Debi Gutierrez has been working at stardom for a while, and like any hard worker she just doesn’t give up. Seventeen years ago, she was a high school teacher; today’s she one of the most sought-after Latina comedians on the comedy club circuit, and she’s appeared on–count ‘em, now–Lifetime, Showtime, HBO, CBS, NBC, and as the Ebay girl. She’s been a talk-show host, a professional parent…and this Thursday, May 2, she’s a guest host on ABC’s The View.
Much of Debi’s early stand-up was based on raising her kids; she was even known as “The Mommycomic” for a while. More recently, she’s done a little bit of everything, including five years as the host of KCET (Los Angeles) A Place of Our Own, a daily parenting show, and a season of The Gameshow Network’s domestic hidden-camera show Hidden Agenda. And then there’s Clean House on the Style Channel, E! Entertainment’s FYE, and Lifetime’s I Do Diaries. And even after seventeen years, she’s just getting started.
These days, Debi’s standup focuses on “the language of love”–comedy for men, she says, that women love. And when she’s not doing all of the above, she’s hosting corporate or charity events: putting her name out there, getting known, and getting good. And that’s what it’s all about: hard work, everywhere you can find it, for seventeen yeas or so…and boom, you’re an overnight sensation.
See Debi Gutierrez at her best with guests Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew and the ladies of The View this Thursday May 2 at 11A on ABC. And check out a bit of her comedy about mommyhood below, from a special NickMom:
You can keep up with Debi Gutierrez–or try–on her two web sites, too: debiontheweb and debigutierrez.
