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John Crist was born on March 20, 1984, in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. [8] [9] He has seven siblings. [10]His father was a pastor and, as a child, Crist was deeply entrenched in all aspects of Christian culture.
Chonda Pierce (born March 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, television hostess, author and actor. Pierce has an ongoing concert calendar and her comedy segments frequently appear on XM Radio's Laugh USA and Sirius Satellite Radio's Blue Collar Comedy 103. She is the RIAA's number one selling female comedian of all time. [1]
Christian comedy is increasingly being used as an outreach, with the idea that a comedy show is an effective method to bring people into church who may have never thought about coming. [2] Christian comedy is also used as a method to renew and refresh the spirit of church members, based on the Bible passage that says laughter does a heart good ...
The Christian Comedy Association started in the 90s, in an attempt to use comedy as a "spiritual vehicle." [54] Comedian Doug Stanhope has criticized Christian comedy. [54] Heckling is almost nonexistent in the church circuit. [54] Christian comedy is clean comedy that claims to help one's soul. [55]
In October 2006, Finnegan's debut stand-up comedy CD titled Two For Flinching was released by Comedy Central Records, [1] “Au Contraire!” was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2009. His third special "The Fun Part" was filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on April 4, 2013, and debuted on Netflix on April 15, 2014.
In September 2008, he was featured in the multi-comedian DVD The Apostles of Comedy, which also features comedian/actors Ron Pearson, Jeff Allen and Anthony Griffith. The four comedians have been touring the country as The Apostles of Comedy since 2008 and are scheduled through May 2009.
His first half-hour special was released on Comedy Central in 2017. [4] His comedic story "Catfishing the KKK" has been viewed more than 13 million times on YouTube. [5] In 2018, he appeared on the Netflix stand-up comedy series The Comedy Lineup. [6] At the New York Comedy Festival that year, he was named New York's Funniest Stand Up. [7]
Christopher Paul Anthony Distefano (born August 26, 1984) [1] is an American comedian. Primarily a stand-up comedian, he began his career in entertainment on MTV and MTV2's shows Guy Code and Girl Code. His first hour-long standup special, Chris Distefano: Size 38 Waist, was released in 2019 by Comedy Central.