Vanessa Johnston
Also known as Violet Jones
Who Vanessa Johnston is
Vanessa Johnston, who also performs as Violet Jones, is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a regular on Kill Tony at The Comedy Store, where she wrote and performed a new minute of stand-up every week for sixty weeks straight, and she is a regular guest on the Deathsquad podcast network with Joe Rogan, Brian Redban and Ari Shaffir. She tours nationally as a feature and plays The Comedy Store, The Ice House and The Improv. She made her television debut on How I Met Your Mother, starred in the 2014 Netflix film Jurassic City, has written and performed sketches for CBS's The Doctors, and hosts the podcast Sooo Aggressive.
At a glance
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Podcasts
- Sooo Aggressive and Deathsquad network
- On screen
- Kill Tony, How I Met Your Mother, Jurassic City and 1 more
- Official site
- violetjoneslive.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: violetjoneslive.com ↗.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
On screen
- Kill Tony regular, The Comedy Store
- How I Met Your Mother CBS
- Jurassic City film, Netflix, 2014
- The Doctors sketch writer and performer, CBS
Podcasts
- Sooo Aggressive host
- Deathsquad network regular guest
Comedians like Vanessa Johnston
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- KT Tatara also in How I Met Your Mother
- Bob Saget also in How I Met Your Mother
- Ehsan Ahmad also in Kill Tony
- Liz Splatt also in Kill Tony
- Olivia Carter also in Kill Tony
- Preacher Lawson also in Kill Tony
- Timmy No Brakes also in Kill Tony
Questions and answers
Where is Vanessa Johnston performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: violetjoneslive.com ↗.
What podcasts have they been on?
Sooo Aggressive and Deathsquad network.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Kill Tony, How I Met Your Mother, Jurassic City and The Doctors.
Where are they based?
Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.
Who are some comedians like them?
KT Tatara (also in How I Met Your Mother), Bob Saget (also in How I Met Your Mother), Ehsan Ahmad (also in Kill Tony), Liz Splatt (also in Kill Tony) and Olivia Carter (also in Kill Tony).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- Improv · improv.com ↗ A Los Angeles based stand-up comedian originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota; a regular on Kill Tony at the Comedy Store Hollywood, a new minute every week…
- Violet Jones — official site (Comedy) ↗ 'Official site of comic Vanessa Johnston' (vanessajohnston.com forwards here); the same bio under the name Violet Jones, host of the Sooo Aggressive podcast…
- xmplaylist — Raw Comedy recently played (archived 25 November 2023) ↗ SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel: a track credited to Vanessa Johnston among the recent plays (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026