Ian Coburn
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Ian Coburn is a comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

 and author
Author
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 of the book God is a Woman: Dating Disasters. Coburn claims to have been a big road comic in the nineties; he purports to hold the industry tour record of 106 consecutive weeks on the road. Coburn is an expert for Lifetime TV on their web site Lifetime Love Panel.

Career

Coburn's first big break came at age nineteen, when Jimmy Pardo
Jimmy Pardo
Jimmy Pardo is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host of the popular comedy podcast Never Not Funny.He is married to fellow comedian Danielle Koenig. They live in Los Angeles with their son Oliver...

 recommended him as an opening act for Drew Carey
Drew Carey
Drew Allison Carey is an American actor, singer, comedian, photographer, sports executive, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring on his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and serving as...

 at a comedy club in a Chicago suburb. He has worked across the U.S. and Canada and opened for celebrity acts like "Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans
Damon Kyle Wayans is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor, one of the Wayans brothers.-Early life:Wayans was born in New York City, New York, the son of Elvira, a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Wayans, a supermarket manager...

, and Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric Antonio Kyles , known professionally by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor, comedian and director...

, before going on to headline himself."

In 2000, Coburn, took the time off to take care of his father, who had a heart attack and diabetes.

He has a script under development with Davis Entertainment
Davis Entertainment
Davis Entertainment is an American independent film production company, founded by John Davis in 1985.-Selected filmography:* Brewster's Millions * "Crocodile" Dundee * Predator * Superman IV: The Quest for Peace...

 (Predator
Predator (film)
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, I, Robot
I, Robot
I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. The stories are...

).

From July 23 to July 25, 2007, his book ranked #1 in humor bestsellers on Amazon.ca.

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