John Dardenne
comedian. writer. director.
Bio
John L. Dardenne III
Born: 11/20/84
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1st stand-up gig: 18 years old
College: USC (Film School)
Improv Training: Upright Citizens Brigade Featured by: The Comedy Store, CNN, NY Sun, TIME.com, U.S. News and World Report, The Telegraph-UK, The Albuquerque Tribune, L.A. Times Blog
I performed with Second Nature Improv for four years at USC. I am currently playing with the house team EIGHTBALL! at L.A. Connection Comedy Theater as well as interning and training at the UCB Theatre. I recently hosted the Improv Jam at UCB and did stand up opening for Bobby Lee (MADtv) and Ant (Last Comic Standing) at the Welcome Back Comedy Show at USC.
I am featured as the bearded "poke guy" in an infamous YouTube parody of Facebook.com and eHarmony.com
Check it out in the VIDEOS section!
Born: 11/20/84
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1st stand-up gig: 18 years old
College: USC (Film School)
Improv Training: Upright Citizens Brigade Featured by: The Comedy Store, CNN, NY Sun, TIME.com, U.S. News and World Report, The Telegraph-UK, The Albuquerque Tribune, L.A. Times Blog
I performed with Second Nature Improv for four years at USC. I am currently playing with the house team EIGHTBALL! at L.A. Connection Comedy Theater as well as interning and training at the UCB Theatre. I recently hosted the Improv Jam at UCB and did stand up opening for Bobby Lee (MADtv) and Ant (Last Comic Standing) at the Welcome Back Comedy Show at USC.
I am featured as the bearded "poke guy" in an infamous YouTube parody of Facebook.com and eHarmony.com
Check it out in the VIDEOS section!
Praise for JOHN DARDENNE
Comedian Jeffrey Ross says:
"I think you have an awesome sort of--we've all heard a lot of pussy jokes in our life, but yours are very original. You have sort of a distinctive stoner sort of prescence. Which you don't-- Not like a lazy stoner, but like a fun, like alert stoner. Stoner on steriods...The truth is its not easy to go on last with material that is new and you really owned it and I thought you were really great and should stick with it."
Comedian Russell Peters says:
"I liked your delivery. It was very excited. You seemed really excited about the fact that you were speaking so clearly for a stoner...Your dad's really a politician? Your career is ruined...Good stuff, John."
-Stand Up For a Cure Comedy Competition (2007), USC.
(See the full video with judge's comments in the VIDEOS section.)
"The Pope and His Jack" a one-act play
written/directed by John Dardenne
----"BNT has come to be known for a lot of slapstick,' Ellsworth says in a nod to the evening's comedic climax, "The Pope and His Jack," starring Beck Bennett as a raunchy Pope Bob. His whiskey-swilling antics with Cardinals Nippletap and Rodriguez threw the audience into repeated hysterics.----
-The Daily Trojan (USC)
3/29/04
THIS IS HOW SOME PEOPLE KNOW ME....
