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Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn
Born	August 24, 1962 (age 62); Hastings, Minnesota
Medium	stand-up, television
Nationality	American
Genres	Comedy

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Craig Kilborn (born August 24, 1962) is an American comedian and former talk show host. He was the original host of The Daily Show, a former anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter, and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS's The Late Late Show.

Biography

Early life

Kilborn was born in Hastings, Minnesota, the son of Shirley, a homemaker, and Hiram Kilborn, an insurance executive.^[1] He was also raised in Hastings, Minnesota, located thirty minutes from Minneapolis-St. Paul. He played basketball at Hastings High School, earning All-State & All-Conference honors and a basketball scholarship to Montana State University.

Career

Kilborn was the Savannah Spirits's play-by-play radio announcer in 1986-1987. At that time, he was chronically broke according to Charley Rosen. ^[2]

After several small jobs, Kilborn became an ESPN SportsCenter anchor from 1993 to 1996. Kilborn was primarily the anchor of the late broadcast of SportsCenter, gaining a large fan following. He made a return appearance to SportsCenter on August 8, 2004 when he co-hosted SportsCenter with Dan Patrick during ESPN's 25th Anniversary Celebration. The character of Casey McCall on ABC's Sports Night was said to be modeled on Kilborn's SportsCenter career.

In 1996, Kilborn became host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. In a 1997 interview with Esquire, Kilborn described Daily Show creator and executive producer Lizz Winstead as an "emotional bitch" who over-reacts to him.^[3] Kilborn apologized publicly and insisted that the remarks were "said in jest," but was suspended for a week. A source suggested to the New York Post that there might've been more to the suspension than the comment in Esquire, saying, "the network has been angry because of inappropriate sexual comments he makes to female staff members, especially junior staffers. There's a real problem." Winstead later quit the show.^[4]

Kilborn hosted The Daily Show for two seasons before leaving the show to host a new CBS talk show The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, produced by David Letterman's production company WorldWide Pants, to run after The Late Show with David Letterman. His last Daily Show episode aired on December 17, 1998. On January 11, 1999 Jon Stewart replaced Kilborn as host.

Kilborn hosted The Late Late Show for five years, changing the format to appeal to a younger audience. In August 2004 he elected not to extend his contract, stating "I simply want to try something new. I can now focus on writing and producing different television projects I haven't had time for."^[5] Kilborn made his motion picture acting debut with a small role in Old School and has since appeared in four other motion pictures: The Shaggy Dog, The Benchwarmers, Full of It, and Cursed.

Broadcast career highlights

1986 - 1988: Play-by-play commentator for the Savannah, Georgia, Spirits of the Continental Basketball Association.
1990 - 1993: Sports Director at KCBA television in the Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz market of California.
1993 - 1996: Anchor of SportsCenter
1996 - 1998: Host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central
1999 - 2004: Host of The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Some of Kilborn's more popular segments on the Late Late Show included Five Questions (a bit he originally used to end interviews on The Daily Show), To Blank with Love, Recreation of a Press photo and Yambo the brain teasing game of skill and intelligence. Some of the more popular clips during his headlines segment were the 'Bring Your Stuff' guy ("if you want me I'm here but you better be ready and you better bring your stuff"), and the "I thought it was funny" girl.

One of his most popular recurring characters include Sebastian the Asexual Icon, an androgynous character loosely based on Morrissey, the former lead singer of The Smiths.

He also provided the voice of Captain Kirk for various commercials on G4TV.

References

^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/14/Craig-Kilborn.html
^ http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/7556424?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=73
^ IMDB (1997-12-16). "News for Craig Kilborn". Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ David Lee Simmons (2003-04-01). "Fear of Self-Loathing in Los Angeles". Retrieved 2006-12-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Lia Haberman (2004-08-13). "Craig Kilborn Signs Off". Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Craig Kilborn at IMDb
Craig Kilborn at NNDB

Preceded by None	Host of The Daily Show 1996 – 1998	Succeeded by Jon Stewart
Preceded by Tom Snyder	Host of The Late Late Show 1999 – 2003	Succeeded by Craig Ferguson

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[1] ttp://www.filmreference.com/film/14/Craig-Kilborn.html

[2] ttp://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/7556424?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=73

[3] IMDB (1997-12-16). "News for Craig Kilborn". Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] David Lee Simmons (2003-04-01). "Fear of Self-Loathing in Los Angeles". Retrieved 2006-12-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[5] Lia Haberman (2004-08-13). "Craig Kilborn Signs Off". Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 *[[1986]] - [[1988]]: Play-by-play [[commentator]] for the [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], ''Spirits'' of the [[Continental Basketball Association]].
 *[[1990]] - [[1993]]: Sports Director at [[KCBA]] television in the Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz market of California.
-*[[1993]] - [[1996]]: Anchor of ''[[SportsCenter]]'' for [[ESPN]]
+*[[1993]] - [[1996]]: Anchor of ''[[SportsCenter]]''
 *[[1996]] - [[1998]]: Host of ''[[The Daily Show]]'' on [[Comedy Central]]
 *[[1999]] - [[2004]]: Host of ''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn]]''
-Some of Kilborn's more popular segments on the Late Late Show included Five Questions (a bit he originally used to end interviews on The Daily Show), To Blank with Love, Recreation of a Press photo and Yambo the brain teasing game of skill and intelligence. Some of the more popular clips during his headlines segment were the bring your stuff guy,"if you want me I'm here but you better be ready and you better bring your stuff" and the I thought it was funny girl.
+Some of Kilborn's more popular segments on the Late Late Show included Five Questions (a bit he originally used to end interviews on The Daily Show), To Blank with Love, Recreation of a Press photo and Yambo the brain teasing game of skill and intelligence. Some of the more popular clips during his headlines segment were the 'Bring Your Stuff' guy ("if you want me I'm here but you better be ready and you better bring your stuff"), and the "I thought it was funny" girl.
 One of his most popular recurring characters include Sebastian the Asexual Icon, an androgynous character loosely based on [[Morrissey]], the former lead singer of [[The Smiths]].