-in-the-arts fellow⁠, and host of the live debate seriesThe Wrong Takeand⁠The Lou Perez Podcast⁠(which is part of the Lions of Liberty Podcast Network).
How’d Lou start out?
He began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where he was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz.

Lou was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; producedThe Attendantswith Lorne Michaels’s Broadway Video; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV'sImpractical Jokers.

Lou hosted the stand-up showUncle Lou's Safe Placein Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Punching Up Comedy at Freedom Fest, and co-created the political comedy podcastUnsafe Space.
Lou taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
Lou worked with The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression as Communications Manager and later as a producer and consultant. Their video "⁠Taking a Knee in Sports? For what?⁠" was broadcast during a USC vs. Notre Dame football game and was a SILVER ADDY®WINNER at the American Advertising Awards.
Lou is also a brand ambassador for⁠XX-XY Athletics⁠.