Jennie Stencel
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Jennie Stencel (b. May 19, 1976) is a traffic reporter on WXII-TV, an NBC affiliate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She debuted in January 2006.
According to WXII-TV's segment which appeared in June, 2006, Stencel was hired because of her comedic background and talents to provide the lighter side of the news. She is known for her on-air antics including rapping the traffic report, appearing in her pajamas and reporting as Traffic Girl, the traffic superhero (in costume), "flying" across the triad.
Stencel's traffic rap was featured on VH1's WebJunk in June 2006 and ended up as #11 in the year's top forty viral videos on the VH1 countdown. In addition to VH-1, her traffic rap is known to have aired on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, E!'s The Soup, and CNN.
The rap, as well as the Traffic Girl segments, can also be found on YouTube.com
Stencel also appears weekly at the Idiot Box, a Greensboro, North Carolina, improvisational comedy club.
[edit] Background
Jennie Stencel's earliest known performances were at an improvisational comedy club, Comedy Sportz in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she performed from 1995-2000.
In 2003, she helped found the Idiot Box improv comedy club in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Stencel also had a short career in film as a stand-in for actress Monica Potter in the film Patch Adams.
[edit] External Links
- Jennie Stencel's traffic rap on YouTube.com
- Jennie Stencel as Traffic Girl flying over the North Carolina's triad
- Jennie Stencel as Traffic Girl (in costume and in character)
- "Who is Jennie Stencel" segment
- The Christmas tree competition, featuring the "stolen" tree
- Jennie Stencel hosts the WXII-TV morning team at the Idiot Box Improv Comedy Club
- Jennie Stencel teaches the WXII-TV morning team some improv basics
- Winston-Salem Journal story and interview on Jennie Stencel and the traffic rap
- The Idiot Box in Greensboro NC
