![]() ![]() The duo wrote the show's sketches with minimal outside help and agreed never to divulge who was responsible for writing which sketch. Brennan said that he and Chappelle read the book Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live (2002), by Tom Shales when they started writing sketches for the show, and found the book very helpful. Chappelle's Show īrennan and Chappelle came together to co-create, co-write, and co- executive produce the eponymous sketch comedy Chappelle's Show which premiered in January 2003. In a 2006 interview, Brennan referred to the period of the film's release as "probably the worst year of my life, creatively and personally." In an interview that same year on Inside the Actors Studio, Chappelle recounted how he and Brennan lost touch with each other after the release of Half Baked, saying that it was "like leaving a crime scene". Half Baked was a commercial failure and received mainly negative reviews but has become a cult classic. The film was released in January 1998 and starred Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, and Guillermo Díaz. In 1997, Brennan and Dave Chappelle collaborated for the first time on the screenplay for the film Half Baked. This was followed by writing jobs for the game show Bzzz! in 1996, the sketch comedy- variety show All That from 1996 to 1997, and the teen sitcom Kenan & Kel in 1997. In 1995, he became a writer for the dating show Singled Out which was hosted by Jenny McCarthy and Chris Hardwick. In the mid-1990s Brennan moved to Los Angeles. He also wrote for The Source magazine in 1992. He later recounted that he "got no laughs" and did not perform stand-up again for five years. Career Early career Brennan performing in April 2013Īfter six months of working as a doorman at the Boston Comedy Club, Brennan first performed stand-up in 1992, at 18 years of age. Brennan also shared an apartment with comedian Jay Mohr while living in New York. The two became friends and Brennan would often pitch jokes to Chappelle. He began as a doorman at the now-defunct Boston Comedy Club in Greenwich Village where he met frequent performer Dave Chappelle. He moved to New York to attend film school at NYU, but he dropped out after a year. He said in an interview with Independent Film Channel (IFC) that after watching his brother do stand-up, he realized it was possible to make a living in comedy. Brennan would spend weekends attending Kevin's performances at The Improv in New York City, where he would meet comedians such as Dave Attell, David Juskow, Ray Romano, and Mike Royce. īrennan's older brother Kevin became a comedian and writer who started doing stand-up comedy while Brennan was still in high school. He watched a large amount of comedy on TV during his high school years, often staying up late to see Late Night with David Letterman and The Arsenio Hall Show. ![]() He has said that he realized he was funny and liked comedy at about 8 or 9 years of age, and had already been performing material for his classmates in a style that emulated comedians David Brenner, Richard Lewis, and Jerry Seinfeld. ![]() According to Brennan, his father's side of the family was funny, as were his five older brothers. He lived in Villanova until the age of six, moving with his family in 1978 to Wilmette, Illinois. He is best known for co-creating and co-writing the Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006) with Dave Chappelle and for his Netflix stand-up comedy special 3 Mics (2017).īrennan was born in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on October 19, 1973, the youngest of 10 children born into a family of Irish Catholic descent. Neal Brennan (born October 19, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, and podcaster. ![]()
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