Jami Gong

Infobox Comedian
name = Jami Gong


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birth_name = Jameson Gong
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Medium = Stand-up, Producer
nationality = American
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influences = Bob Hope
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website = [http://www.takeoutcomedy.com]
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notable_work= Producer and host of TakeOut Comedy

Jami Gong is a leading Chinese American stand-up comedian. [ [http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/jamigong.htm "Featured Profiles", "Aprofiler"] ]

Biography

Jameson ("Jami") Gong was born in 1969 and raised in New York City's Chinatown. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7DD1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 "PUBLIC LIVES; Carrying a Torch for Chinatown, and for Comedy", "The New York Times"] June 18, 2004]

Jami's first attempt at stand-up comedy came on a dare while he attended Syracuse University. [www.takeoutcomedy.com] After graduating from Syracuse with a geography degree, Jami moved back into his family's brownstone in Chinatown. He made a living selling sports souvenirs at Madison Square Garden, and in later years, working at a chain of men's clothing stores around New York City. At nights, Jami performed stand-up comedy, although he did not perform between between 1993 to 1999 as a result of a poor performance that affected his confidence. He returned to stand-up after vowing to his sick grandmother that he would live life to the fullest. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7DD1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 "PUBLIC LIVES; Carrying a Torch for Chinatown, and for Comedy", "The New York Times"] June 18, 2004]

In 1999, Jami, along with several friends, created www.ChinatownNYC.com, a website featuring information about Chinatown. [www.takeoutcomedy.com] Jami also became a licensed tour guide and conducted acclaimed [http://www.jaunted.com/story/2007/10/1/163053/175/travel/iPod+Audio+Tours+Taking+Over+New+York] walking tours in Chinatown. Later, Jami made stand-up comedy his full-time profession. He has appeared at comedy clubs all over the world, as well as on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. [www.takeoutcomedy.com]

In 2005, Jami produced the first National Asian Comedy tour, and also took the tour overseas to Asia. [http://www.coolinyourcode.com/jami-gong/] In February 2007, Jami founded The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong, [http://www.takeoutcomedy.com] which is the first full-time comedy club in Asia. [ [http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/SCMP.pdf "Stand and Deliver", "South China Morning Post"] ]

Miscellaneous

In 1995, Jami was knighted by the country of Malta. [www.takeoutcomedy.com] In 2004, Jami carried the Olympic flame through Lower Manhattan as an official torchbearer for the Athens Games. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7DD1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 "PUBLIC LIVES; Carrying a Torch for Chinatown, and for Comedy", "The New York Times"] June 18, 2004]

References

External Links

[http://www.takeoutcomedy.com TakeOut Comedy's] website
[http://www.hkcomedyfestival.com HK International Comedy Festival's] website