John Roy
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Quality Chicago Comedy
Male
35 years old
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
United States
Last Login: 7/9/2009
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John Roy's Comedian Bio
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| Bio | Lifelong Chicagoan, began comedy in the alternative rooms in Chicago, until Zanies on Wells gave me my first paid gig. Went full time and toured the Midwest for years till I got my break on CBS’ Star Search. Since then I have divided my time between LA and touring the country. | | Website | johnroylive.com | | Influences | George Carlin, Richard Pryor, David Cross, Dave Attell, Louis CK, Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Eddie Izzard, Paul F. Tomkins, Dave Chapelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Dwayne Kennedy, Mick Betancourt, Matt Braunger | | TV Shows | CBS’ Star Search 2003, CBS' Hollywood Squares 2003, HBO’s Aspen Comedy Fest 2004, CBS’s Late Late Show 2005, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend 2005, NBC’s Last Comic Standing 2006, CBS' Late Late Show 2007, Syndicated Comics Unleashed 2007, NBC's Tonight Show 2008 | | Films | N/A |
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John Roy's Interests
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| General | Comedy, music, writing, hanging out in the city.
| | Music | Current Ipod favorites : Talib Kwali, Mos Def, Common, the Roots, Beastie Boys, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Green Day, Supergrass, Oasis, Kasabian, Rancid, Distillers, Who, Clash, and on and on and on. I'm a music junkie. See you at Amoeba. | | Movies | All time faves include : Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrells, Snatch, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, School of Rock, High Fidelity, Almost Famous, Dazed and Confused, Big Lebowski, and the holy trinity of Stripes, Caddyshack, and Animal House. | | Books | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hell's Angel's by Hunter S. Thompson
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
The Fifties by David Halberstam
True Adventures of the Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth
Truman by David McCullogh
Anything by Bernard Cornwell, Stephen King, David Sedaris, P.J. O'Rourke | | Heroes | The Comedy Greats : Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Robert Klein, Bill Hicks, Sam Kinnison. |
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Comedy Time Network Tapings, ACTORS ACTRESSES DIRECTORS FILMMAKERS TALENT NETWORK FILM & TV, NYC Underground Comedy Fest, STAND UP @ VELVET JONES, SANTA BARBARA, Postal Party People, FUCKING COMEDY, LA Comedians, Comedy Mass Sunday
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John Roy's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Chicago, IL | | Body type: | 5' 10" / Slim / Slender | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Zodiac Sign: | Pisces | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Comedian |
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