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"Jams and Jokes" with John Roy
Thursday Nov 12, 2009 7:00 PM
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18+ Show -
Live Music Performance followed by Comedy Headliner John Roy
John Roy | 7:00 PM
Morty's "Jams & Jokes" program. Enjoy a live music performance from 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm, and the buckle up for a 90 minute standup comedy show by our professional touring comedians. One price admits to both the "Jams" and the "Jokes." Doors open at 6:30 pm; seating begins at 7:00 pm.
This week's "Jams & Jokes" musician is the soul sounds of vocalist Bashiri Asad and Xenobia Green.
Chicago comic John Roy is a unique voice on modern urban life. A city dweller all his life, John grew up in Chicago's ethnically diverse Rogers Park neighborhood, the son of an ex Jesuit who worked for Chicago's urban Loyola University, and a psychotherapist. Growing up white and Catholic in a neighborhood full of African Americans, Orthodox Jews, Nigerians, Mexicans, Indians, Pakistanis, and every ethnic and religious group imaginable gave John a unique perspective on getting along in a crowded world. John's life saving heart surgery and altruistic parents gave him an appreciation of the importance of comedy as a means to social change.
In 2003, John appeared on the CBS television show, "Star Search," and was its first champion, earning 100,000 dollars and a development deal with CBS. In 2004, John appeared in the prestigious US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as a square on "Hollywood Squares," and on HBO. John has appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "Last Comic Standing," "Comics Unleashed," and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." |
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Live Comedy
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Rated PG-18
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