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 ...

A new online campaign promoting tourism to Estonia featuring well-known Finnish comedian Ismo Leikola aims to bring more visitors from Estonia's northern neighbor. The campaign runs through the fall ...

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 ...

Ismo brings us his unique gift of seeing, hearing and understanding the world around us to the fore as he pulls apart the subjects in our everyday lives and finds the funny hidden in plain sight.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 photo provided by The Laugh Factory, the five finalists and one alternate in an international search to find the world's funniest person pose after being selected ...

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, ...

"Countries don’t owe money to each other, countries owe money to banks. If the countries owe money to banks, how stupid are the countries to pay? Like, the country has an army. The bank has four ...

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 ...

Pointing out the extremely obvious but still most hidden things lurking in plain sight. In other words, new and original jokes about familiar everyday things. With a Finnish accent. The genius to have ...

A-list Finnish comic Ismo Leikola talks about working in Britain, America, and his new Fringe show. 1. Tell us about your career so far. Are you happy with where you're at? My first gigs were in 2002, ...

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 ...