Todd Hanson (writer)

Todd Hanson is a writer and voice actor, best known for his work as a writer and editor at The Onion. Hanson also voices the character Dan Halen on the Adult Swim program Squidbillies.

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Career

As writer

Hanson was working as a dishwasher while he was a writer at The Onion.[1] He wrote an article in The Onion that was optioned as a movie by DreamWorks[2] and co-wrote The Onion Movie, which he has since disowned.

As actor

He voices the character Dan Halen on Squidbillies. He made two guest appearances in the episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force called Interfection and Hypno-Germ. He is also on the commentary for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters in which he stated that he is a big fan of the show. The commentary also states that he came up with the Chicken Bittle character which was rejected to be an Aqua Teen for several years.

Personal life

Hanson has lived in Wisconsin and New York. During a storytelling segment on PRI's The Moth, Hanson credited his mother for him being "a douchebag".[3]

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