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John Garrison

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About Me

I'm a stand-up comedian and comedy writer living in Boston.

My Interests

Drinking coffee, stand-up, writing, getting made fun of by my wife.

I'd like to meet:

God or someone who can get me a writing job.

Music:

Elvis Costello, Weezer, Ottis Redding, Green Day, Van Morrison, Oingo Boingo, Offspring, Replacements, Sam Cooke, Al Green, Aimee Mann, Pretenders, Doobie Brothers, The Dan Band, Handel.

Movies:

The Departed, Jaws, Batman Begins, North Dallas Forty, Manhunter, Nothing to Lose, Heat, The Shawkshank Redemption, Raising Arizona, Midnight Run, True Romance, Dodgeball, Anchorman, Napoleon Dynamite, Comedian, Take the Money and Run, Defending Your Life, Lost in America, GoodFellas.

Television:

Sopranos, Entourage, The Office, 30 Rock, My Name Is Earl, Lucky Louie, Curb, The Greatest American Hero, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Law and Order SVU (Ice-T is the s**t)

Books:

The Brothers Bulger, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, The Westies, A Prayer for Owen Meany

Heroes:

My Dad

My Blog

So Long Joke

Well I just found out from a couple of my comic friends that one of my jokes was told on last night's Last Comic Standing. I didn't see the show but the comics told me what was said and I'm like yeah ...
Posted by John Garrison on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:06:00 PST

Boston Comedy Festival

I've been selected to perform in this year's Boston Comedy Festival. I'll be performing October 8th at the Comedy Connection in downtown Boston at 9pm. Really looking forward to it. I'll be ...
Posted by John Garrison on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:03:00 PST

Riding The T

I'm still trying to figure out this MySpace thing out. For some reason my blog is set to private. Not sure why, not like anybody's going out of their way to read this thing. Hell I have only two ...
Posted by John Garrison on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:24:00 PST

Story of My Life

So here I am, sitting on the floor, drinking a bud light, typing away at my laptop and staring at the empty surroundings I used to call home. Yeah nothing like staring at an empty house to make you su...
Posted by John Garrison on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:21:00 PST

Greetings From Boston

Well I did it, I'm finally in Boston. After several years of talking about it, my wife and I made the plunge last weekend. So far so good. We're getting settled in, it's going to take a while to get u...
Posted by John Garrison on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:27:00 PST