{{short description|American stand-up comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox comedian |name =John Caparulo |image =John Caparulo.jpg |imagesize = |caption = |pseudonym = |birth_name = |birth_date ={{birth date and age|1975|9|22}} |birth_place =East Liverpool, Ohio |death_date = |death_place = |medium =Stand-up{{br}}Acting |active =1997 – present |genre =Observational |subject = |spouse = Jamie Caparulo<ref name=Gadino/> |notable_work =''Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour''{{br}}''Chelsea Lately''{{br}}''Work It''{{br}}''Mobile Home Disaster'' |signature = |website ={{url|http://www.johncaparulo.com}} |children =1 }} '''John Caparulo''' (born September 22, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian.
==Early life== Caparulo grew up in East Liverpool, Ohio and graduated from Kent State University in 1998. Caparulo started his stand-up career in night clubs in Cleveland and Pittsburgh in 1997. He then spent several years working as a doorman at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, Los Angeles and as a groundskeeper at a local golf course.<ref name=Gadino>{{cite news|last1=Gadino|first1=Dylan|title='Chelsea Lately' Put Comedian John Caparulo Center Stage, But Married Life Presents Far More Challenges|url=http://www.hollywoodtake.com/chelsea-lately-put-comedian-john-caparulo-center-stage-married-life-presents-far-more-challenges|accessdate=December 7, 2015|work=Hollywood Take|issue=September 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name=McIntyre>{{cite news|last1=McIntyre|first1=Michael K.|title=John Caparulo steps off your TV screen and on the Hilarities stage|url=http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2011/12/john_caparulo_steps_off_your_t.html|accessdate=December 7, 2015|work=Cleveland.com|date=December 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name=McNulty>{{cite news|last1=McNulty|first1=Timothy|title=For Ohio comedian, tour was 'colossal'|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2008/02/08/For-Ohio-comedian-tour-was-colossal/stories/200802080150|accessdate=December 8, 2015|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=February 8, 2008}}</ref>
==Career== Caparulo first appeared at the 2003 ''Just for Laughs'' festival in Montreal,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8f_kqmwmU |title=John Caparulo - Just For Laughs 2006 |work=YouTube.com |date=18 August 2007 |accessdate=March 17, 2009}}</ref> where he was offered a sitcom,{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} and a spot on ''The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn''.<ref name="tv.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/the-late-late-show-with-craig-kilborn/james-marsden-alex-kingston-and-john-caparulo/episode/1227951/summary.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204202430/http://www.tv.com/the-late-late-show-with-craig-kilborn/james-marsden-alex-kingston-and-john-caparulo/episode/1227951/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |title=The Late Late Show with Crain Kilborn James Marsden, Alex Kingston, and John Caparulo |work=TV.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 }}</ref> He has since appeared on ''The Tonight Show'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/9816/john-caparulo |title=The Tonight Show: John Caparulo |work=Hulu.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> was featured on ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Next Generation'' hosted by Bill Engvall,{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} and was one of the comedians documented on ''Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour''.<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979963.html?categoryid=2031&cs=1 |title=John Caparulo (Stars in Vince Vaughn's 'Wild West Comedy Show') |work=Variety.com |author=Variety Staff |date=February 1, 2008|accessdate=March 17, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1046083/john_caparulo_clip/ |title=John Caparulo Clip |work=Metacafe.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 |archive-date=January 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101174714/http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1046083/john_caparulo_clip/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He hosted ''Mobile Home Disaster'' on CMT, and played the part of 'Brian' on the short-lived ABC sitcom ''Work It''. He also has a comedy special that aired on Comedy Central on December 21, 2008 called ''John Caparulo: Meet Cap'' which was directed by Dave Higby. The special was released on CD on February 10, 2009 and on DVD on April 14, 2009.<ref name="Tower">{{cite web |url=http://www.tower.com/meet-cap-john-caparulo-cd/wapi/113109204 |title=Meet Cap (CD) By: John Caparulo (Artist) |work=Tower.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305134538/http://www.tower.com/meet-cap-john-caparulo-cd/wapi/113109204 |archive-date=2009-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10973697 |title=DVD: John Caparulo: Meet Cap (Full Frame) |work=Wal-mart.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009}}</ref> Caparulo intermittently hosts ''The Mad Cap Hour'' radio show with his wife Jamie Caparulo and comedian Mark Ellis on Sirius XM, toadhopnetwork.com, and iTunes.
Caparulo regularly appeared on the E! show ''Chelsea Lately'' during its 7-year run. He voices the character Headphone Joe on Disney's ''Fish Hooks''.
Caparulo released his second album titled ''Come Inside Me'' in August 2013 on Netflix.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} In February 2014, Cap began releasing Caplets, a brand-new set of comedy every 30 days that he shoots at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California and The Ice House in Pasadena, CA, and distributes them on his website for free.
Since 2014, Cap has been writing and developing an animated series called “Cartoon Comic,” based on his life as a comedian, husband, and father. Cap has written a comic book series under the same title and has independently produced several animated standup shorts for his website and YouTube.<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/5OwuXBtXlFs |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OwuXBtXlFs |title = F*ck Yeah, Cap (2006 comedy) {{!}} John Caparulo |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2018, Caesars Entertainment offered Caparulo a weekly residency show. He consistently performs "John Caparulo's Mad Cap Comedy" five nights a week at Harrah's Las Vegas.
==Personal life== On the November 4th, 2010 episode of ''Chelsea Lately'', John announced that he proposed to Jamie Marie Kelly after his October 29 performance at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California. John and Jamie were wed at Water Street Tavern near their alma mater, Kent State University, on May 27, 2012. The couple currently resides in Calabasas, California and Las Vegas, Nevada with their three dogs, a basset hound, a puggle, and a rescued collie mix. On their October 10, 2014, #26 Domestic Disputes podcast Jamie reveals to John that they are having a child. On November 27, 2014 #28 of their podcast they reveal that their child is going to be a girl and that they are going to name her Madden Jae. They welcomed Madden Jae on May 22, 2015.
==Discography== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart<br />positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| US Comedy ! width="45"| US Country |- ! scope="row"| ''John Caparulo: Meet Cap'' | * Release date: February 10, 2009<ref name="Tower" /> * Label: Warner Bros. Nashville<ref name="Tower" /> | 8 | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Come Inside Me'' | * Release date: September 17, 2013 * Label: Warner Bros. Nashville | 2 | 59 |- | colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}
==Television appearances== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="1"| Year ! rowspan="1"| Show ! rowspan="1"| Network ! colspan="1"| Episode<br><small>(name, # and/or airdate)</small><!--Air date, formatted MM/DD/YY, is only for guest appearances, in chronological order for each show, and the ORIGINAL air date of specials, not for every episode of Mobile Home Disaster.--> ! colspan="1"| Role |- | 2003 - 2004 | ''The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn'' | CBS | "James Marsden, Alex Kingston,<br>and John Caparulo" (Episode 967)<br><small>May 7, 2003<ref name="tv.com"/></small><br>"Eric Idle, Lauren Holly,<br>and John Caparulo" (Episode 1,170)<br><small>May 5, 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/the-late-late-show-with-craig-kilborn/james-marsden-alex-kingston-and-john-caparulo/episode/1227951/summary.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204202430/http://www.tv.com/the-late-late-show-with-craig-kilborn/james-marsden-alex-kingston-and-john-caparulo/episode/1227951/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |title=The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Himself Eric Idle, Lauren Holly, and John Caparulo |work=TV.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 }}</ref></small> | Performer |- | 2004 | ''ESPN25: Who's #1?'' | ESPN | "Most Outrageous Characters"<br><small>July 13, 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/espn25-whos-1/most-outrageous-characters/episode/407677/summary.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915115820/http://www.tv.com/espn25-whos-1/most-outrageous-characters/episode/407677/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |title=ESPN25: Who's #1?: Most Outrageous Characters |work=TV.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 }}</ref></small> | Interviewee |- | 2005 | ''Premium Blend'' | Comedy Central | "Alex Ortiz, Ophira Eisenberg,<br>Matt Iseman and John Caparulo"<br>(Episode 802)<br><small>February 4, 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/premium-blend/episode-802/episode/394216/summary.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204210029/http://www.tv.com/premium-blend/episode-802/episode/394216/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |title=Premium Blend: Episode 802 |work=TV.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 }}</ref></small> | Performer |- | 2005–2008 | ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' | NBC | "Avril Lavigne, Pamela Anderson,<br>Selma Blair and John Caparulo"<br>(Episode 2,988)<br><small>August 12, 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/show-2988/episode/463822/summary.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208234317/http://www.tv.com/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/show-2988/episode/463822/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |title=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Show #2988 |work=TV.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 }}</ref></small><br>"Jennifer Aniston, John Caparulo,<br>The All-American Rejects"<br>(Episode 3,116)<br><small>April 4, 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/jennifer-aniston-john-caparulo-the-all-american-rejects/episode/694009/summary.html |title=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Guest Jennifer Aniston; John Caparulo; The All-American Rejects |work=TV.com |accessdate=March 17, 2009 |archive-date=March 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314151459/http://www.tv.com/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/jennifer-aniston-john-caparulo-the-all-american-rejects/episode/694009/summary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref></small><br>Episode ?,???<br><small>January 5, 2008</small> | Guest/Performer |- | 2006 | ''Comedy Central Presents: John Caparulo'' | Comedy Central | Episode #171<br><small>April 7, 2006</small> | Performer |- | 2008 - present | ''Mobile Home Disaster '' | CMT | All episodes | Host |- | 2008–2014 | ''Chelsea Lately'' | E! | Recurring | Roundtable panelist |- | 2008 | ''John Caparulo: Meet Cap'' | Comedy Central | December 21, 2008 | Performer |-John Caparulo is the father of my child!!! | 2009–present | ''The International Sexy Ladies Show'' | G4 | June 7, 2009 | Commentator |- |}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="1"| Year ! rowspan="1"| Title ! colspan="1"| Release date ! colspan="1"| Role ! colspan="1"| Notes |- | 2006 | ''Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour'' | February 8, 2008 | Performer | First shown at 2006 Toronto<br>International Film Festival. |- | 2007 | ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Next Generation''<ref name="BCCTNG">{{cite web |url=http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Blue_Collar_Comedy_Tour_The_Next_Generation/70097711 |title=Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Next Generation (2007) |work=Netflix |accessdate=March 17, 2009}}</ref> | November 17, 2007 | Performer | Live performance for TV,<br>never aired. |}
==See also== * List of comedians * List of stand-up comedians
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.johncaparulo.com/}} * {{IMDb name|2002507}}
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