STLFT Cover - FINAL Ep 2 - Ben Roy.jpg — **Ben Roy** is a comedian, actor, and musician. He’s perhaps best known for Those Who Can’t, the TV show he starred in, co-created, and co-wrote with long-time collaborators Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland.
But Ben has also been fronting bands since he was 15 years old, and his interests run the gamut from the poetry of punk rock to obscure American history to the petty larceny of manipulating Columbia House’s ill-fated mail-order CD business. He also loves movie Westerns, Cat Stevens, and the joy of finding the *exact* right word to take a joke from good to great.
And just like that, it's another episode of **Something To Look Forward To**. Enjoy.

THE TV SHOW

Roy and fellow Grawlix members Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland enjoyed a three-season, 35-episode run on truTV with the half-hour comedy Those Who Can’t, which they also created and co-wrote. It’s the kind of show that attracts other comedians — as evidenced by a roster of co-stars and guest stars including Kyle Kinane, Rory Scovel, Maria Thayer, Patton Oswalt, Cheri Oteri, Susie Essman, and the Sklar Brothers, among others. Those Who Can’t is now streaming on HBO Max.

THE STANDUP

It’s easy to see the copious tattoos and high-energy stage demeanor and make blanket assumptions about Roy’s comedy, but even his most ribald work tends to be built around sensitivity, sneakily-nuanced perspectives, and the kind of bottomless vocabulary that results from reading 50+ books per year (which, yes, he does). His newest album is coming this summer.

THE MUSIC

A chance invitation landed Roy on stage when he was 15 — and he’s been fronting bands ever since. For the better part of the past decade he’s been the face of surf-punk-dance outfit SPELLS, but his musical influences run deep, from Bad Religion to Cat Stevens and beyond.

THE PODCASTS

Scripted or unscripted? Take your pick. The Grawlix Saves the World finds Roy, Orvedahl, and Cayton-Holland trying to better themselves one arbitrary challenge at a time — even if it means sitting through all nine Fast and the Furious movies in a single week. And if that sounds a bit too straight-laced, well, good news: 97.9 The Rat Race is pure, unapologetic silliness.

Ben Roy is a comedian, actor, and musician. He's perhaps best known for Those Who Can't, the TV show he starred in, co-created, and co-wrote with long-time collaborators Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland.