Joe Machi is a Comedian resides out of New York City. Machi has perfor ed out on Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, and Fox News. ^[1]

Joe Machi wad born and raised in State College, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Frank Machi, a retired store manager and Catherine Machi, a retired Catholic school Teacher. In 1997, Machi graduated from State College Area High School. He later graduated from Penn State University in 2002. Before becoming a comedian, he worked as a customer service Manager for a supermarket and a human resources Assistant for a Media company. ^{[1] [6] [5] [11]}

Joe was interested in Comedy at a young age. Machi decided to try stand-up and moved to New York City in 2006. He quickly passed or became part of the roster for late night at New York's Comic Strip Live. He subsequently passed at four other NYC Comedy Clubs including Stand Up New York and Caroline's on Broadway. In 2010, Machi won the New York Underground Comedy Festival 's Emerging Comic's Contest in 2010. Joe also won the 2013 NY Comedy Festival’s Funniest Comedian Competition. ^[10]

After taking 4th place on Last Comic Standing ’s 8th season in 2014, Joe Machi started touring the United States as a headlining stand-up Comedian. He has also featured on The Greg Gutfeld Show and Red Eye on Fox News.

He started his own Comedy Central "Half Hour" special in September 2016. In December 2018, Machi performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. ^[9]

In June 2019, Joe took part in Skankfest in Brooklyn on June 21-23.^[17]

Machi was a guest on "The Greg Gutfeld Show," which airs every Saturday night on the Fox News Channel. He said:

Machi is known for his high-pitched voice, which he makes fun of himself.

Machi says that he and Mike Tyson are both men cursed with high-pitched voices.

"It's just how I am," he said.

"I really didn't plan it.

I think you can teach people some techniques to be funny but if they aren't funny in real life it's a tall mountain to climb."^[37]

He is audience favorite and has a massive followers.

As of February 2020, Machi has about 40,000 followers on his joemachi Twitter account. There he shares mainly his tours dates and videos of his performances. He also has about 18,000 followers on his comedianjoemachi Instagram account.^[6][22]