Greg Scarnici (born April 8, 1972) is an American comedic writer, director, producer, performer and drag queen. He was born in

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, and continues to work in

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, where he balances work in theatre, film, and television. He is best known for his viral music video parodies, featured on Anderson Cooper 360,

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, on VH1's ''

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'' and in ''

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'' which have been viewed over ten million times on YouTube. His work has also been featured on MTV, VH1, Fox News and CNN. He currently works as an Associate Producer at Saturday Night Live and is a contributing writer for The Huffington Post. Greg has also been featured on the TV shows ''

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's ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', where he has also contributed jokes and promos. Associate Producer TV credits include Saturday Night Live, Macy's

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Fireworks Spectacular, and the 2014 NBA All-Star Pre-Game Concert. Film credits include the award-winning indie, Glam-Trash and the short films, Dead End and Children of the Dune.

Books

In 2010, Greg released "Sex in Drag" – a parody of

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's infamous "

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" book, shot entirely on Fire Island. In 2015, his first collection of comedic essays, "I Hope My Mother Doesn't Read This" was published by Thought Catalog books. In March 2019, Greg released his second collection of comedic essays, "Dungeons and Drag Queens" about his experiences on Fire Island. In 2020, Greg released "Hot Rods" - a parody of a vintage gay porn magazine from the 1970s shot entirely on Fire Island.

Music

In 2009, Greg released his debut collection of comedic dance tracks, entitled "12 Inch Freak", which featured the single, "Gimme More (Pills)", a parody of Britney Spears' hit, "Gimme More." He also produces house music with Joe Thompson, under the name Undercover. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2012, and their follow-up album, "Night Beats" was released in 2015. He also produces and releases music under his drag queen alter ego, Levonia, including the single, "So Cunt" which was called The Song of The Summer on Jezebel.com, Slate.com & PaperMag.com.

External links

GregScarnici.com
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarnici, Greg Male actors from New York City 1972 births Living people American gay actors American people of Italian descent