Bob Smith
Born in Buffalo, Bob Smith has the distinction of being the first openly gay comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and also have his own HBO comedy half-hour. Other TV appearances include Politically Incorrect; The Late, Late Show; Entertainment Tonight; Tom Snyder and Comedy Central’s Out There.

Bob’s Lambda Literary Award winning collection of essays, Openly Bob, was published to acclaim by Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow and his most recent Lambda Literary Award nominated book, Way To Go, Smith!, was published by Rob Weisbach Books/HarperCollins.

He’s written for Amblin Films, The MTV Video Awards, Dennis Miller, Roseanne and was a staff writer for Fox’s MAD-TV. His sketch, The Zapruder Films,was recently featured in The Best of MAD-TV. Bob’s comic essays have appeared in the anthology America’s Best Contemporary Humorists: Mirth of A Nation and 101 Damnations published by St. Martin’s Press.

His most recent essay, The Test appears in When I Knew, edited by Robert Trachtenberg for Harper Collins.

Bob is a regular contributor to Out magazine where he writes the popular monthly list column and feature articles.

He recently appeared in HBO's documentary about the first gay and lesbian family cruise, All Aboard — Rosie’s Family Cruise.

In 2007, Bob will be performing standup on Logo’s series Wisecracks, and he’ll also one of six gay male comics featured in the Logo documentary film, Laughing Matters — The Men.

Bob’s first novel, Selfish and Perverse, was published by Carroll & Graf in Sept 2007 and is one of three finalists for the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award presented by The Publishing Triangle.