John Safran

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Biography

Before you ever saw John on television you may of heard his work. In 1995 he began copy-writing for ad agency Clemenger Harvie, producing…more

Born

8/13/1972, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Birth Name

John Safran

Gender

Male

Credits

  • What to Watch: January 10 - 16

    Our pick of the best shows on Aussie screens this week including Pretty Little Liars, Facejacker, Outback Fight Club, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and more. read more

  • ABC 2011 line-up filled with lots of laughs

    The ABC has revealed highlights of its 2011 calendar, which features the return of Chris Lilley, Judith Lucy, Frank Woodley, Lawrence Leung, John Safran and Adam Richard. read more

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    • John Safran spent portions of 2007 in Los Angeles shooting a pilot John Safran Saves America for American MTV, in which he tried to convince emos to fight in Iraq, hit the couch with therapists who claim they can cure people of racism, and attempted to become gay to increase his standing in Hollywood. The show is yet to be picked by producers.
    • John's single Not the Sunscreen Song came in at #706 on Triple M's 2005 Greatest Songs Ever Written and Performed since the Beginning of Time poll.
    • John once snuck 9 young men into an exclusive Melbourne nightclub by disguising them as members of the American metal band Slipknot.
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    • John Safran: I'm definitely pro-religion, more so than anti-religion, I constantly feel like I'm going to get into trouble for the things I do, even if there's no logical reason for me to get into trouble. So that's the reason, I think, why I must believe there is something "there", God or whatever. Because why would I feel like I'm doing something wrong if I believed there was nobody around to punish me for it?
    • John Safran: Oh yes, the Devil does still live. And I do like the Devil, and I'm really disappointed that for example modern Catholicism is trying to play down the Devil, as this kind of literal figure. They go, Oh well you know, it's the Devil but it's not really the Devil, it's just like broadly talking about bad things and stuff like that. I don't think the Catholic church should do that though, they should in fact put a Devil logo somewhere on the front of churches just to get people in.
    • John Safran: It is life's great paradox, but there's nothing I prefer more than a game of scrabble but nothing I prefer less than my opponents who are always accusing me of putting out words that aren't real. Sure, if I put down a word and you haven't seen it before, it must be because it's not real. There's no chance there's a word you haven't encountered before, you know everything, you're the font of universal knowledge, you're a walking Funk and Wagnalls.

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