“There’s a method to my madness,” says prop comic The Legendary WID. “I’m not overly anal about it. I try to make it a little bit organized, but also a little bit unorganized. Sometimes the charm of the joke comes out in the disorganization. There are different dynamics. Sometimes I strive to make it hard for myself and go to the audience, ‘Well what do you want me to do?’ , and improv on that. It’s very satisfying as a job. I can’t imagine doing the same thing over and over again. I’m a little bit too hyper for that I guess.”
There are a few select individuals who have the honor of being considered a Philadelphia institution. The Legendary WID is most definitely one of them.
STAND-UP COMEDY
JOHN HAS PERFORMED IN THE BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL
AND THE LAS VEGAS COMEDY FESTIVAL. HAS WRITTEN FOR THE TONIGHT SHOW AND HIS WORK
HAS APPEARED IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE. HE HAS WORKED AT:
NY-CAROLINES,
STAND UP NEW YORK, GOTHAM, NEW YORK COMEDY CLUB, THE COMIC STRIP. RASCALS,
STRESS FACTORY
LA.- THE COMEDY STORE, LAUGH FACTORY, ICE HOUSE.
PHILA.-
COMEDY CABARET, LAUGH HOUSE, COMEDY WORKS
AND COLLEGES ACROSS THE
U.S.
TELEVISION
CAROLINES COMEDY HOUR, ESPN, GOOD MORNING
AMERICA, FOX MORNING SHOW, COMEDY CENTRAL. COMCAST SPORTS
NETWORK.
SPECIAL SKILLS
DEGREE IN RADIO, TELEVISION AND
FILM FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, IMPROV AND COMMERICIAL TRAINING AT THE AMERICAN
COMEDY INSTITUTE, STUDIED ACTING UNDER JOANNA BECKSON IN NEW YORK. HEAT-VISION
AND AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO GIVE OUT EXACT
CHANGE.
COMEDY-BIOGRAPHY
JOHN BEGAN HIS COMEDY CAREER AS
A JOKE WRITER FOR RADIO PERSONALITIES THEN WROTE FOR JAY LENO AND JOAN RIVERS.
JOHN HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES WITH HIS APTLY TITLED ” JOHN KENSIL SHOW” A
SARCASTIC TAKEOFF ON THE OLD DEAN MARTIN SHOW WITH JOHN AS HOST AND A CAST OF
OFFBEAT CHARACTER COMEDIANS DROPPING IN.
JOHN ENTERED THE STAND UP
COMEDY ARENA WHILE ATTENDING TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. HIS HUMOR STYLE CAN BEST BE
DESCRIBED AS TAKING AN ORDINARY SITUATION AND CREATING A TWISTED VIEW ON IT,
(MUCH LIKE A PARTY CLOWN MAKING BALOON ANIMALS). HE HAS WORKED WITH MANY
NATIONAL COMEDIANS AND WHEN MOST WERE ASKED TO DESCIBE JOHN KENSIL THE USUAL
REPLY WAS- ” JOHN KENSIL? DIDN’T HE PARK MY CAR?”
JOHN’S
LIFE-BIOGRAPHY
EVERYTHING JOHN TALKS ABOUT IN HIS ACT IS BASED IN
REALITY. FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND RUNNING OFF TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL STEVIE NICKS
IMPERSONATOR IN A FLEETWOOD MAC COVER BAND AND LEAVING HER KIDS AND MOMS ASHES
WITH HIM TO GROWING UP AS ONE OF SEVEN IRISH KIDS IN A WORKING CLASS
PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD.
