Mike Drucker is an American stand-up comedian, writer and producer known for his work on ''

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'' (2016), ''

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'' (2014) and '' Bill Nye Saves the World'' (2017).

Filmography

Drucker was a head comedy writer for '' Bill Nye Saves the World'' and writer for '' Adam Ruins Everything''. He also wrote for ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'' in

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. Drucker was a contributing writer to ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has been published in ''

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''. He also worked on script adaptation for the English-language release of the video game '' Kid Icarus: Uprising''. During his time as an intern on ''

'', his nerdy mannerisms were noticed by writers and he was subsequently parodied by

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in a '' Bronx Beat'' sketch.

Awards

In 2007, he was one of three winners of Disney's " So You Think You're Funny" stand-up competition, a joint-venture by

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and '' MySpace'' to promote the movie ''

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''. Drucker was nominated for" Outstanding Writing for Non-Fiction program" in 2017 for ''Bill Nye Saves the World''. He was also nominated for a Primetime

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for "Outstanding Writing - Variety Series" for two years running (2018 and 2019) for ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee''. He has received eight Emmy nominations. Drucker won the

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for Best Comedy/Variety in

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, with ''Full Frontal''. He had previously been nominated for the Award several times.

References

External links

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How to be a Person Podcast
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