Frank Santopadre
Frank Santopadre is an American comedy writer and producer for television and live events, currently working as a writer/producer on Headline News' "The Joy Behar Show" and as cohost of "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast."[1]
Career
Santopadre has provided joke material for TV series and specials, including "An American Celebration of Ford's Theater" on CBS, "The View's" Farewell Roast of Meredith Vieira on ABC, the "Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson", "Backstage at the US Comedy Arts Festival" on HBO and "Caroline's Comedy Hour" on A&E.[2]
He has also written for numerous live events, including award shows ("The 56th Writers Guild of America Awards", "The New York Women in Advertising Awards"), roasts ("The New York Friars' Club Roast of Matt Lauer", "The New York Friars' Club Roast of Donald Trump", "The Four Seasons 50th Anniversary Roast"), and sports banquets ("The Boston Red Sox 2009 Welcome Home Dinner").[3]
Highlights
- Santopadre is a contributing writer/blogger for Vanity Fair's website, VanityFair.com.[4]
- He is a writer of animated TV series episodes for Steven Spielberg/DreamWorks Animation ("Steven Spielberg Presents Toonsylvania"), Nickelodeon ("Angry Beavers", "CatDog"), and The Muppets ("Jim Henson's Muppet Time").
- He is the former editor of "Jest", a New York based humor and satire magazine.[5]
- Santopadre's first professional humor writing job was working for the Topps Company, writing Bazooka Joe comics and Wacky Packs trading cards.
Personal life
Santopadre lives in New York City. His father Charles is a painter and illustrator.
References
External links
- Official website
- Frank Santopadre on IMDB
- Frank Santopadre at Vanity Fair
- Santopadre interviews Milt and Marty at the New York Friars' Club
- The Tom Leopold show, where Santopadre was sidekick and co-writer