Josh Johnson

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545 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers · JOSH JOHNSON Took One-Tank Texas Road Trips · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah.

And so I went to college.

I majored in design for lighting, thinking maybe I'd do lighting for theater.

At one point, I was like, maybe I can be an LD on Broadway and everything, really shoot for the star stuff.

But I still had this sort of quiet obsession with comedy, and I really love making people laugh, and I always have.

And so when I moved to Chicago, Chicago was the perfect place to basically still have a fork in the road because Chicago was where I could get a union start and everything.

But Chicago was also where I could just start doing open mics and be part of IO or The Annoyance or something like that.

And so –

I still move there with the intention of getting into comedy.

I was just very quiet about it.

And then I really didn't tell my mom how much comedy I was doing until I got passed at my first club.

Because then I was like, okay, at least if there's like some income involved.

And I haven't quit my job.

Because I was working at a grocery store in Chicago as well, but I did a bunch of odd jobs.

And I was like, as long as I look like I'm taking care of myself, I think that they'll be nothing but supportive.

And they were.

That's really cool.

you know what was rough okay so my my mom did come to chicago and i had a set my mom and aunt came and that was like the worst set i had in months i had been and and i'm not this type of person i'm really not trying to pump myself up but this is just to show you how far i fell i was killing like like i was i was

From the time I got passed, I still remember my first night after being passed, like first night as a paid regular.

Yes, you just become a paid regular, so now you're on the roster, and you're part of the schedule and everything.

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