Jim Earl
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Jim Earl is a stage and radio comedian, comedy writer and cartoonist from California.
Earl received a degree in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984, and then he began his comedy career in the stand-up comedy team of "Lank and Earl" with his high school friend Barry Lank. He later became a writer for the Daily Show and, along with the show's other writers, won the 2001 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program" and a 2000 Peabody award. After leaving the show he wrote and performed for two of Air America Radio's radio shows: Morning Sedition and The Randi Rhodes Show.. His comedy for the former show is now available for download on his own site, jimearl.com. His latest project reunited Earl with former Morning Sedition host Marc Maron on the Marc Maron Show which premiered on Air America Radio on February 28, 2006 but which had its last show on July 14, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Jim Earl's personal web site, jimearl.com
- Biography of Jim Earl on The Randi Rhodes Show's web site
- Biography of Jim Earl on the Morning Sedition web site
- David Spark's site with two photos of "Lank and Earl"
- Search results for 'Jim Earl' on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences web site showing his Emmy award
- Search page for Peabody Awards on the University of Georgia web site. (Search for "Daily Show" or "Jim Earl")
