I started out like many great comedians, in Tulsa Oklahoma with an Andy Roony impression and a dream . I moved to Minneapolis Mn., dropped the Andy Rooney impression, and in 2002 I preformed at the Montreal Comedy Festival’s "new faces" show. A role in a film at the Sundance Film Festival soon followed. Now living in Los Angeles I perform regularly at the Comedy and Magic Club, and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. I have had the unique pleasure of opening up for comedic legends George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Mitch Hedberg and Lewis Black. I have recently done shows on the "Friends of Bob and Tom" tour and can be heard regularly on their syndicated radio show.
Website
johnevanscomedy.com
Influences
My influences are many....Me ten favorite in order would be:Bill Hicks, Steve Martin, George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, Jerry Seinfeld, Don Rickles, Dennis Miller.
Other comedians I have been influenced by: Robert Hawkins, Franklin Ajaye, Dave Attell, Robert Klien, Brian Regan, Jake Johanssen, Drake Sather, Bobby Slayton, Woody Allen, Jay Leno, Daniel Tosh, Sam Kenison, Ron White, Lewis Black, Emo Phillips, Mitch Hedberg, David Cross, Isaac Witty, Roger Rittenhouse,Todd Glass and many more!!!!
TV Shows
Last Comic Standing(semi-finalist 2008) Last Comic Standing NBC (2007) , Live @ Gotham COMEDY CENTRAL (2007)
Films
Chillocothe (Sundance film Festivsl 1998)
Albums
I have a CD called "high plains thrifter" availible on my web site.......
john evans's Interests
General
I love doing Stand-up comedy and writing comedy. But my true passion is JUNKING! Antique malls , flea markets and thrift stores. Places called Value Village and Traders World and Discount Thrift. Pretty much any place that has any combination of the words Value, Thrift or Traders. I like the fact that Thift Stores kind of act like a regular department store....But I've never been to a regular department store that smells like my grandma's house.
Music
I collect albums so my tastes stray toward a time gone by. The state of music is dire. Look at the billboard top 40 it is INSANE!!! Paris Hiltons album debuted at NUMBER 6!!!!!!!!! Anyway my favorites are: Booker T and the M.G's, The Clash, Cream, The Beastie Boys, Jimmy Smith, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, The White Stripes, Jimi Hendrix, Dizzy Gillespe, Freddie Hubbard,The Who, The Dave Clark Five, AC/DC (particularly the Bon Scott era), Slayer,Scott Joplin, Isaac Hayes, David Bowie, The Cult, Judas Priest, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Johnny Rivers, Otis Redding, Jerry Reed, Johnny Cash, Grandmaster Flash, Jeff Beck, Iron Maiden, Joan Jett, Buck Owens, Lou Rawls, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, ZZ Top, Motley Crue, Metallica, Primus, The Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, Marshall Tucker Band, The Faces, Ike and Tina Turner, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochrine, Anything by Phil Spector, Anything produced by Rick Rubin!!!!!
Movies
Just the top twenty here......
..1. Its a mad mad mad mad world.
..2. Raising Arizona
..3. Goodfellas
..4. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
..5. Dead Men Don't Wear Plad
..6. The King Of Comedy
..7. One Flew Over the Coo coo's nest
..8. Spinal Tap
..9. Taxi Driver
..10 Caddy Shack
..11. Easy Rider
..12. Boogie Nights
..13. The Jerk
..14. The Big Lebowski
..15. Blue Velvet
..16. Streetcar Named Desire
..17. Cool Hand Luke
..18. Dr. Strangelove
..19. J.F.K
..20. Apocolypse Now
Books
Books are a funny thing. They are almost essential to aquire knowlege and yet heavy and hard to store if you move around alot. Anyway,having said that, I love John Steinbeck. Grapes of wrath is a master work. Hells Angels, Fear and Loathing..., Great Shark Hunt and Curse of Lono are must reads from the Hunter S. Thompson collection. David Sedaris is an absolute unmitigated GENIUS. Holidays on Ice, Naked, Barrel Fever!!!!!!! Five stars and Two thumbs up. I love William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski. Oh yeah, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein is key!!!!
Heroes
Hall and Oats !!!!! I consider them to be the Lennon and McCartney of my generation. Man-eater? Are you freaking kidding me???????????????
About me: I am a stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles. I used to live in Oklahoma, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey and a few other places. I love sno-cones,slushes, icee's, popcicles and fla-vor-ice (you can have otter pops).I have an amazing 12 year old son Nathan. I also have 8 tropical fish named Paris, Jake and The fat man, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Red and Rum, weezy.( Sadly my crab Francios has passed.) Other than that, my personal life is shrouded in mystery.
Who I'd like to meet: Dick Allen, Hunter S. Thompson, Jim Henson, Lenny Bruce, Col. Sanders, Steve Martin, Robert Crumb, Frank Lloyd Wright, Adam West, Jim Morrison, Rod Carew, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, The Beastie Boys, Every member of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, Charles Darwin, Elvis Presley, Andy Kaufman, Bill Hicks, John Belushi, Jerry Rice, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Bukowski, Hugh Hefner, Jak Nicholson, Joe Montana, Robert Deniro, Martin Scorcesee, Joe Montana, Jack Kerouac, Tim Burton, Steve Cropper, Angus Young, Sam Kenison, Jim Varney and Solil Moon Frye.
WE NEED BANDS / TECHS / COMEDIANS / SPONSOR'S and 30 more Wrestlers to bring the number to 75 shoot the feature length docu-drama for entry into Sundance/Tribeca/Caan film fests. We will set a new world record and shine a huge light on hunger in America. We can put you up while you are at the marathon thanks to "The Garfield Suites & Hotel" generously providing us with suites for the four day event. Contact me now to reserve your place in TV, Film and Wrestling History. No star to large or to small. PS We need to raise 10'000lbs of food to beat the Bengals food drive last Sunday so tell everyone you know who can come out and support this for the people who need it. Times are hard and need is growing. Indy wrestling is big and together we can leave a damn big footprint in the ass of hunger over the holidays, choose to make a difference in your world. You will be proud come Monday after Thanksgiving,
God damnit John Evans. You rolled a subpar joint tonight while enduring some rather shifty maneuvers in a 2 dr Honda. You aren't the father figure I thought you might be to me...
Hey John, Just stoping in to say hello. My cell is turned off for the moment. Hope all is well. I see your working like crazy, as usual. Talk to you soon, Monica
Jonny B-Bop! Hey you sexy scat cat! Miss you dearly but not queerly...haha I went into this Antique store in my hometown today and thought of you the WHOLE TIME! Still lookin' for a jacket like yours... Hope to see you soon! *hand hug*
Just stopping in to say HI. How's everything? Looks like your busy! I just went up to my brother's for my B-day (don't worry I just took out the card you gave me for all my future birthdays, 20 yrs ago!) My brother is living in Tahoe now.
I don't get on myspace that much anymore. You should check out Face Book, all our old friends from P-town are on there! Our 20yr reunion is coming up in Sept.(I think). I'll let you know when I hear anything. Talk to you soon, Monica
WE NEED BANDS / TECHS / COMEDIANS / SPONSOR'S and 30 more Wrestlers to bring the number to 75 shoot the feature length docu-drama for entry into Sundance/Tribeca/Caan film fests. We will set a new world record and shine a huge light on hunger in America. We can put you up while you are at the marathon thanks to "The Garfield Suites & Hotel" generously providing us with suites for the four day event. Contact me now to reserve your place in TV, Film and Wrestling History. No star to large or to small. PS We need to raise 10'000lbs of food to beat the Bengals food drive last Sunday so tell everyone you know who can come out and support this for the people who need it. Times are hard and need is growing. Indy wrestling is big and together we can leave a damn big footprint in the ass of hunger over the holidays, choose to make a difference in your world. You will be proud come Monday after Thanksgiving,
