Frank Caeti (born August 11, 1973) is an American actor and comedian, known for his time as a cast member on the FOX sketch-series ''

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'' from 2005 to 2007. Caeti is also an alumnus of

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Early life

Caeti was born in

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on August 11, 1973. He graduated from Standley Lake High School in

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, and from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He trained at The Second City Training Center in Chicago and eventually became a cast member on a stage there.

Career

Caeti joined the cast of ''

'' during the eleventh season as a featured cast member along with

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, and was moved up to repertory cast member in season twelve. His contract was not renewed before the start of the show's 13th season. Caeti has appeared in the films ''Bad Meat'', ''UP, Michigan'', '' The Lake House'' and '' Stranger than Fiction''; has done multiple television commercials, and has worked as a sports correspondent for ''PGA Tour Sunday'' and ''Smash Tennis''. Caeti wrote the Wabbit episode ''Bugs Over Par''.

Impressions on ''MADtv''

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Recurring Characters on ''MADtv''

*Baby Joey, a baby who performs on-camera when his parents aren't looking or are too distracted to care for him. *Toby, a little kid who reports on adult news items, such as Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic and sexist remarks, Hollywood divorces in the mid-to-late 2000s, Michael Richards' racist rant at the Laugh Factory, and the controversy over steroid abuse in Major League Baseball. *Merlin Pebsworth, the host of a Discovery Kids' science show called ''Who'da Thunk?'', showing kids the wonders of the modern science world and revealing disturbing personal secrets that are tangentially related to the lesson at hand.

External links

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MADtv fan site
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