New Jersey Stage December 2014 | Page 93

The Gloucester County native attributes his rise in comedy due to his Jersey upbringing and his years working as a football and wrestling coach. “In Jersey, we are the butts of so many jokes that if you ain’t got a sense of humor you’ve got to leave. It’s Jersey. There’s not many people that live in New Jersey that couldn’t have their own sitcom. We’re very American people. The more we are different, the more we are the same. But we’re tough skinned people. We bust each other’s chops.” Graham has also had to build a thick skin due to an ever changing weight problem. In high school, he weighed 285 pounds by eighth grade and played football. He also got into wrestling and remarkably lost over 100 pounds and wrestled at 148 pounds as a sophomore. After getting married, he began to eat again and ballooned up to nearly 400 pounds. Health problems and Jimmy “Round Boy” Graham On Teenagers Advertise here for $25 - $100 call 732-280-7625 pg 93