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Hampton Yount
Born (1984-06-14) June 14, 1984 (age 40)Warrenton, Virginia, U.S.
Occupations Comedianwriteractor
Spouse Georgea Brooks ​(m. 2019)​[1]
Children 1[2]
Website www.hamptonyount.com

Hampton Yount (; born June 14, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Yount was born in Warrenton, Virginia, to Renee and Victor Yount.[3] Hampton has three siblings, Virginia, Henri and Clay, whom he has talked about on his podcast, Y'all Ever.[4][5] Clay also appeared on "Doom Island", another one of Hampton's several podcasts, in April 2021. From 2004 to 2012, he and his brother Clay produced a webcomic, Rob and Elliot, for the Boxcar Comics collective.[6] His brother, Clay, continues to make comics and publish them on his website.[7] He first performed stand-up comedy in Blacksburg, Virginia and Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles.[8][9]

Hampton currently hosts multiple podcasts, including Doom Island[10] and Y'all Ever,[11] which Hampton paused in March 2021. He also hosted Suicide Buddies, which is no longer running. Yount currently records Y'all Ever with Dave Ross,[12] a Los Angeles comedian. On Y'all Ever, Hampton and Dave talk about current events, Hampton's neighbors, and stories sent in by listeners. Doom Island is a podcast hosted by Hampton alone, though he does invite guests. Doom Island has some acting aspects, as Yount pretends to be stranded on an island with 'Doom Bots', fictional characters of Yount's creation. Suicide Buddies is a podcast co-hosted by Hampton, but also co-hosted by Dave Ross. On Suicide Buddies, Hampton and Dave read a suicide story from history on each episode. Yount has been featured on a number of comedy podcasts, including Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes[13] and Doug Benson's Getting Doug with High. Yount received his own half-hour Comedy Central special in 2015.[14]

His first experience in television was as a consulting producer and performer on MTV's Ridiculousness. Yount has been featured on Conan, Last Comic Standing, and Comedy Central's The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. In 2015, Yount was selected by Joel Hodgson to provide the voice of Crow T. Robot on the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000 Netflix series.[15] Yount's selection came at the recommendation of new host Jonah Ray.[16] The role was previously played by Trace Beaulieu and Bill Corbett. Yount also played the lead role in a pilot titled "Man of Truth[17]". The pilot was not picked up, "...probably because it was very stupid.", Yount said on his Twitter page.[18]

Hampton talks about his childhood on Y'all Ever[19] and Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend.[20] He sometimes mentions his poor school experience and his father’s profession as a gem dealer. Hampton married Georgea Brooks,[21] a comedian and actor. He and his wife welcomed a son in 2022.[22] Hampton's parents divorced, a topic he has talked about on his podcast "Y'all Ever".[23]

  1. ^ "Career ending post alert 🚨: 4 years married to the incredible @georgeabrooks you make me so happy and sometimes I just can't believe I get to be married to you and our kid is now crying and I have to go". instagram.com.
  2. ^ "Hampton Yount on Instagram".
  3. ^ "Victor Yount — OfficialUSA.com Records". www.officialusa.com. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "PODS". hamptonyount. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Y'all Ever". Spotify. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  6. ^ Rob and Elliot: A webcomic updated Mondays and Fridays
  7. ^ "Artist. Developer. Designer". clayyount.com. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  8. ^ Isaac Kozell (August 22, 2015). "Hampton Yount Gets It Together". Vulture. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "5 QUESTIONS WITH HAMPTON YOUNT". First Order Historians. August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  10. ^ "DOOM ISLAND". Spotify. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  11. ^ "Y'all Ever". Spotify. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  12. ^ "DAVE ROSS". davetotheross.com. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  13. ^ "You Made It Weird #74: Hampton Yount". Nerdist. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  14. ^ Isaac Kozell (August 22, 2015). "Hampton Yount Gets It Together". Vulture. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  15. ^ Mike Cecchini (December 12, 2015). "MST3K Reboot News: 14 Episodes Funded, Full Details Here". Den of Geek. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  16. ^ "Felicia Day, Baron Vaughn, and Hampton Yount Join the 'MST3K' Reboot". November 23, 2015.
  17. ^ "man of truth vimeo - Bing video". www.bing.com. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  18. ^ Yount, Hampton [@hamptonyount] (May 28, 2022). "Big JOB WELL DONE to @JoelGHodgson @jonahray @barvonblaq @Hamptonyount et al. 'Mac & Me' was the episode that really got my kid into @MST3K & remained his favorite one … until today. We were both eagerly anticipating 'Munchie' … & it did not disappoint — #MST3K" (Tweet). Retrieved May 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "| Podcast on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  20. ^ Hampton Yount, March 31, 2014, retrieved June 9, 2022
  21. ^ "Georgea Brooks". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  22. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  23. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.