Alex Falcone
Alex Falcone is an American comedian and writer from Los Angeles known for his social media commentary on scams.
Early life and education
Falcone grew up in Reno, Nevada, the son of journalists Kitty and Steve Falcone; he has two sisters. He went to Galena [High School (Nevada)|Galena High School] and graduated from TMCC High School in 2003. He was part of a sketch comedy group called "TV You Can Heckle," and acted in a television commercial about teen pregnancy.Career
Falcone moved to Portland, Oregon where he did stand-up, had a podcast, did freelance writing for the Portland Mercury, and taught comedy workshops. He played bit parts in the television show Portlandia and performed in local car commercials. He was named Portland's Funniest Person in 2018 and called a "local powerhouse comic" by the Oregonian. A local ice cream shop, Salt & Straw, named a flavor after him: Chocolate and Falcognac.He was the creator of the comedy show Late Night Action, a comedy spoof of the late night talk show format. The show ended in 2016 and Falcone moved to Los Angeles in 2019. He appeared on The [Late Show with Stephen Colbert] in 2021.
Falcone's grandfather was a carnival pitchman selling "kitchen gadgets and magic tricks" which piqued Falcone's interest in schemes. His series of videos called "Is It a Scam? Yep." humorously discusses a wide variety of frauds and scams. He creates short explainer videos on topics such as how many competing brands on products are all owned by the same company. He has also written about scams for Time Magazine, discussed scams on the Yahoo Sports podcasts, and discussed how to find good coffee on the road as a guest columnist for the Washington Post.
He is the co-author, with Ezra Fox, of Unwrap My Heart, a YA romance spoofing the paranormal romance genre.