Steel City Spotlight: John Bueno
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Published by Sareth Ney on July 30, 2015 at 11:26 p.m.
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Patton and his pet human, John Bueno. Photo Credit: The subject's wife.
PUEBLO, Colo.—Wild Cousins’ John Bueno describes himself as “a mystery, rolled in an enigma, wrapped up in a riddle, and deep fried.” He tells joke wherever he is allowed and at times; do it for money. In his spare time—he loves to spend it with his wife and dog, play music here and there, write curse words everywhere and talk with explicit language to his fellow comics.
Looking back, Bueno remembers watching “Saturday Night Live” and it featured the best of Eddie Murphy on VHS. His brother joined him. Comedy drew his interest but he went onto play music instead. When he became a teenager, he and his friends listened to Dave Attell and David Cross many times. As time went on—he heard comedy routines by Maria Bamford, Todd Barry, Patrice O’Neal and Patton Oswald. Since then, comedy became his calling.
Bueno remembered the first time he took the stage, to perform stand-up comedy. After wrapping up band practice, he attended an open mic night his friend spoke of. He purchased a small notebook from Walgreens, wrote four jokes and went to the Downtown Bar in Pueblo, Colo. He remembered feeling nauseous and nervous. He does not remember if he did well and might have recalled a Bobby Flay joke. After parting the stage, he felt incredible because it was an adrenaline rush.
Since then, Bueno’s routine consists of several elements including: overcoming daily obstacles, his friends, workplace, everyday issues, his private parts and a hint of politics. If he were to go on a tour, he would host it. The lineup of his tour would feature: Kate Berlant, Eric Dadourian, Los Angeles’ Rory Scovel, Denver’s Sam Tallent and the headliner would be Dave Attell.
When it comes to some of the elements of comedy, Bueno would love to be roasted by his comedian friends because they know his style like no one else. He would love to try improvisational comedy. However, it scares him. He hopes to bring his written video and live sketches to life, in the future. His passion will always be stand-up.
In the next five years, Bueno hopes to perform stand-up comedy on a much larger scale. For the comedy scene in Colo.—he jokingly cites everyone will be millionaires, have Netflix development deals and everyone will have an incredible sex drive. He will be crossing his fingers, until the time comes.
Looking back, Bueno remembers watching “Saturday Night Live” and it featured the best of Eddie Murphy on VHS. His brother joined him. Comedy drew his interest but he went onto play music instead. When he became a teenager, he and his friends listened to Dave Attell and David Cross many times. As time went on—he heard comedy routines by Maria Bamford, Todd Barry, Patrice O’Neal and Patton Oswald. Since then, comedy became his calling.
Bueno remembered the first time he took the stage, to perform stand-up comedy. After wrapping up band practice, he attended an open mic night his friend spoke of. He purchased a small notebook from Walgreens, wrote four jokes and went to the Downtown Bar in Pueblo, Colo. He remembered feeling nauseous and nervous. He does not remember if he did well and might have recalled a Bobby Flay joke. After parting the stage, he felt incredible because it was an adrenaline rush.
Since then, Bueno’s routine consists of several elements including: overcoming daily obstacles, his friends, workplace, everyday issues, his private parts and a hint of politics. If he were to go on a tour, he would host it. The lineup of his tour would feature: Kate Berlant, Eric Dadourian, Los Angeles’ Rory Scovel, Denver’s Sam Tallent and the headliner would be Dave Attell.
When it comes to some of the elements of comedy, Bueno would love to be roasted by his comedian friends because they know his style like no one else. He would love to try improvisational comedy. However, it scares him. He hopes to bring his written video and live sketches to life, in the future. His passion will always be stand-up.
In the next five years, Bueno hopes to perform stand-up comedy on a much larger scale. For the comedy scene in Colo.—he jokingly cites everyone will be millionaires, have Netflix development deals and everyone will have an incredible sex drive. He will be crossing his fingers, until the time comes.
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Sareth Ney is the entertainment journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. After graduating—he continued his apprenticeship with master of horror, Clive Barker. After he met members of the Wu-Tang Clan, he became the journalist/superhero known as Wu-Man Chu. He inducts everyone into his hall of fame, his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, he is the founder and co-host of No Cover Podcast and the festival director for Sareth-Fest Music, Comedy and Short Film Festival.