John Crist is a comedian and sketch comedy writer. While his YouTube channel has just over 112,000 subscribers (a relatively small number in the massive YouTube scene), his content, which often focuses on church life and millennial mockery, is often rather superb.
Crist’s latest video, titled “Trying to Play Guess Who in 2018,” is a sharp take on how progressive ridiculousness could hamper a simple children’s game like “Guess who?” Saying anything more would spoil the fun.
He describes himself as (on his website):
WITH OVER 150 MILLION VIDEO VIEWS, COMEDIAN AND VIRAL SENSATION JOHN CRIST IS THE NEXT BIG THING IN STANDUP COMEDY. WHETHER YOU KNOW HIM FROM VIRAL VIDEOS LIKE “MILLENIAL INTERNATIONAL,” “ROAD RAGE IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT,” OR BUZZFEED’S “SIGNS YOU GREW UP CHRISTIAN,” CRIST HAS SOLIDIFIED HIS COMEDIC PROWESS WITH OVER 200 LIVE SHOWS A YEAR, HIGHLIGHTED BY RECENT TELEVISION APPEARANCES ON LIVE AT GOTHAM AND LAUGHS ON FOX.
SEVEN YEARS IN, CRIST HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH SOME OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, INCLUDING DAVE CHAPPELLE, JEFF FOXWORTHY, TIM HAWKINS, SETH MEYERS, TREVOR NOAH, DANA CARVEY, ADAM CAROLLA, CHRIS D’ELIA, ANJELAH JOHNSON AND LOUIE ANDERSON. ANDERSON, NAMED ONE OF COMEDY CENTRAL’S TOP 100 COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME, SAYS OF CRIST, “IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL JOHN CRIST IS A HOUSEHOLD NAME. HE IS SO LIKABLE AND HIS STAND-UP IS TOP NOTCH.” TIM HAWKINS, WHO CRIST HAS PERFORMED WITH OVER 100 TIMES SAYS, “THIS GUY AIN’T NO OPENER. JOHN CRIST IS THE REAL DEAL.”
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