Is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's fastest
talker.
Has appeared in several commercials, among the more famous of which are for FedEx and Micro Machines. A handful of the Micro Machine commercials have featured his real-life son, John III.
Was once hired as a speaker for a corportate presentation when a client
discovered that they didn't have enough time to give a full
presentation. He managed to give the full presentation in 1/4th the
needed time.
He has a twin sister and four younger sisters as well.
Has one elder sister, who cannot talk nearly as fast...but whom John credits with inspiring him to self-train accordingly, since "it always drove her wild".
[about Orson Welles] And, uh, uh, oddly enough he was playing Unicron. The, the planet that was eating the Universe. And he looked like he had been eating the Universe.
[on going for the world record for fast-talking]: I decided I wasn't going to eat a car or swallow lead pipe. The only thing I could really do that didn't cost any money was fast talking.