Sal Iacono

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Sal Iacono (born July 5, 1971)[1] is an American comedian, writer and game show host best known as "Cousin Sal" on the late night television show Jimmy Kimmel Live.

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[edit] Biography

Iacono was born in Commack, New York. He graduated SUNY College At Oswego in 1993 with a degree in Public Justice.[2] In 1999, Iacono moved from Long Island to Hollywood to pursue a career as a television writer. Iacono currently resides in a Los Angeles suburb with his wife and two sons.[3]

[edit] Career

[edit] Television Writing to Hosting

Iacono's first foray into television writing was on the Fox Sports Net program Sports Geniuses,[4] a sports-themed game show starring Matt Vasgersian. From there, he joined the writing staff of Comedy Central's The Man Show starring Adam Carolla and Iacono's cousin Jimmy Kimmel.[5]

In 2002, Iacono joined Kimmel during his weekly prognostication sketches on FOX NFL Sunday.

Iacono also wrote for the puppet show Crank Yankers.[6]

When Win Ben Stein's Money co-host Nancy Pimental left the show in 2002, Iacono replaced her, becoming Ben Stein's co-host and comic tormentor.[7] Iacono served as the co-host through the rest of the run of the series, earning an Emmy nomination for his work.[8]

[edit] Jimmy Kimmel Live

Iacono has been a permanent member of the Jimmy Kimmel Live writing staff since 2003.[9] He also appears frequently on the show in comedy sketches. These comedy bits are often shot using a hidden camera, and "Cousin Sal" pretends to be a store employee or delivery person who is incredibly inept or annoying. Cousin Sal's victims are invariably dumbfounded or become extremely infuriated, much to the delight of the viewing audience.[10]

[edit] WWE

On Jimmy Kimmel Live on May 16, 2008, Iacono had a birthday cake delivered to him on air by his favorite wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper. He and Piper were confronted by Santino Marella, who had the cake thrown on him and was attacked by Iacono. The following Monday, Marella (dressed as Piper) brought Iacono to the ring on Monday Night Raw to "apologize" to "Cousin Sal". The real Piper entered the ring and Marella got his own apology cake thrown on him and on his way back to the locker room, he challenged Iacono to a wrestling match, which Piper accepted on Iacono's behalf. The match took place at the Friday Night SmackDown! tapings in Los Angeles on June 3. "Cousin Sal" was accompanied to the ring with Jimmy Kimmel and Piper. "Cousin Sal" won the match. Later that night, Kimmel announced that Iacono will face The Big Show in his next wrestling match.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sal Iacono
  2. ^ MySpace.com - Cousin Sal From Jimmy Kimmel Live! - 36 - Garçon - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA - www.myspace.com/cousinsal
  3. ^ ABC.com: Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Bio Page
  4. ^ Sal Iacono
  5. ^ "The Man Show" (1999)
  6. ^ Crank Yankers Television show - Crank Yankers TV Show - Yahoo! TV
  7. ^ Win Ben Stein's Money in Jump The Shark
  8. ^ 'All My Children' Leads Daytime Emmy Noms - Entertainment News Story - WNBC | New York
  9. ^ Sal Iacono
  10. ^ ABC.com: Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Video Index

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