Brian Unger
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Brian Unger is an American comedian, writer, producer, and commentator. He was an original contributor to The Daily Show, from 1996 to 1998. Currently, he provides regular commentary for the NPR show Day to Day and guest hosts MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
Unger is a native of Granville, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio University in 1987, where he majored in communication. While working for The Daily Show in 1998, he was named one of Entertainment Weekly's "100 Most Creative People in Entertainment."
Unger's other television appearances include the Comedy Central shows Reno 911! and The Man Show, various I Love the... shows on VH1, as well as appearances on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBC's Later, E!'s Talk Soup, and the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine Extra.
His written commentary has appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Unger is also one of the co-hosts of a new PBS series, Wired Science [1] debuting in January 2007, based on the popular science and technology-oriented Wired magazine.
