He was raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota and currently resides in Denver, Colorado. Blue got his start in comedy doing open-mic sets while attending The Evergreen State College. Blue has cerebral palsy and many of his jokes center on living with his disability, how he deals with it and how other people view him. Blue is also an excellent soccer player and was part of the 2004 U.S. Paralympic team. He has appeared several times on Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia. Blue was voted the "Last Comic Standing" on NBC's reality show Last Comic Standing during its fourth season, which aired May-August, 2006. Since then, he has appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, and Comics Unleashed. He also had a role in Feast 3: The Happy Finish and continued to work on his soccer skills.