Jim Earl is a stage and radio

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, comedy writer, musician and

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from

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. Earl received a degree in

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from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

, 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. In 2001 he appeared in the film ' Pootie Tang' as the character 'Eddie', directed by Louis C.K, he later became a writer for ''

The Daily Show ''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk show, late-night talk and news satire television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States, with extended episodes released shortly after on Paramount+ ...

'', winning the 2001

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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 a number of Air America Radio's radio shows: '' The Randi Rhodes Show'', ''Unfiltered with Lizz Winstead'', '' The Rachel Maddow Radio Show'', and '' Morning Sedition'', where he performed his regular bits: "War on Brains", "Rapture Watch", "Morning Remembrance", "Sammy the Stem Cell", "Todd Brad: Policy Analyst", and "The 5 W's Plus 3 of Journalism." His comedy for the former show is now available for download on his own site
jimearl.com
Upon returning to California, Earl reunited with a former ''Morning Sedition'' host,

Marc Maron Marc David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' and appeared more than forty times ...

, on ''

The Marc Maron Show ''The Marc Maron Show'' was a late night radio show produced in affiliation with the Air America Radio network and hosted by comedian Marc Maron. The show originated from KTLK 1150 AM in Los Angeles, California. The show was less politically ...

'', which premiered on Air America Radio on February 28, 2006, and had its last show on July 14, 2006. In December 2006, Earl went on to become head writer for the Friday ITch, a "comedy-news program for nerds", broadcast o
Techweb.com
In 2007, Jim also became a staff writer for "

Talkshow with Spike Feresten ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'' is an American late-night talk show television program on Fox starring Spike Feresten that aired from September 16, 2006, to May 16, 2009. It was the longest-running late night talk show in Fox's history, with t ...

" on Fox TV. Jim is currently a featured performer on both Marc Maron's podcast, '' WTF'', and David Feldman's podcas
''David Feldman Show''
where he regularly performs with his band
The Clutter Family
Their eponymous debut was released in April 2010.

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External links

Jim Earl's personal web site, jimearl.com
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