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]
Ethan T. Berlin | |
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| Occupation(s) | Writer, producer, comedian, actor, cartoonist |
| Television | Bunk |
| Website | www |
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.