Tim Harrod

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Staff Writer, Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Wrote, produced and performed sketches and desk comedy bits. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Comedy or Music Special, 2007. 2007

Writer/Voiceover artist, Animated TV pilot "Golden Age." Winner Grand Prix, Ottawa Animation Festival. Official Selection, Sundance. Aired on Comedy Central. 2003-04

Staff Writer, Late Show With David Letterman. Contributed to Top Ten lists, desk comedy bits, and extras.

1991- 94

Writer/Producer/Talent for nationally aired PBS series CLUB CONNECT. Developed, scripted, and performed comedy sketches, celebrity interviews. Nominated for Michigan Emmy, Light feature category, 1992. Segment Producer on Emmy-winning episode, City for Youth: Club Connect Special, 1992. Writer/Performer of sketch comedy for Red Wing Hockey on PASS cable network, Detroit, Michigan. Script/ Gag writer: UVDO, WKBD (Fox 50), Detroit, Michigan (1991). PRINT & INTERNET

Writer, mobile trivia game HQ Trivia, 2018-2020. Wrote trivia questions and host patter. Wrote more questions than any other contributor, including most difficult question by number of contestants eliminated and most difficult question by percentage of players eliminated. Staff Writer, satirical website & print newspaper The Onion, 1996-2003. Conceived & wrote humorous fictional news stories & editorials.

Contributing writer, Our Dumb Century, satirical book published by Crown. New York Times #1 bestseller, paperback nonfiction. Winner, 1999 Thurber Prize For American Humor. Adapted Our Dumb Century into audiobook form & performed several roles. Contributing writer, The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Vol. 1; New York Times Bestseller, paperback nonfiction. Performed on audiobook version.

Contributing writer, Dispatches From The Tenth Circle; New York Times Bestseller, paperback nonfiction. Contributing writer, The Onion Ad Nauseum, Volume 13; New York Times Bestseller, paperback nonfiction.

Contributing writer, The Onion Ad Nauseum, Volume 14; New York Times Bestseller, paperback nonfiction.

Contributing writer, two-page humor feature "Front Page, 2034," with Onion writing staff. Jan. 1, 2000 issue of Newsweek.

Contributing writer, four-page humor feature "Great Moments In Playboy History," with Onion writing staff. May 1999 issue of Playboy.

Cartoonist, webcomic "Bar-toons." 2007-08

Guest contributor, Tough Call: Hard-Hitting Phone Pranks by Mike Loew. Participated in group phone prank for published anthology.

Editor, Want To Go Out For A Bite? Marv Albert's Favorite Pick-Up Line And Other Jokes From The Headlines. Compiled jokes from the Internet & mass media for paperback book published by Andrews & McMeel, 1998.

Columnist, MacNET! Magazine, 1996. Wrote 400-word monthly humor column. Contributer, Cyberhound's 1997 Web Guide, Gale Publishing. Evaluated & reviewed websites. FILM

Appeared in documentary “The Aristocrats” as part of Onion writing staff, 2005. Principal character, The Astounding World Of The Future (2000), comedy short directed by Scott Dikkers. Winner, Best Short, 2001 New York Comedy Film Festival. Supporting Character, Comic Genius (2003), comedy short directed by Toby Miller & featuring Michael Showalter.

Principal Character, Killzone (1996), Cash Cow Films, Ypsilanti, Michigan SKETCH COMEDY

May 1990- Summer 1993

Writing, scripting and performance of original sketch material for The Tim and Arthur Show with partner Tim Pryor. Middled at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle (Royal Oak, MI); Mainstreet Comedy Showcase (Ann Arbor, MI). Headlined at U-M's Laughtrack and other settings. Opened for Thom Sharp, Soupy Sales, and Don Rickles at 14,000- seat Pine Knob Music Theater. 2005-2009

Performer, Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Appeared in sketches & performed voice-overs. IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY

Summer 1987- Summer 1988; 1992-93

250+ shows in Ann Arbor, Michigan's and West Bloomfield, Michigan's ComedySportz franchises. Competed, captained teams, and refereed. Very successful in unscripted scenes & games. STAND-UP COMEDY

1987-1996

Have opened/middled shows in "A" clubs, headlined at University of Michigan's Student Union. Performed at Fox theatre for WKBD- F0X 50's 25th anniversary special, 1990. National Lampoon/Edge gel contest regional finalist, 1989. COMMUNITY THEATER

October/November, 1997

Principal role (Frankenstein's Monster), in "Frankenstein," Ypsilanti Players, Ypsilanti, Michigan. "The eloquent Harrod emotes such an aura of menace and poignance... that the fact he looks more like a pro wrestler ceases to matter at all"- Christopher Potter, Ann Arbor News

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