John Wing Jr. (born ) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and author from

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. His books include ''Cup of Nevermind: New Poems'' (1998), ''--And the Fear Makes Us Special'' (2000), ''None of This is Probably True'' (2002), ''Ventriloquism for Dummies: Life as a Comedian'' (2002), ''Excuses: Poems'' (2005), ''The Winter Palace: New and Selected Poems'' (2007), ''So Recently Ancient'' (2010), ''Almost Somewhere Else'' (2012), ''Why-Shaped Scars'' (2014), and ''I'll Be There Soon'' (2016). He has been a guest on ''

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'' six times, and performed at nine Just For Laughs comedy festivals as well as the TV show

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and the

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. Wing also had his own comedy series, ''

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'', on

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in 2006. He was a contestant on ''

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'' in 2013 and was eliminated in the semifinals. In April 2020, he debuted the podcast The Bad Piano Player, an exploration of American popular music from 1900 to 1960. As of September 2020 there were 24 downloadable episodes available in over 40 countries. He lives in

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* * 1950s births America's Got Talent contestants Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian humorists Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian stand-up comedians Comedians from Ontario Living people People from Sarnia Writers from Ontario Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-comedian-stub