Humbarger's 2018 Stand Up! Records album Funny Bones reached No. 1 on Amazon's comedy chart[2] and No. 2 on the iTunes comedy chart.[3]
Early lifeedit
Humbarger was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His family moved frequently; he lived in six states and attended 11 schools before his family settled during his teen years in Washington state. His father, a truck driver, died when Humbarger was 13; Humbarger told Capital Public Radio that the event brought a dark edge to his comedy.[4][5]
Humbarger began performing at open mics in 2002, and turned professional as a comic in 2011.[8][9] He won the 2010 Laugh Auburn First Comedy Night Contest.[10] He quickly advanced into hosting comedy events,[7] and co-created the longrunning pun-battle show Capital Punishment in 2016.[11][12][13]
Humbarger's comedy is observational and often dark.[4][10] Describing his comedy, Lesley Goldwater of the Carson City, Nevada news site Carson Now said that "Daniel uses his dark sense of humor to explore subjects that are smart, weird, sometimes inappropriate and personal."[14]
He was featured on the cover of the August 23, 2016 issue of Sacramento's Submerge Magazine.[6]
He appears in director Larry Brand's 2012 documentary The Coexist Comedy Tour.[25]
Albumsedit
Humbarger recorded his debut stand-up album, Funny Bones, at Sacramento Comedy Spot in 2016.[4][6] It was released by Stand Up! Records in 2018,[5] and reached No. 1 on Amazon's comedy chart[2] and No. 2 on the iTunes comedy chart.[3]
Other workedit
Humbarger also works in the video game industry, as a game designer, voice actor, and community manager.[5][26] He is a voice actor in the Phoenix Online game Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, playing Officer Jonathan Duffner.[27]
^ abcVicki Gonzalez, Cody Drabble (August 25, 2016). "Sacramento Comedian Daniel Humbarger Gears Up For Stand-Up Album". Insight With Vicki Gonzalez (Podcast). Capital Public Radio (California State University, Sacramento). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abcdeSmith, Lara; Goodwin, Richard (October 20, 2018). "The Many Lives of Daniel Humbarger". ComedyWham. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ abcdGarcia, Andy (2016-08-15). "Honesty Is the Best Comedy: Daniel Humbarger Takes a Look at the Ups and Downs of His Life in Stand-up". Submerge Magazine. No. 220. Sacramento, California. p. 20. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abCarabba, Jonathan (2012-06-04). "The Stream: Daniel Humbarger's Thursday Night Jive at Shine". Submerge Magazine. No. 112. Sacramento, California. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abJunior Bruce, Leo Zuniga (September 22, 2012). "Episode 24: Comedians Daniel Humbarger and Johnny Taylor!". The Junior & Leo Show (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abJunior Bruce, Leo Zuniga (June 27, 2013). "Episode 98: Comedian Daniel Humbarger". The Junior & Leo Show (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^Zarate, Mozes (2019-09-12). "Listen, laugh: Capitol PUNishment celebrates three years of competitive corniness at Punchline". News & Review. Sacramento, California. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abJohnny Taylor (2021-01-20). "Episode 15 - Capital Punishment with Daniel Humbarger, Damian Harmony, and Mark Burg". The Hard Talk with Johnny Taylor (Podcast). The Hard Times. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ ab"Ep. 085 - All About Getting Punny and Bitches with Capitol PUNishment (Damian Harmony & Daniel Humbarger)". Gag On This… Podcast (Podcast). May 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^Goldwater, Lesley (December 3, 2017). "The Carson Comedy Club Presents Comedian Daniel Humbarger". Carson Now. Carson City, Nevada.
^ abcRobert Omoto (2020-09-29). "#176 - Daniel Humbarger - Airforce, Attorney, Comedian". Random Thoughts With Robert Omoto (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ ab"Episode 170 - Emotionally Horny (featuring Daniel Humbarger)". Radio Tatas! (Podcast). September 30, 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^Lobell, Kylie Ora (2018-08-16). "A Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Festivals in the U.S. and Around the Globe". Vulture. New York City. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
^Milligan, Kaitlin (2018-11-19). "Lineup Announced for the 18th Annual San Francisco Comedy Festival". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^"Daniel Humbarger". SF Sketchfest. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abBen Rice (March 7, 2016). "Episode 18: Tom Moseman of Oakshire Brewing & Comedian Daniel Humbarger". Barley & Me (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ abDaniel Humbarger, Johnny Taylor (2015-12-24). "CK Podcast 229: Rondo statistics and a game with high stakes". Spreaker (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
^ abBeas, Leo (January 8, 2016). "CK Podcast 231: A hard look at the Kings' real big 3". TheSportsDaily. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ abDaniel Humbarger, Johnny Taylor (2016-01-21). "CK Podcast 233: ESPN Director of Analytics, Ben Alamar discusses the Kings' chances of making the playoffs". Spreaker (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
^ abDaniel Humbarger, Johnny Taylor (2016-02-14). "CK Podcast 236: Leo Beas calls out Yahoo's subjective article about the Kings". Spreaker (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
^ abJohnny Taylor (2020-12-02). "Episode 9 - Daniel Humbarger". The Hard Talk with Johnny Taylor (Podcast). The Hard Times. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^Green, Paul (2019-09-13). Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives: Supernatural and Paranormal Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media. McFarland. p. 38. ISBN 9781476638379.
^"Episode 257: "Phantoms Of Our Own Shadows"". STAB! (Podcast). May 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^"Daniel Humbarger, Zack Maas and Bobby Benedict at the 8th Annual Savage Henry Magazine Comedy Festival". Illuminati By Nature (Podcast). Savage Henry Magazine Radio Network. November 8, 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^Drew Absher (June 15, 2021). "Daniel Humbarger, Robert Omoto and Jack Brown". Sportsball with Drew Absher (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^Drew Absher (August 25, 2020). "Josh Means, Robert Omoto and Daniel Hamburger". Sportsball with Drew Absher (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^"UK Pun Off 18". UK Pun Off (Podcast). August 5, 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^"UK Pun off at The Edinburgh Free Festival No. 7". UK Pun Off (Podcast). August 28, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^"outPUNched October". UK Pun Off (Podcast). October 17, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-11.