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Jon Reep (born March 26, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, known as the "That thing got a Hemi?" guy in Dodge commercials, and more recently as the winner of the fifth season of Last Comic Standing on NBC.
Reep was born and raised in Hickory, North Carolina. He has one younger brother, Jason. Their father David, worked as the manager of a Goodyear store, and a part time police officer. Their mother was a receptionist at the local telephone company. Reep was raised as a Baptist.
Reep attended Fred T. Foard in Newton, North Carolina and played football.
After graduating high... MORE
Jon Reep (born March 26, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, known as the "That thing got a Hemi?" guy in Dodge commercials, and more recently as the winner of the fifth season of Last Comic Standing on NBC.
Reep was born and raised in Hickory, North Carolina. He has one younger brother, Jason. Their father David, worked as the manager of a Goodyear store, and a part time police officer. Their mother was a receptionist at the local telephone company. Reep was raised as a Baptist.
Reep attended Fred T. Foard in Newton, North Carolina and played football.
After graduating high school, Reep began attending Catawba Valley Community College, while working at his father's Goodyear store.
In 1992, Reep transferred to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and graduated in 1996 with a BA degree in theatre, mass communication, and public and interpersonal communication. After graduation, Reep landed a job as a production assistant with UNC-TV.
In 1995, Reep was at a Carolina Panthers inaugural football game in Clemson, South Carolina when the Panthers mascot, Sir Purr, called him to the field. Reep started dancing in the endzone until the police arrested LESS
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