In two thousand 12, i was a new face. Went to canada, did great, crushed it, got an agent, got a manager,. lydy and ir texting, she's geeking out. Me. She's so proud. The next day she killed herself. So what do you do with that? Suddenly, the this career and all these, you know, we talk about these insular worlds of college and law schoolnd a t v show. I thought comedies my world. And then lydia did that. Her mental illness got that bad that you're like, oh, i don't care at all. This world doesn't matter. It gets ugly in
Acclaimed comic, Adam Cayton-Holland, has appeared on Conan, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central Presents, @midnight, and was named one of Esquire’s “25 Comics to Watch,” as well as one of “10 Comics to Watch” by Variety. Along with his cohorts in The Grawlix, he created, wrote and starred in “Those Who Can’t,” which aired for three seasons on truTV. His albums, “I Don’t Know If I Happy,” “Backyards,” and “Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits,” (voted one of Vulture’s Top Ten Albums of 2018) are all available on iTunes, and his writing has appeared in Village Voice, Spin, The A.V. Club, The New York Times, Esquire and The Atlantic. His first book, Tragedy Plus Time, (https://amzn.to/2VFJXdp) shares the moving story of his ascension into the world of comedy as his sister descended into mental illness and how he moved through that devastating moment of life.
You can find Adam Cayton-Holland at: Website: http://www.adamcaytonholland.com/ |Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caytonholland/
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