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2007
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Prank the Monkey
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My first best-selling comedy book.
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The Super Stunt
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I prank the Super Bowl.
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2005
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ZUG 10th Anniversary Show |
Original hour-long comedy show at Boston's famous Cheers bar. (Highlights here.) |
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2004
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"Commencement"
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I get my MBA.
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising
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I become creative director at ad agency Arnold Worldwide. (Highlights here, here, and here.)
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"The MSNBC Appearance"
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If you can't steal cable, then steal from cable.
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2003
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"What A Freak"
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I meet The World's Smallest Woman.
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"The Imperfect Storm"
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I am nearly lost to sea.
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2002
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"Stroking the Dolphin"
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I poke a dolphin in the eye.
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"Hotel Fire"
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Slightly more than a false alarm.
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2001
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Childbirth
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I create a child.
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Job interviews
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I interview with Comedy Central, and the President's brother.
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Aspen Comedy Fiasco
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ZUG is nominated, then kicked out of, the Aspen Comedy Festival.
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John's Journal
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Daily blog written between 2001-2002.
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MediaTelevision
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Comedy segments for Canadian TV.
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Network of the World
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Comedy segments for British TV.
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"The John and Tom Radio Show" |
Two-hour radio show for Boston's WMBR. (Highlights here.) |
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"Boys' Night Out in Vegas"
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My friends and I invade Sin City.
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2000
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"Coast-To-Costa Rica"
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Hilarious travels in a tropical paradise.
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1999 |
Computer Stew
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Daily comedy show webcast on ZDNet and CNET (through 2001).
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Jerry Springer
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I attack the king of Trash TV.
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1998
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"Push: Crash and Burn Tour '98" |
Week-long comedy report from Las Vegas, with cross-country road trip.
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Bill Gates
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I kiss Bill Gates on the nipple.
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"TV, Or Not TV?"
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The rise and fall of the original ZUG TV show.
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Wild Wild Web
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Comedy segments for the nationally-syndicated CBS show about the Web. |
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"Running Into the Ground"
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I run the Marine Corps Marathon. Barely.
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1997
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"Push: Comdex 1997"
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Week-long comedy report from Las Vegas, with live head-mounted webcam.
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"Boys' Night Out"
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I get in touch with my feminine side.
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"Cool Prank of the Day"
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Pranking the famous Cool Site of the Day.
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1996
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"Push: Comdex 1996" |
Week-long comedy report from Las Vegas for technology media company ZDNet. (Highlight here.)
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"How I Spent My Thanksgiving"
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The title says it all.
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"How Not To Cook a Lobster"
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Cruelty to animals: funny or unfunny? You decide. |
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"The Great Pumpkin Drop"
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Short film shown at the Smashing Pumpkins laser show at the Boston Museum of Science.
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1995
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ZUG |
You're soaking in it.
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"Emotigone"
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The classic rant about those sideways smiley faces.
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"Horn O' Plenty" |
Comedy articles about Christianity.
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"Techno-Shamans In Texas" |
I take a road trip to Texas to take peyote.
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1994
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"The John Hargrave Memorial Concert"
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Senior project at Berklee College of Music, in which I faked my own death.
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1993 |
It's Not My Child |
Live comedy sketch group.
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Innerviews |
Comedy articles for company newsletter.
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"Xany Xavier's Berklee Buyout"
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Comedy rock show at Berklee College of Music.
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1992 |
"Have You Heard The News Lately?" |
Weekly comedy radio show for Boston's WMBR (through 1994). |
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1991
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"Trout"
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My third full-length comedy video.
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"New York City: A Celebration of Humanity"
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Original comedy video shot at Times Square on New Year's Eve.
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1990
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"John and Jay Go To Hampton Beach"
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Original comedy video shot at Hampton Beach, Massachusetts. (Master tape lost by careless girlfriend.) |
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Koinonia |
Comedy articles for the Christian magazine.
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1989 |
"John and Jay Get Nutty" |
My second full-length comedy video.
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"Grand Theft Auto II" |
My car is stolen. Twice.
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1988 |
"Yellow Journalism"
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My first full-length comedy video. |
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Reach Out Singers
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Singing missionary group. Traveled to Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Iowa. |
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1987 |
"Scrambled Eggs"
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First novel. Unreadable.
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Singing telegrams
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Original comedy sketches and music, performed for drunken fraternities that threw things at me. |
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New Wilmington Missionary Conference
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Original comedy sketches and music, performed for high school and college students (through 2004). (Highlights here, here and here.) |
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"John and Jay Go To Washington"
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Original comedy video shot in Washington, D.C. We break into top-secret government facility, where we are stopped and questioned. |
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1986
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Senior class speech
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Provided opportunity for humiliating yearbook photo that will haunt me until the day I die.
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1982
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"The CARtoon"
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1000-page animated flipbook. Submitted to 80's TV show "That's Incredible!" Incredibly, it is rejected.
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1976-1982 |
Cassette tapes
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Comedy skits on the family tape recorder. Someday I will torture you with them. |
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1969 |
My first bowel movement
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Ironically, it was better than half the stuff I'd create later. |
