Ken Rynne of “Planet Washington,” Writer & Performer, a former choirboy is the son of a Boston Irish cop who acted with The Tonight Show’s Ed McMahon in Lowell, MA.  He recorded an album at age 9 and performed with The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Robert Schumann’s Goethe’s Faust. Selected to sing with The Greater Bostonians appearing in two hour-long television specials, and recording two albums (classical and pop tunes), Ken won a Music Medal for Excellence from Boston Latin School. He studied government at Georgetown where he sang with The Georgetown Chimes, Georgetown’s renowned a cappella group.

He practiced energy law but why practice law, when you can help write it? While working on Capitol Hill as Senate energy counsel, House Banking Counsel, and Senate Leadership aide, Ken moonlighted with The Capitol Steps and wrote and performed with Washington’s annual Hexagon Show.

In 2006, as recounted in US News Editor Kerry Hannon’s “What’s Next? Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job” (Chronicle Books 2010), Ken left a rewarding career with MBNA America Bank to start Planet Washington. Ken has shared the stage with his mentor the legendary Mark Russell.

Ken is now producer, writer, blogger, and performer (with piano accompanist) at Planet Washington. He has performed on WETA. WHUR, WGBH, PBS, NPR, at The National Press Club, The Kennedy Center, The Improv, Harvard, Georgetown, The Bovine Metropolis (Denver) & “wherever 2 or 3 are gathered – with cash.”

What Others Are Saying Behind Our Backs!

Satire Made Fresh Daily! Quick Wit! improv! Great Musical Repertoire! A Great Singer! Fair & Balanced – Fun For Everyone! Dynamic Exciting & Clean Performance For Any Audience!

The Boston Globe: “If you think that inside the Beltway sometimes is a planet unto itself, this show is for you.” Mark Shields, PBS NewsHour: “If laughter is the best medicine, Ken Rynne is a one-man Mayo Clinic!” Former Governor Pete du Pont (R-DE): “Great! Very Funny.” The Harvard Crimson: “spoofing politics, pop culture, and all that passes for ‘news.’” Mark Russell: “Great Show!  Potent!  Pithy!  Funny!   And you have a better piano player than I do!” Reagan White House Aide: “Everyone had fun!” Rachel Ray: “Political Satire’s New Kid on the Block.

He’s Mark Russell on Steroids!  He’s The 2000 Year Old Man on Steroids!  He’s Lance Armstrong on a really fast product placement to be named later!

“A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” – Proverbs 17:22 (New King James Version)

“Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms
and lengthens life.” – William Shakespeare

“Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.”- Mark Twain

“There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.” – Will Rogers

“I never vote for anyone.  I always vote against.” -WC Fields

“Is this a game of chance?  Not the way I play it, no.” – WC Fields

‘Smile in the morning and get it over with.” – WC Fields

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge

How sweet it is! …. If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don’t know you have it, you don’t have it. If you don’t have it but you think you have it, then you have it…… The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it….Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable. – Jackie Gleason