Ethan T. Berlin
Ethan T. Berlin | |
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| Occupation(s) | Writer, producer, comedian, actor, cartoonist |
| Television | Bunk |
| Website | www |
Ethan T. Berlin is a writer, television producer, comedian, actor, and cartoonist in the United States. He is a co-creator of IFC's comedy game show Bunk and the creator of the web comic Murray the Nut. Berlin's first book, The Hugely-Wugely Spider was published in 2018. He co-wrote on the comedy television special Night of Too Many Stars[citation needed] which was nominated for an Emmy award in 2013.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Berlin is from Reston, Virginia. He attended South Lakes High School[2] and the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughn, County Clare, Ireland.
Career[edit]
Television[edit]
Berlin's first major writing job was on the Comedy Central puppet prank show, Crank Yankers in 2004.[3] Subsequent writing credits included TBS’s “Lopez Tonight,” HBO’s “Da Ali G Show,” FOX’s "Talkshow with Spike Feresten,” and HBO’s "Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs."
He has executive produced various series, including, FX’s "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,”[4] CNBC’s "The Filthy Rich Guide,” and TruTV’s “Paid off with Michael Torpey".[5] In 2006, Berlin created and executive produced the animated MTV pilot, All-Star American Destiny Trek, a parody of the competition television series genre, which starred Will Arnett and Tom Kenney. In 2012, Berlin co-created, executive produced and starred in the parody game show Bunk[6][7] on the IFC network.
Other media[edit]
Berlin created the daily web comic series Murray the Nut which ran from 2008 to 2017. In 2018 he wrote The Hugely-Wugely Spider,[8] a children's book. His next book I’m Not A Dog Toy was published in March 2021,.[9] He currently stars as the robot L.I.S.A. on the podcast The Big Fib.[10] Berlin teaches classes in comedy writing at various institutions including New York University and SUNY Stonybrook.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Finke, Nikki (2013-07-18). "2013 Primetime Emmy Nominations (LIVE)". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "South Lakes High School Alum Returns to Reston to Debut New Children's Book". Reston Now. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "Odd Jobs with Emmy-Nominated TV Writer Ethan T. Berlin". Good Good Comedy Theatre. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ "The 7 most important documentaries premiering at Sundance". Matador Network. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ Turchiano, Danielle (2018-01-11). "truTV Orders 'Super Troopers' Team Comedy, Bobcat Goldthwait Anthology, and Sets Premieres for 'Talk Show the Game Show' and More". Variety. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ "IFC Greenlights Two Scripted Comedy Series". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ Silver, Curtis (2012-07-13). "IFC's Bunk Improvises the Game Show". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "Spring 2018 Children's Announcements: Publishers G-M". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ^ "I am Not A Dog Toy". Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Slaney, Rowan; Verdier, Gwilym Mumfordand Hannah (2018-10-19). "From The Wire to The West Wing, your favourite TV dissected – podcasts of the week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-12-02.