| 1985 | Directed The Laughter Company, a Long Island improvisational comedy group whose roster included a young Rosie O'Donnell and Bob Nelson, launching both performers toward national careers. |
| 1986 | Studied at Chicago's Second City, absorbing the ensemble improvisation techniques that would define his approach to hosting and emceeing for decades. |
| 1990 | Taped a stand-up set for VH-1's 'Stand Up Spotlight' with Rosie O'Donnell, putting him in front of a national cable audience alongside the show's most prominent alumni. |
| 1992 | Earned a Ph.D. in history from SUNY Stony Brook while maintaining an active stand-up schedule, a dual track that would later shape his 'professor of comedy' stage identity. |
| 1995 | Taped appearances for FOX's 'Comic Strip Live,' A&E's 'Comedy On The Road,' and Comedy Central's 'Stand Up, Stand Up,' establishing national television credits across three major networks. |
| 2000 | Hosted his own programs on NYC's WABC AM and Long Island's WGBB, adding radio to a performance portfolio that already spanned TV, clubs, colleges, and corporate events. |
| 2010 | Joined the faculty at Queensborough Community College (CUNY), teaching stand-up comedy and making him one of the few working club comics with a credited college course bearing his methods. |
| 2018 | Featured on 'The New Rascals Comedy Hour' on SiriusXM Radio, reaching subscribers nationwide as a regular voice on the satellite comedy circuit. |
| 2022 | Performed at the Long Island Comedy Festival, anchoring one of the region's signature showcase events as a headliner known to both club veterans and newer audiences. |
| 2024 | Co-hosted 'Stand-Up Memories' podcast alongside Jackie Martling, trading stories from decades of New York club comedy at venues including the World Famous Comic Strip and Dangerfield's. |
Peter Bales is one of America’s funniest comedians along with being one of the very best hosts and emcees in the business. He has appeared at countless clubs, corporate functions and colleges across the country and on a variety of television shows including FOX’s “Comic Strip Live”, A&E’s “Comedy On The Road”, Comedy Central’s “Stand Up, Stand Up”, Lifetime, MTV and VH-1’s “Stand Up Spotlight” with Rosie O’Donell. In the clubs, Peter is a regular at New York’s best including The World Famous Comic Strip and Dangerfields.Peter has also hosted his own radio programs on NYC’s WABC AM and Long Island’s WGBB. He has studied at Chicago’s “Second City” and in the eighties directed The Laughter Company and improvisational comedy group that helped lauched the careers of Rosie O’Donnell and Bob Nelson.