Prescott Tolk is a Chicago-based stand-up comedian and writer. He performs at clubs and colleges all over the country and has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend. He was one of the founders of Blerds.com, and developed a pilot for Warner Bros 2.0 under the comedy crew's banner. After graduating from college from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, he served as the senior editor for The Humor Network. He went on to cover Jersey City politics and community affairs for The Hudson Reporter.

He also writes comic essays at www.furtherfromthetruth.blogspot.com. His stand-up comedy schedule is posted on his website, www.prescotttolk.com.


Blog Entries by Prescott Tolk

Flugtag USA: Chicago's Airless Water Show

Posted September 11, 2008 | 04:53 PM (EST)


On a mildly warm, overcast pre-autumn Saturday, roughly 75,000 people sat in the sand and stared at a Jumbotron on North Avenue Beach to watch average Joes glide off of a 30-foot high pier and plunge into Lake Michigan like sacrificial lambs appeasing the Third Coast Gods.

I could...

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