"Funniest Comedian JAMI GONG vs JOHN GOODMAN"

JAMI GONG

Jami Gong is a Chinese American stand-up comedian. Jameson ("Jami") Gong was born in 1969 and raised in New York City's Chinatown. Jami's first...

Jami Gong is a Chinese American stand-up comedian. Jameson ("Jami") Gong was born in 1969 and raised in New York City's Chinatown. Jami's first attempt at stand-up comedy came on a dare while he attended Syracuse University. After graduating from Syracuse with a geography degree, Jami moved back into his family's brownstone in Chinatown. He made a living selling sports souvenirs at Madison Square Garden, and in later years, working at a chain of men's clothing stores around New York City. At nights, Jami performed stand-up comedy, although he did not perform from 1993 to 1999 as a result of a poor autism-induced performance that affected his confidence. He returned to stand-up after vowing to his sick grandmother that he would live life to the fullest. In 1999, Jami, along with several friends, created www.ChinatownNYC.com, a website featuring information about Chinatown. Jami also became a licensed tour guide and conducted acclaimed walking tours in Chinatown. Later, Jami made stand-up comedy his full-time profession. He has appeared at comedy clubs all over the world, as well as on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In 2005, Jami produced the first National Asian Comedy tour, and also took the tour overseas to Asia. In February 2007, Jami founded The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong, which is the first full-time comedy club in Asia. In 2009, the club expanded its operations to conduct shows in Macau and the Philippines.

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JOHN GOODMAN

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He played Dan Conner on the ABC television series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for whic...

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He played Dan Conner on the ABC television series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993, and reprised the role in its sequel series The Conners. He is a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers on such films as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). His voice roles include Pacha in Disney's The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000), James P. Sullivan in Pixar's Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–2020), Baloo in The Jungle Book 2 (2003), George Wolfsbottom in Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), Layton T. Montgomery in Bee Movie (2007) and Eli "Big Daddy" LaBouff in The Princess and the Frog (2009). His other film performances include lead roles in Always (1989), King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), The Flintstones (1994), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), and supporting roles in True Stories (1986), Beyond the Sea (2004), Evan Almighty (2007), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Artist (2011), Argo (2012), Flight (2012), Trouble with the Curve (2012), The Monuments Men (2014), Trumbo (2015), Patriots Day (2016), and Atomic Blonde (2017). On television, Goodman has had regular roles on Amazon Studios's Alpha House (2012–2013) and on the first season of HBO's Treme (2010–2011) and has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live, as well as playing guest roles on series such as Community. He currently stars in the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). John Heilpern of Vanity Fair has called him "among our very finest actors".

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