| God's Pottery | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Stand-up television |
| Years active | 2005-Present |
| Subject(s) | Religion |
| Members | Wilson Hall Krister Johnson |
God's Pottery is a New York City faux-Christian [1] acoustic music and comedy duo. Its members are Wilson Hall (as "Jeremiah Smallchild") and Krister Johnson (as "Gideon Lamb"). They are both from New York City. [2]
The duo often would just mess around and make up fake bands. [3] While Hall was on vacation he came up with a Christian band idea and wrote some funny song titles. [3] Before they knew it they were writing lyrics and began performing in rooms in downtown NYC. [3]
Initially the idea was to goof around, but quickly comedians like Eugene Mirman and the Upright Citizens Brigade invited the duo to perform on their shows. [3]
They made the act into an hour long show and traveled to Edinburgh Festival Fringe and signed with Mirman's manager. [3]
The angle comedically was it was ludicrous, but there was no winking. We were always deeply in character. And we always took it seriously.
— Krister Johnson [3]
God's Pottery appeared on the sixth season of the NBC reality show Last Comic Standing . They were selected as semi-finalists in the New York City audition, then selected as finalists after a performance in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were eliminated along with Esther Ku in the first head-to-head elimination round on Episode 7, finishing in 12th place. [3]
The duo released an EP from Comedy Central Records entitled Live at Comix in December 2007.
They also wrote the book What Would God's Pottery Do.
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