Cliff Cash is a nationally touring stand-up comic who got his start in North Carolina. People said, “You should be a comedian” his whole life, but that sounded just as abstract as “you should be president” or “you should be an astronaut”. But you can only run from fate for so long. In 2011, at the age of 31, Cash got up at his first open mic. He was in the middle of big financial troubles, his father in chemo, a failing business and a tumultuous relationship. Those four minutes on stage breathed life back into him that he didn’t think was possible. He didn’t miss one after that for two years.
Cliff Cash was raised on the far right end of the southern, conservative, evangelical spectrum, and the result is the antithesis of what was intended. Cliff’s comedy tackles everything from racism and homophobia to greed and war, and from death and divorce to the end of the world. Don’t worry, there are some poop jokes mixed in. Cash takes the audience on a journey that’s more than just funny. You’ll think, you’ll feel, you may even cry a little, but then you’ll laugh again. His comedy aims to shine a light of levity into the darkest corners of the human experience and, by doing so, take some of the power away from the things we fear and dread. “Laughter is the best medicine” became a cliche for a reason. It’s true. Cliff hopes it is at least because he doesn’t have health insurance.