In 2014 Ismo Leikola won the "Funniest Person in the World" competition organised by the Laugh Factory in the United States. He is a six-times winner of the Audience Favourite Comedian Award at the ...

Editor's Note: This post contains language some readers might find offensive. Named in 2014 as "The World's Funniest Person" in a contest sponsored by the Los Angeles comedy club The Laugh Factory, ...

Winner of Laugh Factory’s Funniest Person in the World 2014; Finnish comedian Ismo brings his unique gift of seeing the hidden obvious to the Fringe. He reveals the simplest of things that have for so ...

Looking to join the list of people, like Bono or Cher, known by one name comes a comedian all the way from Finland. Ismo Leikola, or Ismo, observes the world around him and banters about the different ...

LOS ANGELES - The winner of the Funniest Person in the World competition is a brown-haired, slightly rotund stand-up comic from Finland who boasts he has hit on the perfect solution to the planet's ...

Ismo Leikola is a Finnish stand-up comedian. Leikola started his career in 2002, and have since written and starred his own sitcom called ISMO, filmed four DVD specials and has sold-out numerous ...

Where: Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. Some entertainers are less than thrilled about conducting interviews. However, Finnish comic Ismo Leikola makes the best of it. “Can you believe I came ...

Named in 2014 as "The World's Funniest Person" in a contest sponsored by LA Comedy Club "The Laugh Factory," comedian Ismo Leikola, or Ismo, has made a career out of mining his Finnish outsider status ...

Ismo Leikola is one of the most successful Finnish stand-up comedians. His achievements include four nationwide concert hall tours, boasting four different two-hour one man shows. He has also appeared ...

Finland isn't known as a comedy hotbed. But Ismo Leikola, or Ismo, has made a career out of mining his outsider status for comedic gold. Stand-Up Comedian Ismo Leikola Brings Finnish Perspective To ...

Ismo Leikola first performed stand-up in his native Finland in 2002. He was named the country's best newcomer in 2003 and appeared in the TV series Act!One the following year. For three years running ...