Jennifer Gable Wants Your Attention—And She’s Earned It
From rabbi ovations to airborne punchlines, this comedy queen stays sober, savage, and spectacularly unbothered.
Jennifer Gable didn’t just stumble into comedy—she danced, skated, and violin-soloed her way there. Raised in Alexandria, VA as an only child, she lost her father in 2009 and soon traded the East Coast for Los Angeles. Originally chasing an acting dream, she studied the stage through high school theater, ballet, and ice skating competitions. But LA had other plans: “None haunt me,” she says of her 1,000+ sets. “I’ve always been very good at shutting down drunk hecklers. Because they’re drunk, I’m not, and I’m holding the microphone.”Watch her wield it like a weapon.
Ranked #154 on Vulture’s Top 1000 Comedians of 2020, she jokes, “Most people don’t get attention now unless they’re being canceled or dating Pete Davidson.” Gable earned her spot not through controversy but sheer hustle—hitting stages in LA, NYC, London, Vegas, and every basement bar in between.
She’s sober. Her special is called 6 Drink Minimum. “If I was drinking still, I’d always have to have at least 6 drinks. Because I’m an alcoholic,” she says, unfazed. It’s not just a punchline—it’s survival. Produced independently and released through Comedy Dynamics, the special is a raw, clever takedown of club culture and coping.Stream it on Amazon. Or listen on Comedy Dynamics.
Before she found her voice, she tried law, real estate, and even directed Anton Yelchin in Broken Horses. But nothing stuck like stand-up. “There’s one about getting fingered at a Shabbat dinner… It got a standing ovation—from a rabbi. Just kidding. That didn’t happen.”But you can believe what you see here.
Comedy came with a side of chaos. She’s been on Kill Tony, Comics Watching Comics on Amazon, FunnyorDie, Sirius XM, and the Discovery Channel. She’s taped pilots you’ll never see. One even led to an invite from a Comedy Central producer to audition for Drunk History. “Some comics try to intimidate you,” she recalls of early green room run-ins. “I’m like, bro, we’re in a strip mall with a vending machine green room. Relax.”Her IMDb is a treasure chest of receipts.
Opening for Bonnie McFarlane showed her what true reps looked like. “I learned repetition kills anxiety. I don’t even get green-room sweats anymore. Just mild armpit regret.” These days she headliners clubs from Portland to Pennsylvania, from The Stand to The Improv.Follow the schedule and buy tickets before they’re gone.
Her early days weren’t all triumph. “Technically I bombed once—at an open mic in Hollywood where a drunk wannabe comic berated me. So yeah. Hollywood.” But even then, the spark was there. From Comedy Store competitions to London stages, her style evolved. “I used to do tight bits. Now I tell long stories. Like emotional TED Talks with punchlines.”
And she’s not slowing down. “I love attention. Even the mean kind. Honestly, remote fame is kind of perfect. I don’t have to wear pants.” Hence her podcast, The Attention Harlot.Stream it on Spotify.
Jennifer splits her time between LA and NYC. “NYC laughs more. LA is like: impress me, peasant.” She’s scouting London next, where the scene feels hungry and less Botoxed.Stalk her tour trail on TikTok.
Post-show fan moments are surprisingly wholesome. “It’s usually other comics roasting me in the parking lot.” One woman on tour told her she’d definitely make it. “I’m still emotionally living off that.”
Online, she leans in. “Thirst traps work. Also, edgy political jokes. Combine both and it’s like social media cocaine.”She’s viral and occasionally feral.
Her bisexuality doesn’t define the comedy—but it does flavor it. “I’ve never tried to fit in. Being bi just adds another layer of not giving a f*ck.”She tells it all, no filter.
She worked law gigs. Sold homes. Appeared in HBO’s Living on Video, directed by David Fincher. But stand-up stayed. “Comedy pays better now. But I still keep my real estate side hustle.”
How to spot a Gable joke? “I don’t know. Probably when it starts off sad and ends with the audience spitting out beer.”Get the punchlines firsthand.
Sober since early adulthood, her clarity shows. “I don’t think I could be as good of a writer if I wasn’t sober. Also, I don’t fall off stages anymore.”
Her web series Pennies for Your Thoughts became Welcome to LA. “Because nothing says ‘I hate you’ like a sarcastic ‘welcome.’”Preview her self-produced chaos here.
Her writing ritual? “It’s like a séance with espresso. I wait for trauma to type itself.” Whether it’s at a coffee shop or in bed with Google Docs open, the jokes come—and she catches them.
Some jokes get too real. “I’ve talked about being raped at the Hollywood Improv lab. It just sort of came out. Then I followed it with a punchline. Healing’s weird.”
The best laugh? “Anytime you reference something live in the room. I had a guy almost spit out his drink once. That was cool.” Crowd work isn’t just filler—it’s magic.
She was married once. Now divorced. “Divorce made me edgier. And confirmed that I’m allergic to marriage.” No kids, no regrets—just punchlines.
What comedy still doesn’t get? “Still too many shows with just one woman. Like—congrats on the diversity, bro.”
So what scares her now? “Showrunning. But I’ve jumped out of a plane, so whatever.”You’ll watch it, stream it, and wish you wrote it.
