{"id":2896,"date":"2025-08-07T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:51:27","slug":"nef-johnsons-journey-from-shrunken-head-to-columbus-comedy-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2896","title":{"rendered":"Nef Johnson&#8217;s Journey from \u200aShrunken Head to \u200aColumbus Comedy Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nef-johnson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2897 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nef-johnson.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nef-johnson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nef-johnson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/columbuscomedyfest.com\/portfolio\/nef-johnson\/#:~:text=Kris%20%E2%80%9CNef%E2%80%9D%20Johnson%20is%20a,Ohio%20with%20ties%20to%20Chicago.\">Columbus comedian Nef Johnson <\/a>got his start at open mic nights at Columbus bars like the Shrunken Head, and he&#8217;s progressed to being a comic at the Columbus Comedy Festival. He calls his style conversational, and we discuss how he adapts his performances to suit the audience&#8217;s tastes. Johnson describes the emotional high of successful sets (a great set equals a sleepless night), along with the struggles of being a working comic. Catch him at the festival and tell him Dustin Hoffman says &#8220;Hello.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CRAFT-2025-13_Nef_Johnson_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,14],"tags":[553,555,554],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comedy","category-events-to-attend","category-original-craft-productions","tag-columbus-comedian","tag-columbus-comedy-festival","tag-nef-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}