John Paragon

John Paragon (b, 1954) is an American actor and writer. Paragon is best known for playing Jambi the Genie and voicing Pterri the Pterodactyl on Pee-wee's Playhouse. Paragon also co-wrote (with Paul Reubens) the Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special.

Paragon's other credits include: Cedric, one half of the gay couple Bob and Cedric on the television series Seinfeld; the titular character in the 1985 children's movie "The Frog Prince"; Richard Fletcher in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "UHF," and a lab technician in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (with Rick Moranis).

In recent years, Paragon has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering on incorporating improvisational performance into attractions at the Disney parks. In this capacity, he performed as the keeper of Lucky the Dinosaur during test runs of the animatronic figure. He was also one of the writers for the Muppet Mobile Lab along with Jim Lewis.