David Mark Douglas Jeser (born September 25, 1977) is an American television writer and co-creator with
Matt Silverstein of the
Comedy Central
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adult animated sitcom ''
Drawn Together
''Drawn Together'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. It aired on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004, to November 14, 2007, spanning three seasons. The series is a parody of house-based reality s ...
''. He has also written for other television shows including ''
3rd Rock from the Sun
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'', ''
The Man Show
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'', ''
Action
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'', ''
Greg the Bunny'', ''
3-South'', ''
Axe Cop'', ''
The Goode Family'', ''
The Cleveland Show
''The Cleveland Show'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry (voice actor), Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Family Guy'', and the second television ...
'' and Life in Pieces, and also ran "Crank Yankers", created Golan the Insatiable, the
MTV
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animated comedy ''
DJ & the Fro
''DJ & the Fro'' is an adult animated series created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein for MTV. The show focuses on two co-workers, DJ and The Fro, who work at the fictitious company Oppercon Industries. They rarely do work, and instead look ...
'' in 2009 and Johnny Knoxville's The Prank Panel for ABC.
Biography
Jeser was raised in a
Jewish
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family in
New Milford, New Jersey
New Milford is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 16,923, an increase of 582 (+3.6%) from the 2010 Unit ...
.
[Jewish Standard: "‘Drawn Together’ creators, from area, decry anti-Israel accusations" by Josh Lipowsky]
June 4, 2010 His parents were ardent
Zionists
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.
Jeser is a graduate of
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford and the
Dwight-Englewood School in
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Engle ...
where he met Silverstein. In 2015, Jeser, along with Matt Silverstein, developed author
Joshua Miller's ''
Golan the Insatiable'' for television appearing on
Fox Television in May 2015. Producers were Jeser, Silverstein and Hend Baghdady.
Variety: "‘Golan the Insatiable’ Readies for Fox’s Primetime" by Mannie Holmes
May 29, 2015
Filmography
Film
References
External links
*
1977 births
Living people
21st-century American male writers
American male television writers
Jewish American television writers
American television writers
People from New Milford, New Jersey
Dwight-Englewood School alumni
Screenwriters from New Jersey
21st-century American Jews
Writers from Bergen County, New Jersey
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