Comedy night with Johnny Steele at the Great Plate

Johnny began performing comedy in 1984 after quitting graduate school in a move his parents named: Operation $40K Down The Drain. But Johnny quickly got the hang of the craft and was soon performing - and drinking for free! - at the nation's top clubs.

During the next decade Johnny went on to perform at comedy festivals, win comedy competitions, log over 20 national TV appearances, and did we mention drink for free?

In 1997 Johnny left the comedy scene to host San Francisco's Live 105 Morning Radio Show. Guests ranged from Carol O'Conner to David Bowie to city supervisors, and both the S.F. Weekly's annual readers' poll and the S.F. Publicity Club picked it the city's best show. The Chronicle called it the 'best morning chatter show' and also dubbed it 'clean and smart.' Therefore, it was cancelled in the summer of '98 to make room for the Howard Stern Poop and Wiener Hour.