Joe DeRosa
Joe DeRosa has made a name for himself in comedy and entertainment with six top-ten
charting stand-up albums and a multitude of performances on television, radio, and in comedy
clubs across the country and around the world. Joe’s debut one-hour special, titled You Let Me
Down, premiered on Comedy Central in 2017, which he wrote, performed and directed. He
recurred on AMC’s Better Call Saul as crooked veterinarian Dr. Caldera and currently hosts the
heavily followed podcast We’ll See You In Hell, where he and Patrick Walsh review genre
movies. From 2020 through 2024 DeRosa co-hosted the wildly popular Taste Buds—a food
debate show—with Impractical Jokers’ Sal Vulcano, which was distributed through DeRosa and
Vulcano’s co-owned No Press Productions Network. Other select credits include: Inside Amy
Schumer, Louie, Bored to Death, Chelsea Lately, Grand Theft Auto V, and two half-hour
Comedy Central specials. Joe has also written, directed, and starred in a series of web shorts
and television commercials. Additionally, his writing has been featured on Netflix’s Tires and Wet
Hot American Summer, HBO’s Crashing, Comedy Central’s Jeff and Some Aliens, as well as
The Pete Holmes Show for TBS. Joe’s latest hour special, I Never Promised You a Rose
Garden, which he also directed, was filmed at the historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville in
September of 2024 and is set to release in spring of 2025.
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