A mainstay of Saturday Night Live from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s (having anchored Weekend Update and introduced characters like Mr. Subliminal) and a regular on the television show Weeds, Kevin Nealon got his start performing standup, even though he wouldn't release his first comedy album until 2013. Born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Nealon joined SNL's Not Ready for Primetime players in the 1986 season. After his departure from the show in 1996, he played roles in Adam Sandler's Little Nicky (2000) and David Spade's Joe Dirt (2001), while 2005 saw him join the cast of the Showtime cable network's Weeds, where he played the character Doug Wilson for 100-plus episodes. In 2013 Showtime aired his standup comedy special Whelmed...But Not Overly, which was released on album that same year via the New Wave Dynamics label. ~ David Jeffries