1. Yannis Pappas was born on August 24,1976 and is an American comedian from Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.
12 Facts About Yannis Pappas
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Pappas was born in Brooklyn, New York to Greek parents Chris Pappas, an Army officer, and Anna Pappas nee Mamalakis, a lawyer originally from Rethymno, Crete.
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Yannis Pappas was raised in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope with his two older brothers, Peter and Nikos.
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Yannis Pappas attended college at the American University in Washington, DC where he studied American Studies and History.
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Yannis Pappas returned to stand-up at the end of 2004.
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Yannis Pappas has been featured doing stand up on AXS TV, TruTV's How To Be a Grown Up, VH1's Best Week Ever, Fox Business, and Good Morning America.
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Yannis Pappas was the first comedian to ever do stand-up comedy on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; it was a test show and did not air.
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Alongside his stand-up comedy, Yannis Pappas had previously partnered up with lifelong friend and director Jesse Scaturro to create the production company Ditch Films in the mid-2000s.
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In 2016, he released his comedy album Let Me Be Yannis Pappas, which was recorded live in Madison, Wisconsin.
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In 2019, Yannis Pappas released his first hour-long special Blowing the Light on YouTube.
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Yannis Pappas has lived in Park Slope on-and-off for much of his life.
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Yannis Pappas moved to Miami in 2013 for the show Fusion Live.