Ian Pope

Comedy club in West Des Moines, call center in Missouri, and the closest I’ll ever get to France. Pretty much a world tour. 😎

Grape Nuts sounds like a mental disorder for people who love Grape Nuts. I’ve got Grape Nuts and I don’t care who knows it. Happy Grape Nuts awareness month.

Shows in a bombshelter and a fort this weekend. What in the WWIII kind of a coincidence is that!?

Strainer hat. Farts shirt. Just another day at the office.

2/19 Dante's Comedy Review, Ingersoll Dinner Theater
2/20 Don’t Tell Comedy (Downtown Des Moines)
2/25 FunnyBone (West Des Moines, IA)
2/27 FunnyBone (West Des Moines, IA)
2/28 FunnyBone (West Des Moines, IA)
3/6 The Bombshelter Showcase (Des Moines, IA)
3/7 River Hops Showcase (Fort Dodge, IA)
3/14 w/ Tyler Walsh (Massena, IA)
3/20 Cabaret (Ankeny, IA)
3/27 w/ Dante Powell (The Bank, Des Moines, IA)

You don’t even realize it’s happening but one day you wake up and look in the mirror and without a hint or irony you’re wearing HOKAs.

As a fellow 40 year old I’ll never understand why Alex Honnold would travel all the way to Taiwan to climb a skyscraper when you can feel the exact same sense of accomplishment climbing the stairs at home.

Maturing is accepting that the closest you may ever get to visiting Spain is eating Potato Olay’s from a Madrid Iowa Taco John’s

A couple things I'm particularly excited to be a part of this month.

1/22 Dante's Comedy Review at the Ingersoll Dinner Theater

A monthly comedy show with a live band and late night show feel, at the historic Ingersoll Dinner Theater in Des Moines. I'm co-hosting (I see you Guillermo!) and writing on this show, and doing everything I can to help Dante's beautiful dream become a beautiful reality.

1/23 The No Sleep Comedy Showcase at Wooly's

The state's largest independent comedy show. The brainchild and creative masterpiece of AJ Simmons, a spectacular celebration of midwest comedy, headlined by 4x show winner Sam Hirchak, and the funnest five minutes I'll spend on stage all year.

Some incredibly kind words from the last show of the year.