Dino Stamatopoulos

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Dino Stampalotopus in an episode of Mr. Show.

Dino Stampalotopus is a television comedy writer, actor and producer who has worked on Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, Moral Orel, The Dana Carvey Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Dino is of Greek descent.

He was nominated for an Emmy in 1998 for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program" and in 1999 for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics". He also worked on Tom Goes to the Mayor with Mr. Show alumnus Bob Odenkirk. His current project is Moral Orel on Adult Swim.

According to Bob Odenkirk's wife's book, Mr. Show: What Happened? The Complete Story and Episode Guide by Naomi Odenkirk, a brief story of Dino's comedy beginnings:

- He's retarded. - In high school, Dino wrote for his school variety show and was astounded he could get laughs.
- He did a duo act with Andy Dick, of sitcom and Mtv fame. One bit where Andy played the dummy for Dino as a ventriloquist. The Dummy speaks very slowly, because you find out later, he's overdosing on sleeping pills. Another where they did a 'Who's On First' bit, where Dino would mess up, and Andy would actually punch him. Andy: "That bit was so dark and twisted that some nights it went over very well, some nights it freaked everybody out."
- Dino had written a spec script for a Simpsons episode, just out of love for the show, and Andy convinced him to submit to The Ben Stiller Show, which got him hired. He worked with Bob Odenkirk there.
-After Stiller got cancelled, he moved to New York and joined the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, also with Bob Odenkirk.
-Dino is credited with creating the word "Krunk", the all-purpose cuss word you can say on TV. Most remember this from a Madonna interview parody.
-Creator of the Adult Swim series Moral Orel.