J. B. Smoove

Jerry Angelo Brooks (born December 16, 1965), better known as J. B. Smoove, is an American actor, writer, comedian, and voice actor. He began his career on Def Comedy Jam in the early 1990s. He is best known for his recurring role as Leon on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Smoove joined the Season 2 cast of the Fox sitcom 'Til Death in 2008, and was promoted to the main cast for Season 3. He also starred on the CBS sitcom The Millers from 2013-2015. He currently portrays a fictionalized version of himself on the BET improv-comedy reality television parody Real Husbands of Hollywood.

Early life

Smoove was born December 16, 1965 in Plymouth, North Carolina, and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. He attended Norfolk State University in Virginia. He shortened his name, Jerry Brooks, to "J.B." and added "Smoove" as his last name when he began performing stand-up comedy. J.B. Smoove worked at a custom T-shirt shop (Mrs G's T's) where he printed T-shirts and model trains while developing material for his comedy routine.

JB

JB or J.B. may refer to:

Entertainment

  • JB (singer) (born 1994), South Korean singer
  • Jack Black (born 1969), American comedian, actor, and musician
  • Jack Bauer, fictional character and the lead protagonist of the Fox television series 24.
  • James Bond, a fictional character in the film series James Bond 007
  • Jason Bourne, main character in The Bourne Identity
  • James Brown (1933-2006), American singer and originator of Funk music
  • Jeremy Borash (born 1974), American professional wrestling personality
  • Joey Belladonna (born 1960), lead singer of heavy metal band Anthrax
  • John Bush (musician) (born 1963), lead singer of heavy metal band Armored Saint
  • Jonas Brothers, an American band consisting of Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Kevin Jonas
  • Justin Bartha (born 1978), American actor
  • Justin Bieber (born 1994), Canadian singer and actor
  • Sports

  • James Brown (sportscaster) (born 1951), American sportscaster
  • Jerry Buss (1933–2013), American owner of the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Jenson Button (born 1980), British racing driver, F1 World Champion in 2009
  • Justerini & Brooks

    Justerini & Brooks is a fine wine business selling wines to merchants, restaurants, hotels and private clients. It is known for developing the J&B blended Scotch whisky. The company is owned by multinational Diageo plc.

    Products

    J&B Rare Blend, the standard J&B whisky brand, is a blend of forty-two Scottish malt and grain whiskies. Single malts Knockando, Auchroisk and Glen Spey are at its heart. In terms of flavour, its closest competitor is Cutty Sark.

    Furthermore, J&B's portfolio includes:

  • J&B Reserve 15-year-old
  • Jet 12-year-old
  • Exception (a pure malt limited to France)
  • It is aimed mainly for the export market and is available in a few different variants in Europe, America and Korea among other places. The company, originally called Johnson & Justerini, was founded in 1749 in the City of London delivering fine wine and spirits to various aristocratic households, as well as supplying King George III. In 1831, Johnson & Justerini was bought by Alfred Brooks and renamed Justerini & Brooks.

    J.B. (play)

    J.B. is a 1958 play written in free verse by American playwright and poet Archibald MacLeish and is a modern retelling of the story of the biblical figure Job — hence the title: J.B./Job. The play went through several incarnations before it was finally published. MacLeish began the work in 1953 as a one-act production but within three years had expanded it to a full three-act manuscript.

    There are two versions of J.B. available: the original book, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the script which MacLeish revised substantially for Broadway, published by Samuel French Inc.

    Plot summary

    The play opens in "a corner inside an enormous circus tent". Two vendors, Mr. Zuss (evoking the chief Greek god Zeus; zuss is also German for "sweet") and Nickles (i.e. "Old Nick," a folk name for the Devil) begin the play-within-a-play by assuming the roles of God and Satan, respectively. They overhear J.B., a wealthy New York banker, describe his prosperity as a just reward for his faithfulness to God. Scorning him, Nickles wagers that J.B. will curse God if his life is ruined. Nickles and Zuss then watch as J.B.'s children are killed and his property is ruined and the former millionaire is left to the streets. J.B. is then visited by three Comforters (representing History, Science, and Religion) who each offer a different explanation for his plight. J.B. declines to believe any of them, instead asking God himself to explain. Instead he encounters Zuss and Nickles. Nickles urges him to commit suicide in order to spite God; Zuss offers him his old life back if he will promise to obey God. J.B. rejects them both, and instead finds comfort in the person of his wife Sarah. The play ends with the two building a new life together.

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