Brian Phelps (born Brian Wayne Phelps on May 5, 1959 in Cambridge, Illinois) is an American radio personality (disk jockey) and occasional actor, best known for the nationally-syndicated Mark & Brian morning show. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cambridge is a village located in Henry County, Illinois. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Mark & Brian (Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps) are the hosts of The Mark & Brian Show, a nationally-syndicated weekday morning radio show which is broadcast from KLOS-FM in Los Angeles, California. ...

After attending Illinois State University, Phelps did commercial work and improvisational comedy before meeting his partner Mark Thompson in Birmingham, Alabama in 1986. The next year the duo moved their show to KLOS-FM in Los Angeles, where they are still based. Illinois State University, originally named Illinois State Normal University, was founded in 1857 by Jesse W. Fell (1808-1887), and was the first public institution of higher education in the state. ... Improvisational comedy (also called improv or impro) is comedy that is performed with a little to no predetermination of subject matter and structure. ... Mark Thompson (born December 1, 1955 in Florence, Alabama) is an American radio personality (disk jockey) and occasional actor, best known for the nationally-syndicated Mark & Brian morning show. ... Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ... 95. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

The enormous popularity of his radio show has given Phelps several opportunities to branch out into other entertainment media. In 1991-92 he and Thompson hosted a short-lived NBC TV series, The Adventures of Mark & Brian, based on their radio show. Phelps has also appeared in several motion pictures, notably Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (the 1997 ninth installment in the Friday the 13th series) and The Princess Diaries (2001). He has also made numerous TV series guest appearances. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Friday the 13th is a 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller, admittedly made to cash in on the success of Halloween, the films theme was to take mom and apple pie and turn it on its head. ... The Princess Diaries is a novel by Meg Cabot that was made into a film in 2001. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...

External links

• Mark & Brian Official Website
• Brian Phelps at the Internet Movie Database
• Mark & Brian Radio Sketches
• Mark & Brian Archive Site