Hooked Entertainment Comedy Series - Jessimae Peluso & Leo Flowers

Jessimae Peluso - Life at a Glance

Comedian, podcast host, and Alzheimer’s advocate, Jessimae Peluso has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, Getting Doug with High, Lights Out with David Spade, MTV’s Girl Code and Safe Word, TBS’s Deal With It, VH1's Hip-Hop Squares, FOX's Funniest Fails, NBC’s Last Call w/ Carson Daly, E!’s Chelsea Lately, multiple appearances on Comedy Central’s late great @Midnight, TruTV’s Comedy Knockout ... and your local news.  She can be heard weekly hosting The Sharp Tongue Podcast – as well as a guest on all of the top podcasts that you love listening to so much. Catch your girl LIVE every Wednesday on her IG and FB Live show Happy Weedsday" – an interactive broadcast for her fans that raises awareness and charity for the Alzheimer’s Disease. An important cause for Jessimae as her father passed away from Alzheimer’s in October 2018.   Jessimae has toured with the USO, bringing her high energy and fun comedy to our troops stationed in Japan, Iraq, Bahrain, and Afghanistan.    John Stamos has also tweeted, “Who are you?” in response to Jessimae’s numerous online marriage proposals.   For all things Jessimae go to jessimae.com

A bit about special guest Leo Flowers -

A Chicago native, stand-up comedian, former Div-I college athlete, with a Masters in Counseling/Psychology, Leo Flowers combines his education and experience into his Stand Up comedy & on his Suicide prevention podcast, "Before You Kill Yourself," which has over 100,000 downloads! It's insightful, heartwarming and intensely funny. He interviews other mental health experts, comedians and best-selling book authors as they destigmatize mental health and teach you how to thrive.

His comedy has been described as “smooth and deliberate.” No two shows are ever alike, as he’s always attacking the issues of the day and revealing personal anecdotes. Infusing stand-up with storytelling, Flowers captivates audiences of all demographics.

Leo Flowers appeared on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, was a runner-up in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, and was a finalist in the 2011 Stand Up for Diversity competition. Most recently he’s appeared on Comedy Central’s “This Week At the Cellar.”