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, which he co-hosts with comedian/bar owner
Stuart Wellington Stuart Lenton Wellington is an American comedian and bar proprietor based in Brooklyn, New York. With Dan McCoy, he is a co-creator of the bad-movie podcast ''The Flop House'', which he has co-hosted since 2007 with McCoy and Elliott Kalan, moving ...
and former ''Daily Show'' head writer
Elliott Kalan. 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 development deal at the 2010
New York Television Festival
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.
McCoy's father, Jerry McCoy, is a professor emeritus at
Eureka College.
[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
Eureka is a city in Olio Township, Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,295 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Woodford County. Eureka is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Eureka is ...
. He is also a member of the
Earlham College
Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social ...
(Richmond, Indiana) Class of 2000.
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American male comedians
American podcasters
Living people
1978 births
People from Eureka, Illinois
Comedians from Illinois
21st-century American comedians