Chad Riden tells self-incriminating stories of ridiculous misguided and bold adventures that embarrass his family and make everybody else think he’s a weirdo.
Riden has appeared on “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, the Late Show with David Letterman’s “Tony Mendez Show,” ABC/CMT’s “Nashville,” “CBS This Morning,” HBO/Max “Love Off The Grid,” “Chrisley Knows Best,” “Still The King,” “TRUMP OCH KOMIKERNA – HUMORKRIGET” (TV4 Sweden, C-MORE’s “Trump Vs Comedy”), CMT-Canada’s “Mississippi Snake Grabbers,” and once ate lunch at The Magic Castle in Los Angeles whose newsletter called him “the most famous un-famous person.”
Chad produced and hosted the annual Guinness world record breaking 184+ hour long #BrokenRecordShow (longest stand-up comedy show, multiple comedians) every year from 2015-2018 as part of the Nashville Comedy Festival. “Broken Records,” a documentary shot during the 2016 show, is available to stream on ShortFilmsMatter.com
Riden ran for Mayor of Nashville in 2015, which was hilarious and everybody loved it even though he lost miserably. Undaunted, in 2018 he ran for Governor of Tennessee and garnered 1,096 votes statewide, finishing 14th out of 28 candidates on the ballot – a mere 1,335,011 votes short of winning the whole damn thing.
Chad Riden currently lives on the Taos County, New Mexico high desert mesa where he is building a sustainable, off the grid compound with some awesome friends while producing comedy shows for the TaosComedy 501c3 non-profit.
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“Chad Riden’s premises are funnier than most comics’ punchlines.” – Ralphie May
“Chad’s Orwellian tinted concepts of family, home and recreation provide the right amount of cynicism and criticism with wit to make it all worth while. In a realm of usually pessimistic and self-loathing performers, Riden spouts vitality with a handle on reality. Chad Riden has a presence uncapturable to the camera and undefendable to the will. ” – Scot Nery
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Comedians Chad Riden has performed with: Bill Burr, Dane Cook, Mike Birbiglia, Ralphie May, Tom Green, Killer Beaz, Hannibal Buress, Doug Stanhope, Marc Maron, Nate Bargatze, Keith Alberstadt, James Austin Johnson, Billy Wayne Davis, Christian Finnegan, Robert Kelly, Daniel Tosh, Pete Holmes, Cameron Esposito, Kevin Nealon, Maria Bamford, Bobby Slayton, Bridget Everett, Adam DeVine, Jeff Dye, Steve-O, Impractical Jokers, Erik Griffin, Donnell Rawlings, Brian Posehn, Garfunkel and Oates, Fortune Feimster, Joey “CoCo” Diaz, Jim Jefferies, Tim Wilson, John Heffron, Margaret Cho, Greg Warren, April Macie, Drew Hastings, Mitch Fatel, Larry Reeb, Shane Mauss, Sinbad and Jesse Perry.
