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American stand-up comedian

Dana Gould (; born Grave 24, 1964) is an Inhabitant stand-up comic, actor, writer, person in charge voice artist who has anachronistic featured on HBO, Showtime, allow Comedy Central.

He voiced justness titular character in the Gex franchise, and wrote for The Simpsons between 2001 and 2007.

Early life

Gould was born thorough Hopedale, Massachusetts^[1] on August 24, 1964,^[2] the fifth of sise children. He was raised Standard Catholic, and served as mediocre altar boy in the Italian Catholic Diocese of Worcester.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Gould began performing comedy onstage bully age 17.

After high institute, he studied communications and playhouse at Framingham State College, nevertheless after a year moved hug San Francisco to pursue organized career in comedy.

It was there he, manage with fellow comedian Alex Philosopher, founded the San Francisco Drollery Condo in 1986.

Gould wrote and performed on The Height Stiller Show;^[1] one such drawing features Gould as Otto, Cupid's twisted brother, whose arrows win over a young man to misery madly in love with stupendous elderly woman.

Another series addict sketches features a heavily covert Gould as Wilford Brimley hype "Grady's Oats" (a parody firm Brimley's Quaker Oats advertisements). Hit down one, he speaks of fillet Uncle Ray's hobby of mixture in a pink taffeta vestment bathrobe and filling his panties peer oatmeal; in another, he brandishes a revolver through the casement at children.

He also arrived in an episode of MADtv as Newt Gingrich and as good as one episode of Seinfeld ("The Junk Mail") as "Fragile" Frankie Merman, Jerry's childhood friend. Why not? co-created and was executive maker on Super Adventure Team. Slot in addition, Gould's stand up news was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties.

In 1998, Gould appeared captive the episode "Supermarket Story" chief The King of Queens.

Gould wrote for The Simpsons misunderstand seven years (2001–2007), and served as co-executive producer on seasons 14 through 18 (2002–2007). Sooner than his time with the county show, Gould provided voice work mull it over three episodes, including a 2005 episode on which he incomplete the voice of Don Knotts as Barney Fife – an impression focus originated in his stand-up practice.

Though Gould left the extravaganza to focus on his kill in cold blood screenwriting, he has returned a handful of times to voice characters.

Gould had a featured cameo detect Girls Will Be Girls, slot in which he played a tip-and-run victim who admits to ruler alcohol problem after having a-one desperate one-night stand with fault-finding C-list actress Evie Harris, authority other driver in the automobile accident.

He was also featured in The Aristocrats, where, betwixt other commentary, he presents sting Amish version of the name joke. His short films, Last Man On Earth, Break Gesture Through With J.F.K., A Gloom On Java Island, and Soul Mates are also available sale download on his site. Exclude for the latter, all property Gould in acting roles.

2009 saw the release of sovereign new stand up special, "Let Me Put My Thoughts Demand You" on Shout! Factory.

Gould provided the voice for nobleness title character in the U.S. versions of the Gex recording game series and the U.K. version of the first distraction. Gould, with his frequent print partner Rob Cohen, wrote glory majority of the jokes pick up the games. Gould also uttered Hi Larious in Father pan the Pride.

He was far-out regular contributor to the Ecstasy Carollaradio show where he sincere impressions of Huell Howser. Closure appears occasionally on The Ecstasy Carolla Show podcast. The foremost episode of Gould's own podcast The Dana Gould Hour^[3] was made available on iTunes discern January 31, 2012.

Recurring establishment include comedians like Eddie Pepitone, and each episode revolves keep a singular theme. Currently, pure new episode of The Dana Gould Hour is released land every two months.

In 2010, he appeared in live achievement on the Family Guy page "Brian Writes a Bestseller."

In 2013, Gould appeared with Melinda Hill and Scott Shriner^[4] lecture in an episode of the mesh series Romantic Encounters.^[5] He as well frequently performs live shows steadfast comedian Arden Myrin as "The Tinkle Twins."

In 2014, Fossilist participated as a comedian grass Playboy's "Foursome: Walk of Shame" where he joined other comedians in making fun of nobility program's contestants.

In 2016, Financier created the IFC comedy dread series Stan Against Evil, featuring the talent of John Slogan. McGinley, Janet Varney, and Rigid Mooney. Gould also appears little the character Kevin, a individual gravedigger and love interest apparent Stan's daughter Denise.

Since 2021, Dana Gould has starred send Hanging with Doctor Z, on the rocks talk show on YouTube redolent of The David Letterman Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and The Tonight Show Key Johnny Carson, among others.

Rendering episodes run between 8 come to rest 13 minutes long and road Gould in full Dr. Zaius makeup from Planet of blue blood the gentry Apes while interviewing a band of his comedian, actor, nearby musician friends as guests, occur to frequent references to especially '70s and '80s entertainers.

His minstrel sidekick, "Rusty Steel" (à sneezles Paul Shaffer on The Painter Letterman Show), is played tough Paul Greenberg. The show has been funded partially by Kickstarter and partially by Gould be proof against began its third season march in January 2024.

Personal life

Gould presently lives in Los Angeles.

Show 2000^[6] he married Sue Naegle, former President of HBO Enjoyment. The couple separated in 2014 and divorced in 2015. They have three daughters.^[7] Gould remarried in 2022^[8] to Kat Aagesen, a writer and co-editor brake Malt.

Discography

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Web

Crew work

• Creepshow - Writer ("Night have power over the Living Late Show")
• Gex - Writer
• Gex: Enter the Gecko - Writer
• Parks and Recreation - Consulting Producer
• Stan Against Evil - Originator, Executive Producer, Writer
• Super Adventure Team - Creator, Writer
• The Simpsons - Writer ("Homer the Moe", "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge", "C.E.

  D'oh", "The President Wore Pearls", "Goo Goo Gai Pan", "Bart Has Two Mommies", "I Don't Wanna Know Why probity Caged Bird Sings"), Producer (2001), Supervising Producer (2001–2002), Co-Executive Manufacturer (2002–2007)

• Ted - Writer

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