Wayne Alan Harold
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Wayne Alan Harold (born November 7th 1964) is an underground filmmaker from northeastern Ohio. Upon graduation from Kent State University in 1988, Harold formed a video production company called Entertech with high school friend (and fellow KSU graduate) Mark Steven Bosko. The pair soon met "Genuine Nerd" Toby Radloff at the Superman exposition in Cleveland, Ohio and they ended up producing the majority of Radloff's segments for MTV News.
In the early 90s, Harold and Bosko founded Riot Pictures to make low-budget horror films to be released in the growing direct-to-video market. KILLER NERD and its sequel, BRIDE OF KILLER NERD, both starred Radloff as "nerd-gone-mad" Harold Kunkle. The low-budget films have a developed a loyal following due to Radloff's odd screen persona and their "so bad they're good" reputation.
Harold and Bosko's dissolved their filmmaking partnership after the production of 1993's GIRLFRIENDs, a comedy about lesbian serial killers that did not feature Radloff. Wayne and Toby remained close friends.
With the advent of digital video (DV), Harold re-emerged in 2002 with TOWNIES, a dark comedy about a small town overrun by misfits. Wayne wrote, produced, directed, photographed and edited the entire film. Radloff appeared as a "dumpster-diving" eccentric named Dickie. In early 2006, Harold released GENUINE NERD, a DVD profile of Radloff that includes interviews with AMERICAN SPLENDOR creator Harvey Pekar and actor/comedian Judah Friedlander (who portrayed Toby in the AMERICAN SPLENDOR movie).
Wayne and Toby were early pioneers in the field of podcasting with THE LURID LOUNGE. In early 2006, the show's name was changed to T.W.A.T.S. (THE WAYNE AND TOBY SHOW) and remained as such for most of the year. With a video adaptation of THE WAYNE AND TOBY SHOW in the works as of late 2006, the podcast's name was changed to the LURID PODCASTING SYSTEM. All three incarnations primary feature Harold winding Radloff up and allowing the latter to give his spirited, nerdy views on pop culture.
