Jon Glaser

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Jon Glaser
Born	June 20, 1968 Chicago, Illinois

For music video, film, and commercial director Jonathan Glazer, see Jonathan Glazer.

Jon Glaser (born June 20, 1968) is an American comedian, writer, and actor based out of New York City. He is a five-time Emmy nominee with the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He had roles in the movies School for Scoundrels and Be Kind Rewind, and he has guest-starred on Wonder Showzen and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He starred in the animated series Stroker and Hoop, Freak Show, and Lucy the Daughter of The Devil. His new tv series Delocated, about a man in the witness protection program with his own reality show, recently aired its first season on Adult Swim. In May 2009, filming on the second season had started. In June 2009, Glaser began working as the head writer on the new Joe Buck live sports talkshow on HBO.

Glaser was a member of the mainstage cast of The Second City during the mid-1990s, performing alongside future Saturday Night Live head writer Adam McKay and cast member Rachel Dratch, as well as future Mr. Show and 30 Rock cast member Scott Adsit. In Second City's award-winning revue Pinata Full of Bees, which was directed by Tom Gianas, Glaser sang about the importance of not betraying a friendship by pretending not to have legs in order to play in a wheelchair basketball league. He also provided musical accompaniment for the show's climax by drumming in a demonic pig mask, and appeared onstage throughout the show to pass judgement on audience members for laughing at jokes he considered socially irresponsible.

After leaving Second City, Glaser performed on Jenny McCarthy's short-lived sketch comedy series, and also made one appearance as a correspondent on The Daily Show in 2004. Currently, he performs with the New York City-based band A Matter of Trust. They performed with The New Pornographers in 2006. He maintains a comedic partnership with H. Jon Benjamin as the Midnight Pajama Jam, and he also stars in and writes the online Comedy Central show 'Tiny Hands'. Glaser is currently a writer and frequent guest performer on Human Giant's MTV sketch comedy show.

Glaser is currently a voice actor for the animated version of the cartoon strip "Get Your War On" and appearing as "Video Cowboy" in ESPN's Mayne Street starring Kenny Mayne.

[edit] Late Night Characters Portrayed by Jon Glaser

• Ehud Henkleman (AKA Chris), a Shofar player hired to play around Rosh Hashanah, though he is not himself religious.
• Nick Littleton, Tiny Stuntman (originally)
• Ahole Ronald, an obnoxious and abusive gum-chewing jerk dressed like Ronald McDonald who goes around slapping people eating fast food not from McDonalds. He'll usually slap around the McDonalds eaters as well, just because he's such a jerk.
• Jeremy (of Jeremy & Ira), performed with Late Night writer Brian Stack (as Ira), as two bizarre French silent film-like figures who would visit Conan & Andy from time-to-time, always appearing in the corner of the tv screen.
• One of the Slipnutz (also known as They Might be Slipnutz), a comedy group of three men that was inconveniently booked on the same show with Slipknot, (and later with They Might Be Giants). Their routine involves the three of them slipping and sliding on nuts scattered on the floor. The Slipnutz also appeared on the program to promote their greatest hits album, which included songs like "Old West Cowboys Slipping on Nuts" and "Viking Raiders Slipping on Nuts".
• Gorton's Fisherman, an obnoxious and ill-tempered version of the frozen food mascot. Each sketch would end with the Gorton's Fisherman getting angry at Conan and throwing a box of fishsticks at him before storming off.
• The Wrist Hulk, a man with Incredible Hulk-like powers, but only in his wrist.
• Segue Sam, the master of talk show segues.
• Commercial Jingle Writer, performed with Late Night writer Brian McCann as two bickering jingle writers in Conan's studio audience. They would usually fight with each other about who was the better jingle writer, until Conan would settle it by having the two fight each other in a steel cage battle.
• Pubes, a man who would ruin any moment by saying the word Pubes, wearing an all-black outfit with the word on his shirt.

Cheap Seats: Glaser also appeared on the ESPN classic show Cheap Seats, providing such roles as "Beamy" and the "Score Settler."

[edit] External links

• Jon Glaser at the Internet Movie Database
• Midnight Pajama Jam Former site midnightpajamajam.com