Dave Sirus
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Dave Sirus is an American writer and stand-up comedian. He produces and writes sketch comedy, is known for interviewing members of the Westboro Baptist Church under the character of Brick Stone[1][2][3][4] and appearing as a guest and recurring comedic correspondent on RT's The Alyona Show and HuffPost Live.[5][6] On September 21, 2015, he was hired as a writer for the forty-first season of Saturday Night Live for which he was nominated for an Emmy for Writing in a Variety Series, and won a WGA award for writing in a comedy/variety series.[7][8][9] He is currently a writer for Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog[10] and was a writer and co-producer of The King of Staten Island [11]
He has produced other interview videos as his Brick Stone character with Occupy Wall Street residents, conspiracy theorists, street preachers, gay pride marchers, and the general public.[12]
Sirus is a featured comedian on season 1 episode 7 of nuvoTV's Stand Up and Deliver.[13]
Sirus interviewed the Westboro Baptist Church while protesting the Golden Globes January 12, 2014[14] and appeared on the Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius/XM the following Tuesday. Along with discussing the Church, Sirus also mentioned his upcoming mockumentary Archie Black: The Worst starring O&A's Jim Norton, Jay Mohr, Artie Lange, Dee Snider, Otto & George, and Rick Overton. The film is premiering at the LA Comedy Fest.[15][16]
References
- ^ Huffington Post reference on Westboro Baptist Church interview
- ^ Article about Westboro counter protest in Virginia
- ^ "Article about Westboro Baptist Church counter protest in Nevada". Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ Article about Westboro Baptist Church counter protests[permanent dead link]
- ^ Alyona Show interview
- ^ Correspondent piece on the Alyona Show
- ^ http://splitsider.com/2015/09/meet-saturday-night-lives-six-new-writers/
- ^ http://www.emmys.com/bios/dave-sirus/
- ^ http://awards.wga.org/wga-awards/nominees-winners
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6115408/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers/
- ^ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9686708/
- ^ http://www.godhatesbrickstone.com
- ^ http://www.mynuvotv.com/show/photos?name=standupanddeliver&season=1&galleryId=1199[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://collegetimes.com/2014/01/15/westboro-baptist-church-get-trolled-golden-globes
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL7sfiBWyME
- ^ http://www.archieblackmovie.com
External links
- [1] Occupy Wall Street
- [2] Westboro Baptist Church Interview
- [3] Article about Huffington Post coverage.
- [4] Article about WBC video.
- [5] Article about WBC video.
- [6] Interview on RT's The Alyona Show.
- [7] Article about WBC video.
- [8] Article about WBC counter protest video.
- [9] RT's The Alyona Show segment.
- [10][permanent dead link] JointMedia News Service article about Dave Sirus/Brick Stone.