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Cole Escola has been singularly funny for years, standing out in everything from Difficult People to At Home with Amy Sedaris to Search Party to the new season of Life & Beth.

Rather than becoming another in a long line of talents waiting forever for worthy vehicles, Cole writes as well as they perform, capturing a huge audience on line via their YouTube channel, playing an array of sublimely ridiculous character who are a mix of earthy, loopy, surreal and familiar.

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One of my favorite sentences I've ever read in a mainstream newspaper: “'All I do is watch Turner Classic Movies and crochet,' says Escola, who is working on a blanket he says he'll finish in December.”

Escola is a familiar, mirth-filled yet deadpan face in Web series, and his uncanny ability to play women — it ain't drag — is his ticket to the top. Keep reading for his story, and more of the day's hottest links ...