James Austin Johnson's Voice-Tinged Time Travel

James Austin Johnson

Title: 'The Many Voices of James Austin Johnson'

James Austin Johnson had always been a little different. From the time he was a child growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, he had an uncanny ability to mimic voices—any voice. His parents would laugh as he flawlessly imitated cartoon characters, teachers, even the gruff old cashier at the local grocery store.

But James didn’t just want to be a guy who did impressions. He wanted to make people laugh, to tell stories, to bring joy through his strange gift. So, after years of honing his craft in comedy clubs and improv theaters, he set his sights on the big leagues: Saturday Night Live.

One fateful night in 2021, his dream came true. The producers had seen his viral videos—his eerily accurate Donald Trump impression, his spot-on Joe Biden, his bizarre but hilarious takes on random celebrities. They called him up, and before he knew it, James was standing on the iconic Studio 8H stage, sweating under the bright lights as the countdown to live television began.

His first sketch? A surreal press conference where he played both Trump and Biden, arguing with each other in increasingly ridiculous ways. The audience roared. The internet exploded. And just like that, James Austin Johnson became a household name.

But fame wasn’t all glamour. One night, after a particularly exhausting show, James stumbled into his dressing room to find… himself sitting in his chair.

'Uh… hey?' the other James said, grinning.

James blinked. 'What the—?'

The impostor stood up and, in perfect James Austin Johnson voice, said, 'Relax, buddy. I’m just you from, like, two hours ago. Time travel’s weird, huh?'

James pinched himself. He was definitely awake.

What followed was the most bizarre week of his life. More time-displaced Jameses kept appearing—some from the future, some from alternate timelines, all with increasingly absurd stories. One claimed to be 'Cowboy James,' a version of himself who had given up comedy to become a rodeo clown. Another was 'President James,' who insisted he’d been elected in 2040 on a platform of 'free pizza Fridays.'

The real James (or at least, the one who thought he was the original) had no idea what to do. He couldn’t tell Lorne Michaels, 'Hey, so, my temporal duplicates are taking over the studio.' That would get him fired—or committed.

Finally, after a particularly chaotic SNL episode where three different Jameses played different versions of the same politician in a sketch (no one noticed), the original James gathered all his doppelgängers in a locked dressing room.

'Alright, which one of you idiots messed with time?' he demanded.

A sheepish James in a lab coat raised his hand. 'Sorry. Future-me invented a voice-activated time machine, and, well… I might have accidentally made it respond to impressions.'

The room groaned.

In the end, they fixed it (mostly). The alternate Jameses faded back into their own timelines, leaving only a few lingering glitches—like the occasional echo of a joke no one remembered writing.

And as for the original James Austin Johnson? He went on to become one of SNL’s most beloved cast members, known for his razor-sharp impressions and the occasional fourth-wall-breaking joke about 'that one weird week.'

Because in the end, life—and comedy—was all about embracing the strange.

THE END.

James Austin Johnson's Voice-Tinged Time Travel

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