Leopold Rufus "Leo" Allen (born July 5, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and writer from Detroit, Michigan, known as one half of the comedy team Slovin and Allen.^[1]

Career[link]

Allen has been performing stand-up comedy since the late '90s. In 2001, Allen, along with his writing partner, Eric Slovin, starred in their own Comedy Central Presents special^[2] which featured highly memorable sketches such as "Time Machine" and "Turkey Slapper". Slovin and Allen went on to write for Saturday Night Live from 2002 - 2005.

A veteran of numerous New York City comedy clubs and alternative venues, Allen performs solo and as part of the duo "Slovin and Allen." He has toured with comedians such as Eugene Mirman, Demetri Martin, Todd Barry, Michael Showalter, and others. He currently hosts "Whiplash" at Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in NYC, for which he was nominated for a 2009 ECNY award for Best Host.

Beginning in September 2005, Allen challenged himself to read 100 books in one year. Halfway into that endeavor, he cited as favorites The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Don Quixote by Cervantes and anything by Octavia Butler.^[3] Listen: A Standup Guy Who Is Serious About Books, NPR

Allen's writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine. His television credits include Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Funny or Die Presents, Comedians of Comedy, Human Giant, Michael and Michael Have Issues and more.

Allen currently appears with a recurring role on the Comedy Central series Jon Benjamin Has a Van; he is also co-creator and executive producer of the series.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Leo Allen at the Internet Movie Database
• Slovin and Allen
• MySpace Page

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Nick Kroll
Kroll at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Born	(1978-06-05) June 5, 1978 (age 34) Rye, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor Comedian Writer Producer
Years active	1998–present
Website
http://www.nickkroll.com

Nick Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Ruxin on The League. He previously co-starred in comedy programs such as Best Week Ever, Cavemen, Sit Down, Shut Up, and The Life & Times of Tim.

Life and career[link]

The son of Kroll Inc. founder Jules B. Kroll,^[1] Nick Kroll was raised Jewish in Westchester County, NY.^[2] He went to the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester until the 8th grade, but then left for high school going to Rye Country Day. After attending Rye Country Day School he went on to graduate from Georgetown University.^[3] He has been a contributing writer to Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show and MTV's Human Giant. Kroll's live work is a mix of standup, sketch and characters. He is probably best known as a performer for his characters Bobby Bottleservice, Fabrice Fabrice, craft services coordinator for the sitcom That's So Raven, and Gil Faizon of the Oh, Hello Show, which he created with writing partner John Mulaney.

Kroll voices Stu on the HBO animated series The Life & Times of Tim. He also co-stars as Ruxin in the FX comedy series The League and had a recurring role on Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim. In 2008, Kroll co-starred in the ABC sitcom Cavemen based on the popular GEICO Cavemen commercials and was a regular commentator on VH1's Best Week Ever. Kroll is one of the co-authors of the critically acclaimed book Bar Mitzvah Disco and a graduate of Rye Country Day School, where he gave a contentious graduation speech in which, contrary to widespread belief, he did not expose his genitals, although he did gently chastise the school administration.^[4]

He has studied and performed regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NYC and LA and co-hosted the stand-up show Welcome to Our Week with Jessi Klein.

In November and December 2008, he toured as the support with Aziz Ansari on his Glow in the Dark comedy tour in the USA.

Also in 2008, Kroll played the role of Versatio Bakir in the critically acclaimed comedy film Adventures of Power as the comic MC of an airdrumming competition. His other co-stars included Ari Gold, Adrian Grenier, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Chiu Chi Ling, and Shoshannah Stern. Later, Kroll signed several items in support of director Ari Gold's music education charity auction "Power Saves the Music",^[5] created to support the Vh1 Save the Music Foundation, which works to preserve music education in public schools.^[6] Other artists who participated with Kroll in the auction included Ke$ha, Ringo Starr, Rush, and many more. The auction eventually raised enough to help the Foundation restore a full music program at an elementary school in New Jersey. ^[7]

In 2009, Kroll became a regular voice cast member of the animated Fox comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up. He voiced Andrew LeGustambos, the flamboyant, bisexual drama teacher. According to Kroll, Andrew is (alongside Helen) a loser amongst losers.^[8] Kroll voices him to talk like a "modern day Snagglepuss".^[8][9] The series premiered on April 19, 2009.^[9] He also lent his voice to Reuben Grinder in the PBS Kids GO! series WordGirl.

Kroll has appeared on the Comedy Central series John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, once performing stand-up as his character "Fabrice Fabrice", a flamboyant craft services coordinator and the other time as himself.

Kroll has also recently created a new stand-up character named "Bobby Bottleservice." He has featured the character in a number of online videos for the Funny or Die website, including the Ed Hardy Boyz and an audition tape for the MTV show Jersey Shore.

Kroll also appears as a character known as El Chupacabra on numerous comedy podcasts, radio programs and the Comedy Central show Reno 911.^[10][11]

In 2010, Kroll performed on the Comedy Central program The Benson Interruption.

In 2011, Comedy Central aired his stand-up special Thank You Very Cool. He also appeared in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation in the Season 3 episode "Media Blitz" and in Community in the Season 3 episode "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism", and will be appearing in the feature film A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, premiering September 16, 2011. Kroll is developing a sketch show titled The Nick Show Kroll for Comedy Central.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Nick Kroll on Twitter
• Nick Kroll on Funny or Die
• Nick Kroll at the Internet Movie Database

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Mike Drucker is a stand-up comedian and writer living in San Francisco, California.

In 2007, he was one of three winners of Disney's "So You Think You're Funny" stand-up competition, a joint-venture by Disney and MySpace to promote the movie Ratatouille.^[1]

He is a contributing writer to The Onion and Saturday Night Live.^[2] He also regularly writes humor pieces for McSweeney's^[3] and Black20.^[4]

During his time as an intern on Saturday Night Live his nerdy mannerisms were noticed by writers and he was subsequently parodied by Zach Braff in a Bronx Beat sketch.^[5]

References[link]

Leo Romero (born November 28, 1986, in Fontana, California, U.S.) is a professional skateboarder. Leo is second generation Mexican American. Leo first started skating around 1997 with his friends, "the Death Junkies". His early influences included Jamie Thomas and Andrew Reynolds, which perhaps explains Leo's tendency to skate large obstacles and handrails. He lived at the Emerica Mansion II with Heath Kirchart, Kevin "Spanky" Long, and Bryan Herman.^[1] He recently bought his very own home with well known DJ M3MO(Guillermo Aguilar) in Long Beach, California.^[2]

In 2009, Leo left Baker Skateboards, switching to Toy Machine.^[3]

Romero owns a restaurant in Compton, CA.

Leo Romero is currently sponsored by Toy Machine."^[4] Toy Machine and Emerica have teamed up to offer a Leo Romero signature shoe line.^[5]

Leo is a gun aficionado.^[6]

Leo Romero won Thrasher Magazine's annual Skater of the Year award in 2010.

Current Sponsors[link]

• Emerica^[7]
• Toy Machine^[8]
• Pharmacy
• Eswic^[9]
• Independent Truck Company^[10]
• Spitfire

Video appearances[link]

• Leo Romero has been featured in several different videos including:
• Toy Machine's Brainwash. (2010)
• Emerica's Stay Gold (2010)
• Active Ride Shop's "Day in the Life"(2010)
• Baker's Baker has a Deathwish (2008)
• Shares a part with Tommy Gurrola in the April 411 (2006)
• Transworld's First Love (2005)
• in the "friends" sections of Forecast (2005)
• Foundation's That's Life (2004)
• This is Skateboarding (2003)
• Foundation European Tour
• Reason To Believe

References[link]

External links[link]

• Leo S.P.O.T profile

Matt Allen (born October 23, 1977 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a former American football punter in the NFL who played for the New York Giants. He played college football at Troy State.

NFL career[link]

In his 2002 NFL season, Allen made 63 punts for 2,326 yards with 2,045 net yards and an average 36.9 yards per punt. He is infamously known for throwing the incomplete pass, after a horrendous long-snap, on the last play of the Giants-49ers NFC Wildcard game on January 5, 2003, ending the Giants' season. Because there was pass interference on the play that was not called, this is one one the biggest referee blunders in NFL history.

He also played in 2 pre-season games for the Atlanta Falcons before joining the New York Giants.

College Football:

Matt played for Troy State University in Troy Alabama.

High School Sports:

Matt played Football, Basketball, and Baseball for Calvary Christian Academy in Montgomery, AL

External links[link]

• Profile

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