STAB!'s LEGAL GUARDIANS
Jesse Jones
Jesse Jones is an improviser, sketch writer/director, and humorist from Sacramento, CA. He spent several years in Los Angeles, training and performing at iO West, Upright CItizens Brigade Los Angeles and the Second City Training Center Hollywood.
After returning to Sacramento, Jesse joined John Ross in helping to develop the comedy panel podcast STAB! Over the five year run of the show so far Jesse has written approximately 750 original pieces for the show’s nearly 140 original shows.
Jesse recently published his first collection of material from STAB!: Deep Cuts, Volume 1 with a second and third volumes already in the works, along with a separate collection of articles and reviews assembled from almost two decades of internet humor writing.
“... in the tradition of Bob Odenkirk’s A Load of Hooey, Jesse Jones’s Deep Cuts Vol. 1 is handy provender for the misfit sense of humor.” - Fields Point Review
John Morris Ross IV
Comedian John Morris Ross IV has been performing stand up comedy since 2005 at clubs and colleges over the United States. Ross was a semi-finalist on Comedy Central's 2013 Up Next Search & has been heard on Comedy Central Radio and was a contributing writer for The Bob & Tom Show's Zany Report. Along with partner Jesse Jones, Ross created the STAB! podcast in 2013 and has recorded over 120 episodes to date.
He also toured the country with The Coexist Comedy Tour and has featured for top acts like Tom Segura, Emo Phillips, Jon Dore, Fortune Feimster, Christina P., Sebastian Maniscalco, Bobcat Goldthwait and many more.
Ross also has been teaching stand up writing and performance since 2010 at the Sacramento Comedy Spot and The Last Stand Comedy Venue before opening up STAB! Comedy Theater in the Summer of 2018.
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