Theodore Carrington Jessup (born August 23, 1960) is an American television writer, producer, actor, and performer. He is a writer for the

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animated sitcom ''

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'', and has written the episodes "

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Mom's the Word "Mom's the Word" is the twelfth episode of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series '' Family Guy'' and the 222nd episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 9, 2014, and is directed by John Holmquist and written by Te ...

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The 2000-Year-Old Virgin "The 2000-Year-Old Virgin" is the sixth episode of the thirteenth season of the animated sitcom '' Family Guy'', and the 237th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 7, 2014, and is written by Ted Jessup and directed b ...

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Brokeback Swanson The fourteenth season of ''Family Guy'' aired on Fox in the United States from September 27, 2015, to May 22, 2016. The season contained 20 episodes. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, ...

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High School English The fifteenth season of '' Family Guy'' aired on Fox in the United States from September 25, 2016, to May 21, 2017. The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby St ...

Early life and education

Ted Jessup was born in

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, where his father was serving with the

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. He grew up in Europe and attended international schools. He graduated from

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Production

Jessup has been a producer and writer for National Geographic Television,

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, '' The Late Late Show'' (CBS TV) with

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, VH1,

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and

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among others. Jessup has written comedy for numerous award-winning shows including ''The Peoples Choice,'' ''Guys Choice'' and ''Video Game Awards.'' He co-created the cult favorites VH1's ''Rock Candy'' and '' Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion.'' He was also an executive producer and head writer for Nickelodeon's ''

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.'' Jessup was the executive producer and head of programming for

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's experimental, youth-targeted

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. He also executive produced the critically acclaimed feature film, ''Throwing Down,'' which won best American film at the 1995 Hamptons’ Film Festival. Jessup also won a

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for directing ''The Other Europe'' for the

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, starring

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Performance

As a performer Jessup appeared as himself in ''The Real Roseanne Show.'' He has appeared in numerous sketches on ''The Late Late Show.'' He played a talkative “john” opposite porn star

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’s ''

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''. He appears regularly as a commentator on '' TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest...'' He is a regular contributor and one of the original editors of ''The Old Yorker,'' the Internet humor journal.

Ancestors

Jessup is a direct descendant of the puritan John Jessup, a founder of Southampton, Long Island, and also of Henry Harris Jessup, the missionary and co-founder of the

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. He is a nephew of

Philip Jessup Philip Caryl Jessup (February 5, 1897 – January 31, 1986), also Philip C. Jessup, was a 20th-century American diplomat, scholar, and jurist notable for his accomplishments in the field of international law. Early life and education Philip ...

the noted diplomat, jurist and scholar. Jessup resides in Los Angeles and New York City.

References

External links

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