Background
Varghese is Indian American, the son of Malayali immigrant parents from Kerala and grew up in Garland, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.
Varghese is Indian American, the son of Malayali immigrant parents from Kerala and grew up in Garland, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.
He taped his first full-set for national television on March 8, 2007, for Comedy Central"s Live at Gotham which aired July 13, 2007. He was a regular on the Pugs and Kelly radio show, noon-3 p.m. weekdays on Live 105.3/Free FM in Dallas when that radio station and show was still on the air. He earned a bachelor"s degree in radio, television and film from the University of North Texas in 2000.
In college, he spent his junior year at William Paterson University of New Jersey, during which he interned on Sally Jesse Raphael"s talk show.
Varghese, who began doing stand-up in 2001, opened for Canadian-born comedian Russell Peters in a short theater-tour through Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and New York in 2005. That led to his headlining a 16-city Gurus of Comedy tour in the spring of 2006.
Varghese was also featured on Showtime"s "Russell Peter"s Presents", Telemundo 2"s "Loco Comedy Jam", Comedy Central"s "Live at Gotham" and "Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution". On June 18, 2012, Varghese was given the opportunity to open for comedian Dave Chappelle at the Dallas House of Blues and the following night in Austin, Texas at the Paramount Theatre.
On May 31, 2014, Varghese opened for Joan Rivers at Intellectual Property Casino Resort in Biloxi.
This was followed by several more openings for Ms Rivers in June, 2014. Official website
Myspace page
Review and biopic
Interview
Dallas news article
Mentions an upcoming series on the International channel
Google video of routine
Ego Magazine article: The Gurus of Comedy.
