Ethan T. Berlin | |
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Occupation(s) | Writer, producer, comedian, actor, cartoonist |
Television | Bunk |
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Ethan T. Berlin is a writer, television producer, comedian, actor, and cartoonist in the United States. He is a co-creator of IFC's comedy game show Bunk and the creator of the web comic Murray the Nut. Berlin's first book, The Hugely-Wugely Spider was published in 2018. He co-wrote on the comedy television special Night of Too Many Stars[ citation needed] which was nominated for an Emmy award in 2013. [1]
Berlin is from Reston, Virginia. He attended South Lakes High School [2] and the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughn, County Clare, Ireland.
Berlin's first major writing job was on the Comedy Central puppet prank show, Crank Yankers in 2004. [3] Subsequent writing credits included TBS’s “ Lopez Tonight,” HBO’s “ Da Ali G Show,” FOX’s " Talkshow with Spike Feresten,” and HBO’s "Ni ght of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs."
He has executive produced various series, including, FX’s " Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,” [4] CNBC’s "The Filthy Rich Guide,” and TruTV’s “Paid off with Michael Torpey". [5] In 2006, Berlin created and executive produced the animated MTV pilot, All-Star American Destiny Trek, a parody of the competition television series genre, which starred Will Arnett and Tom Kenney. In 2012, Berlin co-created, executive produced and starred in the parody game show Bunk [6] [7] on the IFC network.
Berlin created the daily web comic series Murray the Nut which ran from 2008 to 2017. In 2018 he wrote The Hugely-Wugely Spider, [8] a children's book. His next book I’m Not A Dog Toy was published in March 2021,. [9] He currently stars as the robot L.I.S.A. on the podcast The Big Fib. [10] Berlin teaches classes in comedy writing at various institutions including New York University and SUNY Stonybrook.[ citation needed]