John Wing Jr.

John Wing (Jr.) is a Canadian comedian and author from Sarnia, Ontario.[1] He is of Irish-Italian descent and attended St. Patrick's Catholic High School while in Sarnia.[2].

His books include Cup of Nevermind: New Poems (1998), --And the Fear Makes Us Special (2000), None of This is Probably True (2002), Ventriloquism for Dummies: Life as a Comedian (2002), Excuses: Poems (2005), The Winter Palace: New and Selected Poems (2007), So Recently Ancient (2010), Almost Somewhere Else (2012), Why-Shaped Scars (2014), and I'll Be There Soon (2016).

He has been a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno six times, and performed at nine Just For Laughs comedy festivals, as well as the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and had his own comedy series, Man, Woman and Child, on CBC Radio One in 2006.[3] He was a contestant on America's Got Talent (season 8) in 2013[4][5][6][7] and was eliminated in the semifinals.[8][9]

He lives in Los Angeles.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Graeme McRanor (17 December 2006). "24 seconds with John Wing". 24 Hours Vancouver. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ↑ St. Patrick's Catholic High School
  3. ↑ "Relationship comic is really a standup guy". The Vancouver Sun. 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Wing still dreams". Sarnia Observer. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Canadian comedian John Wing advances on America's Got Talent - canada.com". canada.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Canadian comedian enjoys ride on 'America's Got Talent'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "'America's Got Talent' and some great semifinalist acts (finally)". Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Comedian John Wing Jr. says reality-TV appearance gave his career a lift, but it wasn't fun". Daily Courier. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  9. ↑ John R. Kennedy (21 August 2013). "Canadian John Wing makes 'America's Got Talent' semi-finals". Global News. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Teaching old comic new tricks is easier with a strict deadline". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "John Wing still not ready to admit 'I made it'". Toronto Star. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Jim Bawden (11 June 1994). "With only a stage, a curtain and some sharp schticks, comedy festival delivers the goods". Toronto Star. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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