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Maximum Fun
Maximum Fun is an independent, worker-owned cooperative podcast and radio show production organization founded by Jesse Thorn. The organization originated with Thorn's college radio show ''The Sound of Young America'' which continued in an adapted format and with a new name, ''Bullseye with Jesse Thorn''. Maximum Fun has since grown to include several other programs. Shows on the network cover a wide variety of topics. In May 2014, ''Rolling Stone'' included three Maximum Fun shows on its list of "The 20 Best Comedy Podcasts Right Now": ''Judge John Hodgman'', '' RISK!'', and '' Throwing Shade''. Operations Maximum Fun officially converted into a worker-owned cooperative on June 30, 2023. According to Thorn, this decision was made as a result of his own burnout and as a way to avoid selling the organization to a larger company. This decision made Maximum Fun, at the time, one of the only worker-owned co-ops in media, following in the footsteps of Defector Media. While the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podcast
A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or stream to listen to at a time of their choosing. Podcasts are primarily an audio medium, but some distribute in video, either as their primary content or as a supplement to audio; popularised in recent years by video platform YouTube. In 2025, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg reported that a billion people are watching podcasts on YouTube every month. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to Slice of life, slice-of-life journalism. Many podcast series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin McElroy
Griffin Andrew McElroy ( , born April 17, 1987) is an American podcaster, actor, writer, composer, and former video game journalist. He is known for his work on podcasts such as ''My Brother, My Brother and Me'' and ''The Adventure Zone'', as well as for co-founding the video game journalism website ''Polygon''. Early and personal life McElroy was born in 1987 to Clint McElroy, former co-host of WTCR-FM's morning radio show in Huntington, West Virginia, and his wife Leslie. Griffin McElroy is an alumnus of Marshall University with a degree in journalism. He used to live in Chicago. He married Rachel McElroy in 2013. They have two sons. Career Journalism McElroy's journalism career began in 2007 when he started working as the weekend editor for ''Joystiq''. During the 2008 United States presidential election, McElroy also acted as MTV's local journalist for his home state of West Virginia. He departed ''Joystiq'' in 2012 in order to found ''Polygon'' along with his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristela
''Cristela'' is an American multi-camera sitcom television series that aired from October 10, 2014, until April 17, 2015, on ABC. The series was created by stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo, who also starred in and wrote for the series and served as an executive producer with co-creator Kevin Hench, Becky Clements, Marty Adelstein, and Shawn Levy for 20th Century Fox Television. This made her the first Latina to create, produce, write, and star in her own primetime comedy. The series was canceled by ABC on May 7, 2015. Synopsis The series chronicles the life of Cristela Hernandez, a Mexican-American law school graduate living in Dallas, Texas, who must balance her chance to live the American Dream by working as an unpaid intern at a law firm with the concerns of her family, including her sister Daniela (who thinks she should get a paying job), her brother-in-law Felix (who thinks of her as a freeloader), and her mother Natalia (who wants her to settle down and marry). At work, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristela Alonzo
Cristela Alonzo (born January 6, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, and producer, who created and starred in the ABC sitcom '' Cristela.'' This made Alonzo the first Mexican American woman to create, produce, write, and star in her own American primetime comedy. Early life Cristela Alonzo was born on January 6, 1979 in Hidalgo, Texas. She was raised in San Juan, Texas, the youngest of four children of mother Natalia Gonzalez, who worked double shifts at a Mexican restaurant for about 20 years, and father Adalberto Alonzo, both of whom were from Mexico. When Alonzo's mother was pregnant with Alonzo, Alonzo's mother left her abusive husband and raised the children alone. Alonzo has explained that she never met her father, who died in 2009. She has three siblings, older sister Julisa Maria Alonzo and older brothers Eloy Eduardo Alonzo and Ruben G. Alonzo. Alonzo's mother came from the small village of El Zancarron in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Throughout her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Rock
''30 Rock'' is an American satire, satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show depicted as airing on NBC. The series's name refers to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, where the NBC Studios (New York City), NBC Studios are located and where ''Saturday Night Live'' is written, produced, and performed. The series was produced by Lorne Michaels's Broadway Video (which also produces ''Saturday Night Live'') and Fey's Little Stranger (film company), Little Stranger, in association with NBCUniversal. ''30 Rock'' episodes were produced in a single-camera setup (with the exception of the two live television, live episodes that were produced in the multiple-camera setup) and were filmed in New York. The Pilot (30 Rock), pilot episode premiered on Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Powell
Keith Powell (born August 12, 1979) is an American television actor, writer, director, and web series creator, known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on ''30 Rock'', and for creating and starring in the web series ''Keith Broke His Leg'', for which he won several Indie Series Awards in 2016. Early life and education Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powell later moved to California before graduating from St. Mark's High School in Wilmington, Delaware. Powell then earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2001. Career Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware. His producing credits include New York productions of ''The Mouse That Roared, Enter Pissarro, Indra & Agni Collide'' and a workshop of ''Kidding Jane'' with Ellen McLaughlin and William Charles Mitchell. Powell was the resident director for Equalogy, a professional touring company promoting socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Becker
Alison Helene Becker (born March 8, 1977) is an American actress and television writer. She is best known for appearing in NBC's '' Parks and Recreation''. Early life and education Becker grew up in Allamuchy Township, New Jersey. She attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she graduated ''cum laude'' with a degree in English in 1999. After college graduation, she moved to New York City and began exploring the fields of theatre and comedy, creating a variety of original characters and sketch comedies. Career Becker is a regular player at the Upright Citizens Brigade improv theatre. She has also performed for Hopscotch: A New York Sex Comedy, Caroline's on Broadway, and other comedy clubs. She starred on ''Boiling Points'', the MTV prank television show. She was a VJ on the music video TV channel Fuse, where she hosted ''F-List'' and some other shows. She was the host of VH1's ''Top 20 Video Countdown''. She is on the online show ''Mayne Street'' with ESPN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Partridge
Benjamin Partridge (born June 1986) is a Welsh comedy writer, performer, actor and producer. Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded a BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011. Since then, he has written consistently for radio, television and live shows. Partridge also fronts two podcasts, the '' Beef And Dairy Network Podcast'' which he has written, presented and produced since 2015 and the comedy podcast '' Three Bean Salad'' which he launched in 2021 with Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker. Partridge has won a Radio Academy Award for his series ''Here Be Dragons'', a British Podcast Award for the ''Beef And Dairy Network Podcast'', and a Chortle Award for '' Three Bean Salad''. Career Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011. Partridge has written for radio, television and live performance. He writes for the CBBC show ''Horrible Histories'', on BBC Radio Wales he is one of the cast and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Hanawalt
Lisa Hanawalt is an American illustrator, writer, and cartoonist. She has published comic series, as well as three books of illustrations. She worked as the production designer and a producer of the Netflix animated series ''BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), and co-hosted the podcast '' Baby Geniuses'' (2012–2024) with comedian Emily Heller. She created and executive produced the Netflix/Adult Swim animated series, '' Tuca & Bertie'' (2019–2022). Life and career Early life Hanawalt was born in Palo Alto, California, to Stanford biologists Philip Hanawalt and Graciela Spivak. Her mother was born and raised in Argentina by a family of Jewish refugees originally from Odesa. Hanawalt attended UCLA, graduating with a B.A. in art in 2006. Work as cartoonist and illustrator She is a former member of Pizza Island, a cartoonist's studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which included cartoonists Kate Beaton, Domitille Collardey, Sarah Glidden, Meredith Gran, and Julia Wertz. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Heller
Emily Heller is an American comedian, writer, actress, and podcaster. Her stand-up comedy career includes two Comedy Central specials, two albums, and guest appearances on '' Conan'', ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'', and ''The Late Late Show with James Corden''. She was a writer and producer for the HBO series '' Barry'' (2018–2023). Early life Heller was born in Alameda, California. She has an older sister, film writer and director Marielle Heller, and a brother. She graduated from The College Preparatory School in Oakland, California in 2003, and from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2007, majoring in History of Art and Visual Culture. Career Heller signed an overall development deal with CBS Studios in 2021. Filmography As writer and producer * '' Barry'' * ''Medical Police'' * '' People of Earth'' * '' Crowded'' * '' Surviving Jack'' As actor/performer *'' John Oliver%27s New York Stand-Up Show#Season 3 (2012)'' – July 27, 2012 * '' Codefellas'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint McElroy
Clinton Emil "Clint" McElroy Jr. ( , born August 10, 1955) is an American podcaster, comic book writer and former radio personality. He is known for his work on the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', as well as for hosting several FM radio shows in West Virginia. Additionally, McElroy is an adjunct professor in the Department of Theatre at Marshall University. Career Radio Clint McElroy is an alumnus of Marshall University, at which he worked with campus radio station WMUL. He then worked as news director at WKEE-FM in 1975, followed by roles at WRVC and WEMM-FM, as well as a sports director role at WWBA in Florida. Beginning in 1994, he co-hosted the morning show at WTCR-FM, along with co-host Judy Eaton. In 2017, he retired from radio. Podcasting In 2014, Clint McElroy and his sons – Justin, Travis, and Griffin – launched a tabletop role-playing game podcast entitled ''The Adventure Zone''. Initially playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'', the show moved into other game systems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
