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Wayne Federman (Part 1 of 2) Apr 04, 2021

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WAYNE FEDERMAN is an American comedian, actor, author, writer, comedy historian, podcaster, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; his book on The History of Stand-Up; and supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Crashing, Silicon Valley, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Step Brothers. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season. He co-produced the Emmy-winning HBO documentary The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike Rowe (Part 2 of 2) Mar 23, 2021

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MIKE ROWE is an American television writer, producer and comedian. He has been nominated for six Emmys for his work on Futurama and Family Guy, earning one along the way. Mike’s also been nominated for two Annie Awards, earning two; a Writers Guild Award, and a Gemini Award. He has earned a Webby Award for his original animated series The Paranormal Action Squad. His writing has also appeared in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2021, he published his new memoir "It's a Funny Thing: How the Professional Comedy Business Made Me Fat & Bald" where he tells his story of success in the comedy business. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike Rowe (Part 1 of 2) Mar 21, 2021

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Marc Hirschfeld (Best of, Part 2 of 2) Mar 06, 2021

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Marc Hirschfeld, is one of the greatest TV casting directors in history. Best known for his Emmy Award winning work on “Seinfeld,” he cut his teeth with the legendary Norman Lear during the days of "All in the Family" and worked his way up the ladder on such hit shows as "The Facts of Life," "The Jeffersons," "One Day at a Time," "Diff'rent Strokes," "227," "Silver Spoons," “The Wonder Years,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “The Nanny,” “The Drew Carey Show,” and did the original casting of the hit series that help launched the Fox Network, "Married...With Children," along with hits “Party of Five,” “MADtv,” and “That 70’s Show.” He was appointed Executive Vice President of Casting at NBC/Universal (Network & Cable) in 1999 and served in that capacity for the next decade, supervising the original casting of such hit shows as "3rd Rock from the Sun," "NewsRadio," "The Office,” “30 Rock,” "Heroes," "My Name Is Earl," "Friday Night Lights," and “Southland.” On the cable side he supervised the casting of USA Network hits “Psych”, “Burn Notice”, “In Plain Sight”, “Starter Wife,” “Royal Pains,” and “White Collar.”Most recently, he has cast multiple shows including ABC’S “Last Man Standing” with Tim Allen, Chelsea Handler’s “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea” for NBC, and “Happily Divorced” with Fran Drescher for TV Land…while supervising AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” “Hell on Wheels,” “The Killing,” and Starz’ “Spartacus,” “Boss,” and “Magic City.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Marc Hirschfeld (Best of, Part 1 of 2) Mar 05, 2021

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Scott Aukerman (Best of, Part 2 of 2) Mar 01, 2021

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SCOTT AUKERMAN is an Emmy winning creator, producer, host, writer, and creator, known for launching and successfully sustaining the parody talk show "Comedy Bang! Bang!. The show's 5th season premiered on June 3, 2016 on IFC with Weird Al serving as bandleader, with the 2nd part of season 5 coming back to IFC in October 2016. Past guests include Zoe Saldana, Paul F. Tompkins, Jon Hamm, Aziz Ansari, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt, Seth Rogen, Thomas Lennon, Zach Galifianakis, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, and Michael Cera. This past year, Aukerman wrote the hilarious 67th Primetime Emmy Awards with Andy Samberg. Aukerman's production company, CBB Productions, is currently developing multiple projects for a variety of networks and NBC Universal’s Seeso has added two shows run by CBB and executive produced by Scott, including the highly-anticipated reality spoof show "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" and "Take My Wife.” In addition, Aukerman is also the co-creator, co-producer, co-writer and a director of the Funny or Die web series "Between Two Ferns with Zach GalifIanakis. The faux talk show, has featured interviews with Brad Pitt, James Franco, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, and Amy Adams, just to name a few. The series received worldwide attention for a recent installment featuring President Barack Obama, for which Aukerman won an Emmy and in 2015 won again for the episode featuring Brad Pitt. Aukerman began his career as a writer and performer on the Emmy nominated HBO cult classic "Mr. Show" and came full circle when he recently wrote and starred in Bob Odenkirk and David Cross' new Netflix show called “With Bob and David.” In 2010, Aukerman co-founded the Earwolf Podcast Network as an umbrella to a number of podcasts including the one he hosts, "Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast". As a writer, Aukerman worked on the DreamWorks picture "Shark Tale", which was nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Animated Feature” in 2005 and recently, Aukerman added comic book writer to his ever-growing resume penning such comics such as "Deadpool" and "Secret Wars Journal #3" for Marvel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Scott Aukerman (Best of, Part 1 of 2) Feb 28, 2021

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Scott Fisher (Part 2 of 2) Feb 15, 2021

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SCOTT FISHER is a successful entrepreneur and proven leader who in 2010 founded one of the first digital-focused talent management and production companies that became known as Select Management Group in 2014. Scott has been instrumental in the success of building Select’s next generation of talent managers, the company’s operations and maintaining their leadership position through expansion and diversification. He was named one of Los Angeles Business Journal’s 20 in their 20’s and is a dedicated philanthropist. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Scott Fisher (Part 1 of 2) Feb 12, 2021

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Garrett Gunderson (Part 2 of 2) Feb 01, 2021

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Garrett Gunderson is the Founder and Chief Wealth Architect of Wealth Factory, a lifelong entrepreneur, keynote speaker and a New York Times best-selling author of Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity. He has dedicated his life to educate and serve hard-working, honest business owners. Garrett has dedicated his career to debunking the many widely accepted myths and fabrications that undermine the prosperity and joy of millions of hard-working, honest business owners. Gunderson’s company, Wealth Factory, empowers its members to build sustainable wealth through financial efficiency and organization leading to clarity, peace of mind and financial confidence. You may recognize him from his appearances as a guest contributor on CNBC, Fox News, ABC, and many others. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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