Cliff Cash

Clifton Freeman Cash (born 1980) is an American stand-up comedian who was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and now resides in Wilmington, North Carolina

His album Half Way There, released on January 8, 2021, on Stand Up! Records, reached No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart.

Personal life Cash was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and raised in a conservative Southern Baptist home. He is the younger brother of novelist Wiley Cash. They also have a sister.

He attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

He lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was divorced in 2017.

He has made a goal of visiting and documenting all 61 U.S. national parks while on tour as a comic.

Career Cash's first open mic was in 2011.

His comedy, inspired by George Carlin, is often satiric and politically pointed, tackling topics such as racism, religious fundamentalism, and the MeToo movement. He often uses shows as fundraisers for environmental and other causes. Bill Poteat of the Gaston Gazette noted that Cash's skewering of southern conservatism can be sarcastic, "yet the humor is at its foundation gentle rather than confrontational".

He has performed across the U.S. since 2016, including the Houston Whatever Fest, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, Norfolk Comedy Festival, Altercation Comedy Festival, San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival, and the Boise, Idaho Treefort Music Fest. He won the Port City’s Top Comic contest in 2013, was a semifinalist and regional winner in Comedy Central's Up Next competition, and a semifinalist on Standup NBC.

He appeared on two episodes of the Fox series Laughs in 2014.

Albums Half Way There was distilled from four hours of material recorded at Dead Crow Comedy Room in Wilmington in 2016.

Discography Cliff Cash, Half Way There (Stand Up! Records, 2021)