Manhattan Comedy School

J.R. Havlan Guest Speaker

J.R. Havlan moved to New York in 1988 to begin his stand-up career, and thanks to hard work, dedication and hustle, he soon found work as a waiter. Some years after that he performed stand-up on The Late Show with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien as well as making numerous other television appearances that don't really matter. In 1996, J.R. became a writer on The Daily Show. In 1999, it became The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and that's when the Emmy's started pouring in, thanks in very small part to J.R. himself. J.R.'s writing has not appeared in any magazines and he is not a contributor to McSweeney's or the Huffington Post - just to be clear. Mr. Havlan splits his time between Manhattan where he lives with his wife and child, and Toronto where he lives a secret life with a second family. Shhhhh...
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