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Rob Corddry (born February 4, 1971) is an American comedian known best for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and as the main character in the FOX sitcom The Winner. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1635 Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor David M. Madden (D) Area - City 21. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning American satirical television program produced by and airing on Comedy Central. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... The Winner was an American television series that premiered on FOX on March 4, 2007. ...

Biography

Early life

Coddry was born Robert William Corddry in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He is the older brother of comedian Nate Corddry. After graduating from Weymouth North High School in 1989, Corddry went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. According to an interview in the UMass Amherst alumni magazine, Corddry planned to study journalism when he arrived in fall 1989. He stuck with the major for just two days. English became his official major instead, but by his sophomore year, he focused much of his attention on drama classes and plays including Torch Song Trilogy, Ten Little Indians, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Romeo and Juliet, and Reckless. While at UMass, Corddry pledged Theta Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. He graduated in 1993. Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1635 Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor David M. Madden (D) Area - City 21. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Nathan Corddry (also known as Nate Corddry) was born on September 8, 1977 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. ... The center of the UMass Amherst campus. ... â€œOld girlâ€ redirects here. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... An academic major, major concentration, concentration, or simply major is a mainly U.S. and Canadian term for a college or university students main field of specialization during his or her undergraduate studies. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein, running in New York City from June 10, 1982, to May 19, 1985 at the Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes Theatre on West 44th Street). ... For the video game, see Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None. ... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a Tony-nominated play by Tennessee Williams. ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... Theta Chi (Î˜Î§) is an international college fraternity for men. ...

Early career

Corddry moved to New York City in January 1994. His early paying jobs included working as a security guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and handing out menus for a Mexican restaurant. He eventually landed acting jobs, including a year-long tour with the National Shakespeare Company. He trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, performing regularly with the sketch comedy group "Naked Babies" and spent two years with the sketch comedy group Third Rail Comedy. Corddry's first notable television appearances were on Upright Citizens Brigade on Comedy Central from 1998–2000. In spring of 2002, he was asked to audition for the The Daily Show and was accepted. On October 4, 2005, his younger brother Nate made his first appearance as a Daily Show correspondent. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A security officer guards a construction site. ... There is also the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), located in Manhattan. ... The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 2004. ... The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicagos ImprovOlympic in 1990. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning American satirical television program produced by and airing on Comedy Central. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ...

In January 2006, Corddry's wife Sandra appeared with him on a Daily Show segment in which he discussed his obsession with having a threesome. They welcomed their first child, daughter Sloane Sullivan Corddry, on July 3, 2006. is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Corddry also hosted the 10th annual Webby Awards ceremony on June 12, 2006. Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby Awards are a set of awards presented to the worlds best websites. The awards have been given out since 1996. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

His pieces for The Daily Show have frequently included references to Boston, Massachusetts, which he considers to be his hometown. Some have described his comic style as "a common Masshole".^[1] â€œBostonâ€ redirects here. ... Masshole is a portmanteau of the words Massachusetts and asshole, used to express a derogatory view of residents of that U.S. state. ...

He has since become one of The Daily Show's popular correspondents, where he is well known for his cocky attitude during interviews. Since the departure of Stephen Colbert, who left to host his own show, The Colbert Report, and Corddry taking over the hosting duties of "This Week in God", Corddry had the most correspondent screentime, becoming a featured part of the show. When he took over "This Week in God," he mentioned that he is an Episcopalian. This article is about Stephen Colbert, the actor. ... The Colbert Report (IPA: ) is an American satirical television program that airs from 11:30 p. ... Colbert activating the God Machine The God Machine 2. ... This article is about the Episcopal Church in the United States. ...

On February 9, 2006, due to the absence of Jon Stewart (jokingly because the show's regular host was "in the shop", but in fact because of the birth of Stewart's second child), Corddry hosted an episode of The Daily Show. is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Not to be confused with John Stewart ,Jon Alan Stewart or John Stuart. ... â€œFasial reconstructionâ€ redirects here. ...

On August 15, 2006, Corddry said "I've got like a week and a half left, all bets are off", and then on August 21, 2006, Stewart remarked that Corddry's last day on The Daily Show would be August 24, 2006. Corddry appeared throughout the week, once filing a report from inside a toilet bowl supposedly onboard an aircraft transporting John Mark Karr, and another dressed up in a 1970s fashion; Stewart remarked, "It's his last week, and really, we're trying to come up with terrible things for him to have to do." is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Mark Karr (born December 11, 1964 in Conyers, Georgia) is an American who worked as a substitute teacher and made a confession, which the prosecution did not believe[1] regarding the unsolved murder of six-year-old JonBenÃ©t Ramsey. ... // Whilst the early 1970s were notable for the romantic fashions of designers such as Yves St Laurent, Ossie Clark and Zandra Rhodes, in contrast, the late 1970s saw the start of one of the most influential and long-lasting fashion movements since Diors new look, with the emergence of...

During that last show on August 24, Corddry aired a self-produced tribute to his four years on the show, going out, as Stewart said, with a "poop joke". A tribute (from Latin tribulum, contribution) is wealth one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The bar featured during the tribute was 21 Nickels in Watertown, Massachusetts, near Boston. The two guys with Corddry in the bar segment were fraternity brothers from UMass. The Town of Watertown is a city[1] in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ...

Corddry left The Daily Show to work on other productions, including The Winner, a 2007 TV series.^[2] Cordry told Stuff Magazine that The Winner is "sort of like a fucked-up Wonder Years." The Winner was an American television series that premiered on FOX on March 4, 2007. ... The Wonder Years is an Emmy Award-winning American television dramedy created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. ...

On September 10, 2007, Corddry made a guest return to The Daily Show as the senior public restroom correspondent, in regards to the Senator Larry Craig bathroom scandal. This article is about the Idaho senator. ... This article is about the Idaho senator. ...

Other work

Corddry's most notable achievement is his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, but he has also appeared in the movies Old School (2003, credited as Robert Corddry) and was the lead character in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004). Old School is a comedy motion picture released by DreamWorks SKG in 2003, about three thirty-somethings who seek to re-live their college days by starting a fraternity, and the tribulations they encounter in doing so. ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ...

Corddry voices the animated Devil character on Cartoon Network's Weighty Decisions series (alongside fellow The Daily Show correspondent Ed Helms). He also appeared in a commercial for Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy series. This page is about the concept of the Devil. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... Weighty Decisions is a series of sketches currently airing on the Cartoon Network anthology show Sunday Pants. The series combines live-action video with animation, as a man interacts with a Devil and Angel on his shoulders. ... Ed Helms (born January 24, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an actor and comedian most notable for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Centrals The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... Ed, Edd n Eddy is an American/Canadian animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by a. ...

He has appeared in a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode entitled "The Seder" as a sex offender who moves into Larry David's neighborhood. He also appeared on two episodes of FOX's Arrested Development as Moses Taylor, an actor who plays "Frank Wrench", an obsessively by-the-books detective on a fictional television series Wrench. Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy series (though not in the traditional sitcom format) starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself. ... Lawrence Gene Larry David (born July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A show-within-a-show is typically a fictional television show featured within the fictional universe of a real television show, or a montage/one theatrical show within another theatrical show (like Annie Get Your Gun ). Less frequently, the term may be applied to a fictional radio show within a...

Corddry appeared in the film Failure to Launch as an excitable gun salesman. Failure to Launch (2006) is an American romantic comedy film. ...

On 3 October 2006, Corddry debuted as a featured writer for alt porn website SuicideGirls.^[3] is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alt porn (also known as alt-porn, altporn, alternaporn, or simply alt) is a shortening of alternative pornography. Alt porn tends to involve members of such subcultures as goths, punks, or ravers and is often produced by small and independent websites or filmmakers. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Since March 4, 2007 Corddry starred as the main character in the FOX mid-season comedy The Winner^[4] and will have a leading role in the Ben Karlin and Jon Stewart produced film, The Donor.^[5] is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... The Winner was an American television series that premiered on FOX on March 4, 2007. ...

Corddry appeared in the movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry which was released in theaters on July 20, 2007. His role was as Jim the Protestor, who proceded to call Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler) a "faggot," Chuck then punched him in the face. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (a. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9th, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. ...

Corddry had his largest movie role in The heartbreak kid as Eddie (Ben Stillers) best friend. The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 American film starring Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd, directed by Elaine May. ...

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