Yannis Pappas

Yannis Pappas is a Greek-American comedian born and raised in Park Slope Brooklyn, New York. Both of his parents, Anna and Chris, practiced law. He is the youngest of three children. He has two older brothers, Peter and Nikos Pappas. His brother Peter is also a lawyer who worked for the Clinton and Obama administrations. Yannis attended college at the American University in Washington, D.C. where he studied American Studies and History. Pappas previously also worked in the social work field where he participated in 9/11 disaster relief for two and a half years and worked with the mentally ill and people dealing with homelessness for three years with Lutheran Social Services.Pappas previously hosted the AOL Original Series, 2 Point Lead ( a sports comedy show). He was the Co-Anchor, alongside journalists, Marianna Antonio and Pedro Andrade, of Fusion Live, a live, primetime, one-hour news magazine program which focused on current events, pop culture and satire. Fusion network launched in September 2013 as a joint venture of ABC and Univision. Yannis Half Hour Comedy Central Special aired in June 2014. He was also the co-host, along with comedian Chris Distefano, of MSGs sports fan show, The Bracket. He has also been featured doing stand up on AXS TV twice, TRUTVs How To Be a Grown Up, VH1s Best Week Ever, Fox Business Kennedy and Good Morning America on ABC. He was the first comedian to ever do stand-up comedy on the new Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. It was a test show and did not air. Alongside his standup comedy, Pappas had previously partnered up with lifelong friend and director Jesse Scaturro to create the production company Ditch Films. The comedy production team produced live and filmed comedy. He is known for his popular internet characters Maurica and Mr. Panos.

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