Felipe Esparza's jokes are deceptively simple, delivered without elaborate setups and with quick payoffs. "My family, we came here illegally, fair and square," he says on his 2018 special Translate This, which focuses primarily on his Mexican-American heritage, immigration, and growing up in America with parents who don't speak English — all newsworthy topics handled with refreshing ease and humor. Esparza has been in the business since 1994 but got a significant profile boost in 2010 with a win on Last Comic Standing. The dude's got a laid back charisma that's hard not to like; treat yourself to some YouTube or Spotify clips then catch one of his sets at Pittsburgh Improv.