Dan McCoy (born 1978) is an American comedian and was an Emmy-winning writer for the news satire program ''
The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire form from ...
''. He is the producer and co-host of the movie podcast
The Flop House
''The Flop House'' is a comedy podcast about films that flop, either commercially or critically, produced every two weeks. It is made in Brooklyn, New York and hosted by Dan McCoy, Stuart Wellington, and Elliott Kalan. Each episode focuses ...
, which he co-hosts with comedian/bar owner
Stuart Wellington and former ''Daily Show'' head writer
Elliott Kalan
Elliott Charles Kalan (born December 3, 1981) is an American comedian. He was the head writer for the Netflix era of the cult series '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' and a former head writer for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', as well as ...
. He is the creator and co-star (along with ''Daily Show'' writer
Matt Koff) of the animated webseries 9 AM Meeting, which won an
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
development deal at the 2010
New York Television Festival.
McCoy's father, Jerry McCoy, is a professor emeritus at
Eureka College
Eureka College is a private liberal arts college in Eureka, Illinois, that is related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Enrollment in 2018 was approximately 567 students.
Eureka College was the third college in the Unite ...
.
[Arlene Franks]
"Eureka's Dan McCoy Hits It Big in New York,"
''Woodford County Journal,'' Feb. 1, 2012. Dan McCoy is a 1996 graduate of
Eureka High School in
Eureka, Illinois. He is also a member of the
Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) Class of 2000.
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American male comedians
American television writers
American male television writers
Primetime Emmy Award winners
American podcasters
Living people
1978 births
People from Eureka, Illinois
Comedians from Illinois
21st-century American comedians