John Heffron

Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Heffron is an American stand-up comic. Born in Detroit, he was raised in South Lyon, Michigan. He graduated from South Lyon High School and Eastern Michigan University. Heffron has appeared on Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and won the second season of Last Comic Standing. He appeared as contestant of the third season of Last Comic Standing ranking third place with Rich Vos overall and runner-up for Season 2. He took a job as radio sidekick to Danny Bonaduce on a highly rated Detroit morning show on Q95-5 and did commentary on the 2004 VH1 TV series My Coolest Years: My First Time, and other VH1 shows.[citation needed] He toured with Charlie Murphy and Joe Rogan in Maxim and Bud Light's Real Men of Comedy tour in the fall of 2006. On September 4, 2007, me made his debut hosting his own Internet broadcast on NowLive.com. On June 15, 2008, Heffron was among those who roasted Gene Simmons on an episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Comedian Lisa Lampanelli jabbed at Heffron during her portion of the roast, saying "Let me pause long enough so everyone can look him up on Wikipedia." Heffron released a board game, That Guy Game, and three CDs: Good Kid, Bad Adult (2005), The Better Half (2006), and Kid With a Cape (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Heffron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.