1. Josh Blue was born on November 27,1978 and is an American comedian.
19 Facts About Josh Blue
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Josh Blue was born in Cameroon where his father, Walter Josh Blue, was a professor of Romance languages at Hamline University teaching during a mission.
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Josh Blue grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and graduated from Como Park Senior High School in 1997.
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Josh Blue began his career as a comedian while seeking a creative writing degree at The Evergreen State College.
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At one point for a joke on a busy weekend, Josh Blue locked himself in an empty animal exhibit for eight hours.
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Josh Blue got his start in comedy doing open mic sets while attending The Evergreen State College.
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Audiences reacted enthusiastically to his self-deprecating humor, and Josh Blue started making a name for himself on the comedy circuit.
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Josh Blue has appeared several times on Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia.
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Josh Blue won $10,000 for finishing in first place at 2004 Las Vegas Comedy Festival's 2004 Royal Flush Comedy Competition.
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Josh Blue appeared in the 2009 low-budget horror film Feast III: The Happy Finish.
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Josh Blue was voted the 13th best comedian by viewers in Comedy Central's Stand-up Comedy Showdown 2010.
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Josh Blue appeared in Boulder band Rose Hill Drive's music video "The Psychoanalyst".
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Josh Blue was voted the 11th best comedian by viewers in Comedy Central's Stand-up Comedy Showdown 2011.
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Josh Blue appeared in Ron White's Las Vegas Salute to the Troops 2013 as part of the opening act.
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Josh Blue appeared in the sports based comedy 108 Stitches in 2014.
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In 2021, Josh Blue auditioned for season sixteen of America's Got Talent, where he got four yeses from the judges and was able to advance through the live rounds.
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Josh Blue placed third in the season, behind aerialist Aidan Bryant and magician Dustin Tavella.
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Josh Blue has cerebral palsy, specifically classified as spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy, and many of his jokes center on living with his disability, how he deals with it, and how other people view him.
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Josh Blue has competed in Paralympic seven-a-side soccer; he was a part of the United States national team roster during the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece.