Dan Harmon

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Dan Harmon
Harmon in 2013.
Born	(1973-01-03) January 3, 1973 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Occupation	Writer, producer, performer
Known for	Rick and Morty Channel 101 Community Harmontown Monster House Heat Vision and Jack Acceptable.TV^[1]

Dan Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American writer and performer. He is the creator and executive producer for the NBC television comedy series Community, and, along with Rob Schrab, a founder of the alternative television network/website Channel 101. He also co-created the Adult Swim animated television series Rick and Morty.

Early life

Harmon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from Brown Deer High School in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and attended Marquette University.

Career

Harmon was a member of ComedySportz Milwaukee and also (alongside Rob Schrab) a member of the sketch troupe The Dead Alewives. They produced an album, Take Down the Grand Master, in 1996. Harmon frequently appeared at Milwaukee's Safehouse free comedy stage early in his career. A notable routine was a song about masturbation.

Harmon co-created the television pilot Heat Vision and Jack (starring Owen Wilson and Jack Black) and several Channel 101 shows, some featuring Jack Black, Drew Carey, and Sarah Silverman. He co-created Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program and served as head writer for several episodes. He was the creator, executive producer, and a featured performer in Acceptable.TV, a Channel 101-based sketch show airing for eight episodes in March 2007 on VH1. He and Rob Schrab co-wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award-nominated film Monster House.^[2] He is credited for writing part of Rob Schrab's comic book series Scud: The Disposable Assassin, as well the spin-off comic series La Cosa Nostroid.

In 2009, Harmon's pilot for Community was picked up by NBC and he served as executive producer and showrunner for 3 seasons until May 18, 2012, when it was announced that Harmon was being let go from his position on Community. On June 1, 2013 Harmon announced that he would be returning to Community;^[3]^[4] this was confirmed by Sony Pictures on June 10.^[5]

In July 2009, Harmon was nominated in two Emmy categories for his part in writing the Oscar telecast: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, the latter of which he was awarded for "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

On May 23, 2011, Harmon began hosting a monthly live comedy show at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood called Harmontown. After his firing from Community, the show became weekly. The show is co-hosted by Jeff B. Davis and features an ongoing game of Dungeons & Dragons with show Dungeon Master Spencer Crittenden. The show has featured guests, such as Eric Idle, Greg Proops, Jason Sudekis, Ryan Stiles, as well as Harmon's fiancée, podcaster Erin McGathy.^[6] In summer 2012, the weekly show became one of the first podcasts in the Feral Audio podcast collective recorded by the network's founder Dustin Marshall. Harmon and Davis took the show on tour in early 2013, broadcasting from Austin, Nashville, Somerville, MA, Brooklyn, Rhode Island, and more.

For its fall 2012 season, Adult Swim ordered a 30-minute animated pilot from Harmon and Justin Roiland. The pilot, Rick & Morty, is about the life journeys of a genius inventor and his less-than-genius grandson.^[7] The show premiered on December 2, 2013.

Dan Harmon appears in a cameo role in episode two in season four of Arrested Development as the Yurt Clerk. He also has a guest spot as a voice actor in the Fox animated television series Axe Cop.^[8]

References

↑ Keveney, Bill (2007-03-23). "'Acceptable.TV' puts the Net in comic vignettes". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
↑ Dan Harmon at the Internet Movie Database
↑ Simpson, Connor (2013-06-01). "Dan Harmon Is Officially Returning to 'Community.'" TheAtlanticWire.com. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
↑ Harris, Aisha (2013-06-03). "The Brightest Timeline: Dan Harmon Returning to Community." Slate.com. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (June 10, 2013). "DONE DEAL: Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna To Return To ‘Community’ For Season 5". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
↑ "Twitter Page of Erin McGathy".
↑ Rose, Lacey (May 15, 2012). "Upfronts 2012: Adult Swim Orders Eight Pilots, Including a Project From 'Community's' Dan Harmon". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
↑ FOX Releases ‘Axe Cop’ Voice Cast, Sets Saturday Animation Domination HD Premiere. Screencrush.com (2013-01-08). Retrieved on 2014-01-14.

External links

Dan Harmon at the Internet Movie Database
Dan Harmon's page at Myspace
Dan Harmon's Tumblr blog
Dan Harmon on Twitter
Dan Harmon Talent Page at Channel101.com
Harmontown Podcast on iTunes

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Characters Episodes Dan Harmon

Season 1	"Pilot" "Spanish 101" "Introduction to Film" "Social Psychology" "Advanced Criminal Law" "Football, Feminism and You" "Introduction to Statistics" "Home Economics" "Debate 109" "Environmental Science" "The Politics of Human Sexuality" "Comparative Religion" "Investigative Journalism" "Interpretive Dance" "Romantic Expressionism" "Communication Studies" "Physical Education" "Basic Genealogy" "Beginner Pottery" "The Science of Illusion" "Contemporary American Poultry" "The Art of Discourse" "Modern Warfare" "English as a Second Language" "Pascal's Triangle Revisited"

Season 2	"Anthropology 101" "Accounting for Lawyers" "The Psychology of Letting Go" "Basic Rocket Science" "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples" "Epidemiology" "Aerodynamics of Gender" "Cooperative Calligraphy" "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" "Mixology Certification" "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" "Asian Population Studies" "Celebrity Pharmacology" "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" "Early 21st Century Romanticism" "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" "Intro to Political Science" "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" "Critical Film Studies" "Competitive Wine Tasting" "Paradigms of Human Memory" "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" "A Fistful of Paintballs" "For a Few Paintballs More"

Season 3	"Biology 101" "Geography of Global Conflict" "Remedial Chaos Theory" "Competitive Ecology" "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" "Advanced Gay" "Studies in Modern Movement" "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" "Regional Holiday Music" "Contemporary Impressionists" "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" "Digital Exploration of Interior Design" "Pillows and Blankets" "Origins of Vampire Mythology" "Virtual Systems Analysis" "Basic Lupine Urology" "Course Listing Unavailable" "Curriculum Unavailable" "Digital Estate Planning" "The First Chang Dynasty" "Introduction to Finality"

Season 4	"History 101" "Paranormal Parentage" "Conventions of Space and Time" "Alternative History of the German Invasion" "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations" "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking" "Economics of Marine Biology" "Herstory of Dance" "Intro to Felt Surrogacy" "Intro to Knots" "Basic Human Anatomy" "Heroic Origins" "Advanced Introduction to Finality"

Season 5	"Repilot" "Introduction to Teaching" "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" "Cooperative Polygraphy" "Geothermal Escapism" "Analysis of Cork-Based Networking"

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Name	Harmon, Dan
Alternative names
Short description	American television writer
Date of birth	January 3, 1973
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Date of death
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