Maxime Simonet
is a Franco-American writer, producer, editor, and voice actor for various shows who is best known for co-creating and hosting the internet talk show ''
FishCenter Live'', co-creating and starring in ''
Tender Touches'', and for creating and starring in ''
Gēmusetto'', all for
Adult Swim
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. He is also the creator of
Gilbert Garfield', an
alternate reality game
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The form is defined by int ...
and web series hosted on
YouTube
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.
Background
In 2007, Simonet graduated from
Sonoma Valley High School.
Simonet attended
Hampshire College
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in
Massachusetts
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. He later moved to New York, attempted
stand-up comedy
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, and became a graphic artist for satirical news agency ''
The Onion
''The Onion'' is an American digital media company and newspaper organization that publishes satirical articles on international, national, and local news. The company is currently based in Chicago, but originated as a weekly print publication ...
''.
Career
Simonet co-created and hosted the American internet series ''
FishCenter Live'' alongside
Dave Bonawits, Andrew Choe,
Matt Harrigan, and Christina 'Tina' Loranger, which streamed live weekdays on
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (stylized as dult swimand s is an American adult-oriented television programming block that airs on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and Late-night television, late-night Dayparting, dayparts. T ...
's website from 2014 to 2020.
Simonet also developed ''Daytime Fighting League''
and co-hosted ''Bloodfeast'' with Bonawits for the website. Simonet co-created the 2017 television series ''
Tender Touches'', an animated spin-off of ''Bloodfeast'', with Dave Bonawits and Lauren Payne, also voicing the main character Steve.
Simonet also created ''
Gēmusetto'' for Adult Swim, which premiered as the network's 2019 April Fools prank. In the series, Simonet voices the main character Makasu. In 2020, Simonet co-hosted the ''Adult Swim Podcast'' with Matt Harrigan. In May 2022, Max began posting ''Gilbert Garfield'' videos on YouTube. He left Adult Swim in October 2022. In 2024 he began streaming on Twitch.tv under the username Rat Cousin.
Filmography
See also
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List of talk show hosts
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See also
* List of game show hosts
References
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American male voice actors
Television producers from California
American television talk show hosts
Television writers from California
Living people
American male television writers
People from Sonoma, California
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sonoma Valley High School alumni
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