Eddie Brill is an American comedian, writer, and actor who started his career in Boston, Massachusetts. He was previously the warm-up comedian and comedy talent coordinator of ''

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''. Brill tours frequently, performing in the US as well as England, Ireland, France, Australia, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. At one time, he was a humor consultant for Reader's Digest.

Biography

Eddie Brill was born in New York City, and raised in

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. Eddie Brill attended

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, where he founded the

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along with Denis Leary, Chris Phillips and

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. He helped to create the first comedy writing department in a college, along with fellow alumni

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in 1978. He also began performing standup while in college. He stopped after college in 1980 and then picked it back up in July 1984 when he started a comedy club in NYC named The Paper Moon. Brill has been working internationally as a comedian since 1989 and has appeared on over 100 TV shows in six countries. He also worked for the

from February 1997 through February 2014 as the audience warm-up and in March 2001 also became the talent coordinator for the stand-up comedians. He is also the creative director of

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in Norfolk, Nebraska which honors Johnny Carson. In 2012, Brill was removed from his position as the stand-up comedy booker for ''The Late Show'' for giving an interview with '' The New York Times'' without the show's permission. He was quoted as saying “There are a lot less female comics who are authentic. I see a lot of female comics who, to please an audience, will act like men."

References

External links

Eddie's Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brill, Eddie American male comedians 21st-century American comedians Emerson College alumni Living people Writers from Boston Year of birth missing (living people)