Lucas Zelnick On His "Highly-Laffeinated" Tour, Goals & More - "Paltrocast" Exclusive

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Lucas Zelnick is a stand-up comedian who was born and raised -- and remains based -- in New York City, who challenges his cushy upbringing through punch-heavy material. Zelnick's stand-up clips have exploded online, where he has received over 100M views and nearly 700K followers across Instagram and TikTok. In 2022, Zelnick established a strong baseline for himself as a touring comedian, selling out 8 shows at Zanies Chicago. That same year, he appeared in SF Sketchfest and as a guest on Amazon Prime Video’s Sports Talk.

2023 proved to be a breakout year for Lucas Zelnick: he headlined the Netflix Is A Joke Festival, taped a secret set with Don't Tell Comedy, and taped his Comedy Central debut for Season 14 of Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring. For no particular reason, he also holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

This month Lucas Zelnick sets out on a 30+ city stand-up tour as headliner of the first-ever Java Monster Highly-Laffeinated Comedy Tour. The tour launches on August 8th in Brooklyn and will Canada before wrapping on New Year’s Eve in Buffalo. Multi-night show runs are scheduled for Washington, D.C., Dallas, Atlanta, and Boston.

In July 2024, I had the pleasure of speaking with Lucas Zelnick via Zoom, as embedded above and set to air via the Long Beach, New York-based Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz television series. Beyond the Java Monster Highly-Laffeinated Comedy Tour, we discussed his upbringing, how I knew of his family, and career goals for Zelnick.