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John Roy

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My Interests

Comedy, music, writing, hanging out in the city.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who likes comedy. If you're in Los angeles, I do shows all over town. Come see me at the Hollywood Improv, Hermosa Beach Comedy Magic Club, Ha Ha Cafe, and the Westwood Brewing Company. If you're anywhere else, check my web site for tour dates.

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.

My Blog

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Posted by John Roy on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:04:00 PST

Brian Posehn, Heavy Metal Hamburgers

Last night I had a great time opening for Brian Posehn on the Myspace Secret Standup Show at the Lakeshore Theatre in Chicago.  Packed house, very cool audience, Brian was great as always.  ...
Posted by John Roy on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:30:00 PST

Check out me on Jay Leno: www.johnroylive.com

Go to the media section and check out my set from the Tonight Show, at www.johnroylive.com  I think it's the best I've done on television.  What do you think?
Posted by John Roy on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:21:00 PST

Back to L.A.

Just saw David Sedaris live with Carolyn and my parents and he's about as funny an essayist as I've seen.  We all had a great time watching him in the Steppenwolf upstairs space in Chicago. ...
Posted by John Roy on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:18:00 PST

I’m in Canada!

I'm in Edmonton, home of the world's biggest mall.  I imagine some Americans would be angry to learn that our northern friends have beat us in mall size, a field they feel we should be the leader...
Posted by John Roy on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:53:00 PST

On My Way To New York City

I am going to New York City in teh middle of April.  I am very excited to check out the East Coast Comedy scene.  If any of you are from NYC, come check me out at the Comic Strip on April 20...
Posted by John Roy on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:26:00 PST

Sad person messing with Myspace

Hey, to all my friends wondering where my girlfriend went in my Top 8, a sad misguided person has been messing with Carolyn's Myspace and that's why she has been replaced by sexy Tom in my Top 8. She'...
Posted by John Roy on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:10:00 PST

U2 live in Ireland

I think U2's one of the best live bands in the world.  I'm on the fence about Bono's speechifying.  Sometimes it hits pretentious levels of nonsense, but other times, by aiming for the big e...
Posted by John Roy on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:57:00 PST

I met Barak Obama

Coming through security at O'Hare airport on the Monday after the Bears were embarrassed at the Super Bowl, it felt like the unhappiest place in the country.  13 below and everyone's head hung do...
Posted by John Roy on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:26:00 PST

Watch me on "Comics Unleashed" Nov 24

I just taped "Comics Unleashed" and it will air Nov. 24th (Nov.26th in L.A.)  It's syndicated so check your local listings for showtimes.  I'm on with Kim Coles, Godfrey, and Dennis Miller.&...
Posted by John Roy on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:05:00 PST