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After his stand out performance at Just for Laughs (JFL) in 2015, Vlad entered into a put pilot development deal to co-write, and star in a pilot based off of his comedy for NBC with Bill Lawrence and WB supervising.
- On Why His Dominican Background Lends Itself to Comedy
- On When He Knew He Could Make People Laugh
- On His Parents and What They Thought About Him Becoming A Comedian
- On His TV Pilot Not Getting Picked Up by NBC
- On Why He Has Faith It’Ll Work Out The Next Time
- On Being Named One of Variety Magazine’s Top 10 Comedians to Watch in 2016
- On What He Wants to Get Out of His Career
- On Political Comedy Dominating Late-Night TV
For me and most Dominican families, we love to laugh. I think we have a great gratitude for life. We have a mixed history of colonialism and nationalism and trying to figure out our identities. We’re new to America. We’re happy for the opportunities we get and want to celebrate that through our humor, music, food and works of art.
I was very introverted growing up. I would observe a lot. Just by watching, I figured out people are funny as they are. I took a step back and realized I could imitate and mimic people. I could make observations about rich people and class and ethnicity. I found out I could make people laugh at this. They found it funny. When I was around my friend...
My father has been a [building] superintendent in the Bronx for almost 30 years now. My mother was a housewife. She took care of the kids. It was a very traditional family. My father loves the fact that I do comedy. He’s a very hands-off kind of guy. As long as I’m healthy and happy and being a good person, he’s fine with whatever I do. My father h...
The number of variables in TV are so great, you can never determine the final outcome of a TV show. We produced a great product, but NBC decided to pass on it. I was in the dumps for a good while. My friends and family and managers picked me back up. When you make a pilot with a broadcast network, it’s an amazing achievement. For every 10 pilots th...
I’m a better writer now, so the next time I get to do this project, it’ll be an even better show. I’ve been blessed to be in a place where people actually take me seriously. To say you shot a pilot puts you in a different conversation when you approach a different studio. When you walk into a room, they say, “Oh, this kid has done it before. He’s w...
For Variety to say, “Hey, this kid from the Bronx is talking about his superintendent father and working-class family,” it’s a bit surreal. You grow up with these intimate stories that feel ordinary to you, but are so fantastic to other people. I thought every dad put a black garbage bag on their window. It was like getting legitimacy. It reminded ...
What I think we all strive for is influence and leverage. I think my ultimate goal is to be a showrunner. I want to be able to have my own production company. We’re all striving for that place where we can get to the level of someone like [TV producer/writer] Shonda Rhimes (who owns her own production company, Shondaland), where your name is truste...
There’s a platform in which political comedy has completely gone on steroids. It’s amazing to see that it has come front and center into the mainstream media. We’ve been waiting to talk about this stuff so openly. It’s mindboggling that [Stephen] Colbert has been coming every day with stuff that is this sharp and funny and doing it in a very unique...
He signed with producers Adam Sztykiel and Bill Lawrence to create a pilot for a sitcom based around his personal life called A Bronx Life for NBC. The pilot was not picked up, but Vlad has expressed hope of it getting picked up by another network. Vlad was named one of the ten funniest comedians to look for in 2016 by Variety.
YearTitleRole2020Papo2020–2022Synth (voice)2020Detective Abner Diaz2019Sophie's QuinceañeraJuan- Comedian, actor
- Wesleyan University
- 2009–present
According to the Hollywood Reporter, NBC is the first network to officially give that love in the form of a pilot for the family sitcom Vlad, created by Bronx-born Dominican stand up comedian...
November 9, 2015 @ 4:30 PM. NBC has picked up comedy “Vlad” as a put pilot, TheWrap has learned. The multi-camera half-hour sitcom stars Vladimir Caamaño and is based on the comedian’s life...
Feb 2, 2016 · New York-based Caamaño already had been on NBC’s radar as a 2013 finalist in the NBC Standup showcase. In addition to the NBC comedy series Undateable, which airs live, Doozer has...
May 14, 2016 · NBC passed on four other comedies—the ensemble comedy Good Fortune, comedian Sebastian Maniscalo’s sitcom, Sebastian, Vladimir Caamano’s father-son pilot A Bronx Life, and Matt Hubbard’s...
