Jonathan Hood interviews comedian Aries Spears, who is coming to the Chicago Improv.
Aries discusses his career, his thoughts on Michael Jordan vs Lebron James debate, his comedy influences and much more.
Aries Spears (born April 3, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and voice artist from New York City.
Spears was a regular on Fox's sketch comedy series MADtv, appearing in 198 episodes, making him the second longest-serving cast member on the show behind Michael McDonald. In 2011, he released a special called Aries Spears: Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling.
Spears was born in Chicago, IL and moved to New York when he was a year or two old. His mother, Doris Spears, is a jazz singer. Spears moved to New Jersey at age 11 and attended Arthur M. Judd Elementary School.
He became a comedian at 14, performing stand-up comedy in various comedy clubs in New York City. He was expelled for fighting during his sophomore year in North Brunswick Township High School in North Brunswick Township, at age 17.
Spears started doing his own comedy routine around his hometown.
Spears said that his first stand up comedy was doing impressions at the Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem, and Spears said that he recalls himself doing impressions of James Brown and Jack Nicholson during his first stand up comedy.
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