Hampton Yount

Hampton Yount (/jĘŚnt/, rhyming with "blunt"; born June 14, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.

Hampton Yount
Yount in 2012
Born (1984-06-14) June 14, 1984
Virginia, U.S.
OccupationComedian, writer, actor
Websitehttp://www.hamptonyount.com/

Yount was born in Virginia. From 2004 to 2012, he and his brother Clay produced a webcomic, Rob and Elliot, for the Boxcar Comics collective.[1] He first performed stand-up comedy in Blacksburg and Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles.[2] [3]

His first experience in television was as a consulting producer and performer on MTV's Ridiculousness. Yount has been featured on Conan, Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central's The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.

Yount has been featured on a number of comedy podcasts including Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes[4] and Doug Benson's Getting Doug with High. Yount received his own half-hour Comedy Central special in 2015.[5]

Hampton co-hosts the podcast Suicide Buddies[6] with comedian Dave Ross, where they talk about a historical suicide, depression, his cat, 9-11, 420 & Christmas.

In 2015, Yount was selected by Joel Hodgson to provide the voice of Crow T. Robot on the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000 Netflix series.[7] Yount's selection came at the recommendation of new host Jonah Ray.[8] The role was previously played by Trace Beaulieu and Bill Corbett.

References
  1. Rob and Elliot: A webcomic updated Mondays and Fridays
  2. Isaac Kozell (August 22, 2015). "Hampton Yount Gets It Together". Vulture. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. "5 QUESTIONS WITH HAMPTON YOUNT". First Order Historians. August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. "You Made It Weird #74: Hampton Yount". Nerdist. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. Isaac Kozell (August 22, 2015). "Hampton Yount Gets It Together". Vulture. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  6. https://starburns.audio/podcasts/suicide-buddies/
  7. Mike Cecchini (December 12, 2015). "MST3K Reboot News: 14 Episodes Funded, Full Details Here". Den of Geek. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  8. https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/felicia-day-baron-vaughn-and-hampton-yount-join-the-mst3k-reboot.html


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