str8 ppl : s6 E4 Teresa Lee

str8 ppl (STRAIGHT PEOPLE) with Ian Aber

Comedian. Writer. Retired Gogo Dancer.

Teresa Lee is a stand-up comedian and comedy writer. She was formerly a senior creative producer at the digital comedy giant Cracked before the great media-pocalypse, and has written for staples such as Reductress and College Humor. Her solo videos have surpassed 1+ million views on social media and have nabbed features on Mic.com, Buzzfeed, and Vulture (FKA Splitsider).

In March, 2020, she created the show Comedy Quarantine on Instagram Live, which ran over 200 shows in 10 months, raised over $20,000 for mutual aid and charitable organizations, and was voted #1 Social Distance Comedy Show on Time Out LA. She co-penned and co-stars in the short film, “I Think She Likes You”, which played at Tribeca Film Festival and was featured in Out Magazine as a Queer Film to watch at the festival, and went on to receive international distribution with the premiere queer streaming platform in Asia, GagaOOLala. Teresa Lee has appeared on shows such as NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh, HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, and ABC’s To Tell the Truth. She hosts the podcast You Can Tell Me Anything on the WhoHaha network and released her debut album “We’re Still Doing This” in April, recorded live on Zoom of all the jokes she wrote in 2020’s quarantine.

She has been described by others as sweet, thought provoking, smart, and way too into the musical Cats.