Steve Harvey Congratulates Zimbabwean Comedian For Comedy Central Debut

For Zimbabwean stand-up comedian and actor Long John, the phrase “chase your dreams” is more than a cliché — it’s reality.

The South Africa based comedian's dream of working with Comedy Central recently came to fruition.

Long John, real name Learnmore Mwanyenyeka finally made a small screen debut on Season 3 of the Comedy Central Savanna Virtual Comedy Bar which premiered Monday, 17 May at 22:00 on DSTV channel 122

Long John took to Twitter on the day of the show’s launch to announce announce the news.

He wrote,

Boom!!! Haha One of my dreams was to be on Comedy Central ... today That dream official came true. Thank you so much @ComedyCentralAF for this .... 😊 pic.twitter.com/dz8e8ybc0f

— Long John The Comedian (@long_John_) May 17, 2021

Popular American television presenter and comedian, Steve Harvey saw the tweet and congratulated Long John, encouraging him to keep following his dreams

Congratulations @long_John_ , I'm proud of you man. Glad that we met you through Standup Spotlight and to see the comedy industry shining a light on you. Don't stop! https://t.co/OhfzKKTeH4

— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) May 20, 2021

In 2019, Long John was the people's choice award winner in Steve Harvey's Stand Up Spotlight competition.