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{{Infobox comedian
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| caption = Vernon in 2011, location unknown
| caption = Vernon in the late [[2000's]], [[daydreaming|staring off into space]].
| pseudonym = Towelie, Clarence
| pseudonym = Towelie, Clarence
| birth_name = Vernon Chatman
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| active = 1996–present
| active = 1996–present
| genre = [[Satire]], [[Political satire]], [[Observational comedy]], [[Black comedy]], [[Cringe comedy]], [[Alternative comedy]], [[Surreal humor]], [[Absurdist humor]], [[Transgressive art|Transgressive]]
| genre = [[Satire]], [[Political satire]], [[Observational comedy]], [[Black comedy]], [[Cringe comedy]], [[Alternative comedy]], [[Surreal humor]], [[Absurdist humor]], [[Transgressive art|Transgressive]]
| subject = [[Everyday life]], [[Self-deprecation]], [[Politics]], [[Race relations]], [[Spirituality]], [[Pessimism]], [[Human sexuality|Sexuality]], [[Post-modernism]], [[Post-postmodernism]]
| subject = [[Everyday life]], [[Self-deprecation]], [[Politics]], [[Race relations]], [[Religion]], [[Philosophy]], [[Spirituality]], [[Pessimism]], [[Human sexuality|Sexuality]], [[Post-modernism]], [[Post-postmodernism]]
|influences = [[Lenny Bruce]], [[Trey Parker]], [[Richard Pryor]], [[Andy Kaufman]], [[George Carlin]], [[Alejandro Jodorowsky|Jodorowsky]], [[David Lynch]], [[Kenneth Anger]], [[Luis Buñuel]], [[Louis C.K.]], [[Matt Stone]], [[Psychedelic drugs]]
|influences = [[Lenny Bruce]], [[Trey Parker]], [[Richard Pryor]], [[Andy Kaufman]], [[George Carlin]], [[Alejandro Jodorowsky|Jodorowsky]], [[David Lynch]], [[Kenneth Anger]], [[Luis Buñuel]], [[Louis C.K.]], [[Matt Stone]], [[Psychedelic drugs]]
|influenced = P.F.F.R fans, [[Adult Swim]] fans
|influenced = P.F.F.R fans, [[Adult Swim]] fans

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Vernon Chatman
File:Vernon Chatman.png
Vernon in the late 2000's, staring off into space.
PseudonymTowelie, Clarence
Birth nameVernon Chatman
Born (1972-10-31) October 31, 1972 (age 51)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
MediumStand-up, Television, Film, Music, Books
NationalityAmerican (Multiracial-American)
Years active1996–present
GenresSatire, Political satire, Observational comedy, Black comedy, Cringe comedy, Alternative comedy, Surreal humor, Absurdist humor, Transgressive
Subject(s)Everyday life, Self-deprecation, Politics, Race relations, Religion, Philosophy, Spirituality, Pessimism, Sexuality, Post-modernism, Post-postmodernism
SpouseUnknown
Notable works and rolesWonder Showzen,
Xavier: Renegade Angel,
Delocated,
The Heart, She Holler,
Doggy Fizzle Televizzle

Vernon Chatman (born c. 1972) is a television producer, writer, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, NYC.

Life and career

Vernon Chatman was a student of the San Francisco State University,[1][2] where he graduated in 1994. Chatman is mixed race, half African-American and half Euro-American.

In 1996 Chatman began his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually a comedy writer, producer, musician and television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as The Chris Rock Show (for which he won an Emmy), Late Night with Conan O'Brien, That's My Bush! and The Downer Channel. Before Wonder Showzen, he and PFFR collaborator John Lee created the Snoop Dogg comedy series Doggy Fizzle Televizzle for MTV.

Along with long-time friend John Lee (also of PFFR), he is the co-creator of the MTV2 series Wonder Showzen as well as the Adult Swim shows Xavier: Renegade Angel and The Heart, She Holler. The two met as undergraduates at San Francisco State University. One of his most high-profile voice-acting roles is as the voice of Towelie, the marijuana-smoking talking towel on South Park, where he also serves as a staff writer. In 2012, he became a producer on the third season of the FX series Louie.

Voices on South Park

Personal life

Discography

Main article: PFFR

Selected filmography

1990s

2000s

2010s

Side projects

2000s

  • Final Flesh (2009)

2010s

  • The External World, Co-written alongside David O'Reilly (2010)
  • The Original Black Swan, Collaboration with Todd Barry (2011)

Bibliography

Book Year Notes
Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for Online Homework Cheating Industry April 23, 2013 ISBN 978-1934734919[4][5]

Awards and Nominations

Emmy Awards

Chatman has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning four.[6]

Nominations

Writers Guild of America Awards

Chatman has won two WGA Awards.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Alumni Vernon Chatman
  2. ^ Alumni Vernon Chatman and John Lee
  3. ^ http://www.southpark.nl/fans/faq/2010/nov
  4. ^ Chatman, Vernon (2013). Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for Online Homework Cheating Industry. New York: Seven Footer Press. ISBN 978-1934734919.
  5. ^ Mindsploitation Official Website
  6. ^ Awards for Vernon Chatman - IMDb.com
  7. ^ Awards for Vernon Chatman - IMDb.com
  8. ^ Vernon Chatman Accepts the Writers Guild Award for "Louie"

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