Jon Friedman

JON FRIEDMAN is a writer, comedian and producer living in Brooklyn, NY. As an original blogger for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon he won two Creative Arts Emmy’s (Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media). He is currently the creator/producer and host of the award winning variety show, The Rejection Show, and has produced, hosted many other unique live events. Jon’s first book, the award winning Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped & Canceled, a humor anthology of rejected works, was released in 2009 with Villard (Random House). He performs regularly at literary events and stand-up comedy venues throughout New York City and beyond. His solo show, Bear With Me ran at The Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater in New York and was nominated for a 2011 ECNY Award (Excellence in Comedy – New York City) for Best One Person Show. Jon’s new original series, The Jon Friedman Internet Program will debut on My Damn Channel in early 2012. You can follow Jon on Twitter at @friedmanjon.