Jonah Falcon
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| Born | July 29, 1970 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bronx High School of Science |
| Occupation | Talk show host, actor, writer |
Jonah Adam Falcon (born July 29, 1970) is a United States actor and writer from New York City. He came to national attention in the early 2000s for his large penis.[1]
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Personal life [edit]
Jonah Falcon was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended school at Bronx High School of Science, graduating in 1988. He has identified himself as bisexual.[2]
Career [edit]
Falcon is the senior editor for the gaming blog Game Stooge.[citation needed]
Falcon appeared as a background extra in three episodes of FOX's Melrose Place, in three episodes of the NBC sitcom Ed, and in three episodes of Law & Order (as Juror #2) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also appeared in single episodes of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, and the short-lived James Burrows sitcom Madigan Men.[citation needed] He has also appeared in a segment of the British television show Yanky Panky, and performed in one musical showcase.[citation needed]
Falcon appeared in Just My Luck as Dean Cochran's best man during the wedding scene, and also worked on the films Eddie, A Beautiful Mind, Death to Smoochy and The Good Shepherd.[citation needed]
Falcon hosts an hour-long cable television call-in show devoted to the baseball team called Talkin' Yankees Hosted by Jonah Falcon, on MNN, a Public-access television cable TV channel on Manhattan's Time Warner Cable.[3] Jonah's show is relentlessly prank-called by Sal Governale and Richard Christy of the Howard Stern show.[3]
Penis [edit]
Falcon gained media attention after appearing in the 1999 HBO documentary Private Dicks: Men Exposed, in which men were interviewed in the nude about their penises. He also gained additional coverage after Rolling Stone did a feature story on him in June 2003.[1]
In January 2006, he appeared in a documentary by UK Channel 4 called "The World's Biggest Penis." His large size also led him to several appearances on the Howard Stern radio program.[2]
Rolling Stone reports Falcon's penis as 9.5 inches (24 cm) in length when flaccid and 13.5 inches (34 cm) in length when erect.[1]
Falcon appeared on The Daily Show on March 2, 2010, and stated that he can completely envelop a doorknob with his foreskin. In the segment, Samantha Bee attempts to convince Jonah to enter the pornography industry. Falcon refused, saying it would be "just the easy way out ... it's not going to help my legit acting career."[4] In April 2011, he appeared on the TLC documentary series {strange}SEX, in the episode "Size Matters & Gender Bender".[5]
On July 9, 2012, Falcon says he was stopped by TSA in a San Francisco airport, due to the large bulge in his pants. According to Falcon, after passing through a metal detector and a body scanner, he was selected for additional screening, after which he was released and allowed to catch his flight.[6][7][8]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c Kurson, Robert (2003-06-12). "Mr. Big". RS 924. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2007-07-31. "Jonah Falcon's penis is 9.5 inches flaccid, 13.5 inches erect."
- ^ a b Stern, Howard. (15 September 2006) "A really big secret" The Howard Stern Show. Accessed 31 July 2007.
- ^ a b Wolf, Buck (January 3, 2010). "No Work for Man With Giant Sex Organ". AOL News. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ "Jonah Falcon Needs a Job" The Daily Show. March 2, 2010.
- ^ "Well Hung". TLC. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ "Jonah Falcon Claims 'World's Largest Penis' Got Him Frisked At San Francisco International Airport". WTSP. July 17, 2012
- ^ Campbell, Andy (July 16, 2012).
- ^ "Jonah Falcon, Man With World's Largest Penis, Frisked By TSA At California Airport". The Huffington Post.
