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Kim "Howard" Johnson

1955-present · Chicago, IL

Improv journalist, Del Close biographer, and co-author of Truth in Comedy — the third name on the book that codified the Harold.

Known for

Co-authored Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (1994) with Close and Halpern.
Wrote The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legends of Del Close (2008) — the full-length Close biography.
Personal assistant to John Cleese on Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Author of several Monty Python reference books.

Connected to

People

Del Close Charna Halpern

Schools & Theaters

iO Theater (ImprovOlympic)

Concepts

truth in comedy

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_%22Howard%22_Johnson
https://kimhowardjohnson.com/about-kim-howard-johnson/

Referenced by

People

Charna Halpern Del Close

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